ARLINGTON -- Outfielder Shin-Soo Choo was selected as the Rangers Player of the Year, and reliever Jose Leclerc was named the Pitcher of the Year by the local chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Friday.
Utility player Isiah Kiner-Falefa was chosen as the Rookie of the Year, and Delino DeShields won the Harold McKinney Good Guy Award. All four will be honored at the 2019 Dr Pepper Texas Rangers Winter Warmup on Jan. 25 at Texas Live! in Arlington. Details of the team's new event were announced Friday.
The Winter Warmup will honor a number of baseball personalities and feature appearances by Texas Rangers past and present. This year's event will also include country artist Sam Riggs performing in concert following the awards program on the Live! Arena stage.
Choo was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career in 2018. He hit .264 with 83 runs scored, 21 home runs and 62 RBIs, leading the Rangers in runs scored, batting average and on-base percentage (.377) in 2018.

Leclerc emerged as the Rangers' best reliever in 2018, finishing the season with a 1.56 ERA, 0.85 WHIP and 12 saves. Opponents hit .126 off him, and he struck out 85 in 57 2/3 innings. He is the third reliever to win the award in the past four seasons, along with Alex Claudio last year and Shawn Tolleson in 2015.

Kiner-Falefa played in 111 games while starting at third, short, second base and catcher. Drafted originally as an infielder, Kiner-Falefa has made a remarkable transition to catcher. He hit .261 with a .325 on-base percentage and a .357 slugging percentage.

DeShields, despite leading the team with 20 stolen bases, did not have a great season, spending time on the disabled list with a broken bone in his left hand, a concussion and a fractured middle finger in his right hand. Through it all, he drew admiration from his peers and the media over the way he handled difficult situations and remained a standup leader in the clubhouse.

Tickets for the Winter Warmup are now on sale texasrangers.com/winterwarmup with tables seating 8 or 10 as well as general admission tickets available for purchase. Net proceeds benefit the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.