FRISCO, Texas (May 11, 2026) - Frisco RoughRiders OF Dylan Dreiling was named Texas League Player of the Week for the week of May 4 to May 10, Minor League Baseball announced Monday. Dreiling becomes the first RoughRider to be named either player of the week or pitcher of the week in 2026.
Last week against Northwest Arkansas, Dreiling led the Texas League with four home runs, tying for the league lead with eight RBI and 19 total bases. He reached those heights in just five games due to Sunday’s cancellation caused by inclement weather.
Dreiling hit .368 (7-for-19), while walking six times and striking out only once in the series. On Saturday, May 9, the 23-year-old hit home runs in both the first and third innings for his first career multi-homer game.
This season, the Hays, Kansas native is batting an even .300 through 23 games and his six total home runs are tied for the RoughRiders’ team lead. With a .909 OPS, Dreiling ranks ninth in the Texas League.
The former Tennessee Volunteer is in his third professional season with Texas, following a second-round draft selection in 2024. Last year, Dreiling was one of two players in the South Atlantic League with 20+ doubles, 10+ home runs and 15+ steals.
Dreiling and the Riders travel to Midland, Texas to take on the Midland RockHounds (Athletics affiliate) in a six-game series starting at 11:05 a.m. on Tuesday, May 12 from Momentum Bank Ballpark.
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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 225 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Jack Leiter, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact zbigley@ridersbaseball.com.