SAN ANTONIO — Minor League Baseball announced that San Antonio Missions outfielder Ripken Reyes is the Texas League Player of the Week for the week of June 9-15.
Reyes ripped the Sod Poodles in Amarillo, going 6-16 (.375) with three triples, a home run and 10 RBIs—the most across all Double-A baseball this week. He also walked four times, stole a base, scored seven runs and put down a game-tying suicide squeeze bunt. At one point, Reyes tripled three times within four at bats, including twice with the bases loaded. He became the first player at the Double-A level dating back to 2005 to hit bases-clearing triples in back-to-back games.
For Reyes, this is the first weekly award of his career. The 28-year-old is in his sixth professional season with the San Diego Padres after they drafted him in the 30th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft. Reyes began 2025 with Triple-A El Paso, where he hit .269 in a pair of stints with the Chihuahuas. He rejoined the Missions on Tuesday, June 10, just in time to begin his tear through Amarillo.
The switch-hitter has played 328 games with the San Antonio Missions over the past four seasons, sporting a .239 batting average with 41 doubles, 12 triples, 11 home runs, 123 RBIs and 55 stolen bases. In 2023, Reyes set the single- season Minor League Baseball record when he was hit by 49 pitches while with the Missions. Reyes, a true utility man, has played every position for San Antonio except catcher and pitcher.
Reyes was born in Bremerton, Washington, but he grew up in Stockton, California. He played three seasons at the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in English. He then finished his collegiate baseball career at the University of San Diego, where he graduated with his master’s degree. While he plays professionally, Reyes continues to pursue a PhD in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego.
Reyes becomes the third Missions player to win Texas League Player of the Week in 2025. He joins Devin Ortiz, who won the award for the week of March 31-April 6, and Francisco Acuña, who won the last time the Missions played in Amarillo during the week of April 21-27.
The Missions used the production from Reyes to claim an electrifying series win in Amarillo, leaving them 1.5 games behind the Frisco RoughRiders for first place in the Texas League South with just six games left in the first half. The RoughRiders and Missions began a crucial series against each other on Tuesday at Nelson Wolff Stadium in San Antonio.
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