Pedro Payano makes Major League debut for Texas

Righty pitched three seasons in Frisco

(Frisco RoughRiders)

July 6, 2019

FRISCO, Texas (July 6, 2019) - Former Riders pitcher Pedro Payano made his Major League debut with the Rangers Saturday afternoon.The righty threw a scoreless sixth inning for the Rangers in Minnesota Saturday, just hours after having his contract selected by Texas. Payano began the 2019 season with the Riders and

FRISCO, Texas (July 6, 2019) - Former Riders pitcher Pedro Payano made his Major League debut with the Rangers Saturday afternoon.
The righty threw a scoreless sixth inning for the Rangers in Minnesota Saturday, just hours after having his contract selected by Texas. Payano began the 2019 season with the Riders and went 3-1 with a 4.43 in eight starts before earning a promotion to Triple-A Nashville. The 24-year-old also pitched with the Riders in 2017 and 2018.
Payano is the 158^th former Riders player to make his Major League debut and the ninth this season.
The Riders are back for seven games at Dr Pepper Ballpark Monday, July 8-Sunday, July 14. Tickets for those games and all remaining regular-season home games - running now through August 25 - are available at RidersBaseball.com.
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and play their games at beautiful Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 14 seasons (2005-2018). In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Choctaw Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 150 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis, Adrian Gonzalez, Ian Kinsler and Neftalí Feliz, as well as current Rangers stars Elvis Andrus, Joey Gallo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Rougned Odor. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Ryan Rouillard at [email protected].