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Johan Mieses

Johan Mieses

Dominican baseball player


Johan Mieses (born July 13, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an international free agent in 2013.

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Career

Los Angeles Dodgers

On May 31, 2013, Mieses signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as an international free agent.[1] He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Dodgers, hitting .222 in 16 games. In 2014, Mieses returned to the DSL Dodgers, batting .299/.371/.505 with 5 home runs and 24 RBI in 59 games. Mieses split the 2015 season between the Single-A Great Lakes Loons and the High-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, accumulating a .260/.309/.439 batting line with 11 home runs and 39 RBI. The following year, Mieses returned to Rancho Cucamonga and hit .247/.314/.510 with career-highs in home runs (28) and RBI (78). In 2017, Mieses split the season between Rancho Cucamonga and the Double-A Tulsa Drillers, posting a .215/.293/.449 slash line with 24 home runs and 63 RBI.[2]

St. Louis Cardinals

On April 1, 2018, the Dodgers traded Mieses to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Breyvic Valera.[3] Mieses split the 2018 season between the High-A Palm Beach Cardinals and the Double-A Springfield Cardinals, posting a .229/.283/.400 slash line with 19 home runs and 71 RBI in 122 games. In 2019, Mieses split the year between the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds and Springfield, slashing .233/.319/.440 with 22 home runs and 66 RBI in 118 games. On November 4, 2019, he elected free agency.

Boston Red Sox

On November 13, 2019, Mieses signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox organization.[4] Mieses did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] He was assigned to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs to begin the 2021 season, and received a promotion to the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox in June. Mieses elected free agency following the season, but was later re-signed to a minor league deal on January 4, 2022.[6]

Mieses played in 60 games for Triple–A Worcester in 2022, hitting .271/.387/.537 with 12 home runs, 35 RBI, and 5 stolen bases. He elected free agency following the season on November 10, 2022.[7]

Hanshin Tigers

On December 15, 2022, Mieses signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.[8] Before he made his NPB debut, he briefly returned home in April 2023 after suffering a misfortune in his family.[9] Mieses re-signed a one-year contract for the 2024 season on November 30, 2023.[10]

International career

Mieses was named to the Dominican Republic national baseball team for Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, contested in Tokyo in 2021.[11][12]


References

  1. "Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Johan Mieses uses tools to wow Great Lakes Loons fans, coaches, teammates". mlive.com. 24 April 2015.
  2. "Cardinals acquire Johan Mieses from Dodgers". Mlb.com. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. Hilburn-Trenkle, Chris (January 13, 2022). "Minor League Transactions: Nov. 19, 2021-Jan. 15, 2022". Baseball America. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  4. "2022-23 Minor League Free Agents For All 30 MLB Teams". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  5. @probeisbolrd (July 8, 2021). "Nuestro roster para @Tokyo2020 #ArribaRD #Tokyo2020" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 July 2021 via Twitter.

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