Mieses named Texas League Player of the Week

FRISCO, Texas (June 2, 2025) – Frisco RoughRiders OF Luis Mieses was named Texas League Player of the Week, Minor League Baseball announced on Monday. Mieses is the second RoughRider to earn player of the week laurels in 2025, joining Abimelec Ortiz (May 13th-18th).

Last week at Amarillo, Mieses led the Texas League in OPS (1.417), slugging percentage (.955) extra-base hits (7) and total bases (21) while ranking tied for first in home runs (3).

Mieses batted .364 (8-for-22) on the week, crushing three homers in the first five games of the series. On Saturday, May 31st, he celebrated his 25th birthday with a three-run blast in Frisco’s 6-2 win.

This season, Mieses ranks second in the Texas League in slugging percentage (.525) and tied for sixth in OPS (.878). Since he was assigned to Frisco on July 30th, 2024, he is second in slugging percentage (.494) while being tied for fourth in homers (14). His .283 batting average and .824 OPS are tied for fifth in the TL over that span.

The Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic native is in his second year in the Rangers organization after signing a Minor League Contract on Feb. 27th, 2024 and re-signing on Nov. 18th, 2024. Mieses previously spent six seasons in the Chicago White Sox organization, playing his last 138 games with Double-A Birmingham.

Mieses earns his third Double-A weekly honor, having won Southern League Player of the League twice with Birmingham in 2022 and 2023. He is the 48th RoughRider in franchise history to be named Texas League/Double-A Central Player of the Week.

The RoughRiders return home to host the Springfield Cardinals (Cardinals affiliate) for six games starting at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3rd from Riders Field.

For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.

About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. 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, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive 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 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].