Kasey William Kiker (born November 19, 1987) is an American former Minor League Baseball

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He was selected by the Texas Rangers in the first round (12th overall) in the 2006

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. Kiker was also a pitcher for the USA during the

2009 Baseball World Cup The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through ...

. A top prospect at one time, Kiker struggled in the minor leagues and was released by the Rangers in 2011.

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1987 births Living people People from Phenix City, Alabama Baseball players from Alabama Baseball pitchers Spokane Indians players Clinton LumberKings players Bakersfield Blaze players Myrtle Beach Pelicans players Frisco RoughRiders players Rockford RiverHawks players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1980s-stub