{"id":651364,"date":"2026-03-29T23:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651364\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:08:19","slug":"dodgers-top-prospect-making-case-for-call-up-in-triple-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651364\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Top Prospect Making Case for Call Up in Triple-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets have only played three games this season, top prospect James Tibbs III is pushing for a call up.<\/p>\n<p>Tibbs hit two home runs in the Comets\u2019 win against the Albuquerque Isotopes Sunday, his first two of the season, and had five RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>He also had a great game Saturday, matching a career high with four hits. He also scored three runs and tallied three RBIs in the Comets\u2019 win.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the three games he\u2019s played this season, he has a .615\/.642\/1.461 slash line for an OPS over 2.000.<\/p>\n<p>The Boston Red Sox traded Tibbs to the Los Angeles Dodgers at last season\u2019s trade deadline in exchange for Dustin May. Just a couple month prior, Tibbs went from the San Francisco Giants to the Red Sox as part of the Rafael Devers trade.<\/p>\n<p>While he\u2019s done a lot of moving around in his first couple of years of professional baseball, he said he feels a little more settled down with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I don\u2019t think I imagined in my wildest dreams I would get traded twice my first year of pro ball, much less traded twice at all,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dodger-getting-comfortable-after-two-trades-in-first-pro-season\/2026\/03\/12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tibbs said in spring training<\/a>. \u201cSo for me it was a whirlwind of a year. I feel like I\u2019m in a better spot mentally, physically, emotionally. I feel like I\u2019m in a place where I have a foundation, can control the controllables and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/James-Tibbs-III.jpg\" alt=\"Oklahoma City's James Tibbs III is introduced before a minor league baseball game between the Oklahoma City Comets and the Albuquerque Isotopes at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Friday, March 27, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-301635\"  \/>Oklahoma City\u2019s James Tibbs III is introduced before a minor league baseball game between the Oklahoma City Comets and the Albuquerque Isotopes at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Friday, March 27, 2026.Did James Tibbs III Play Well in Spring Training?<\/p>\n<p>Tibbs made an impact in spring training, with manager <a href=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/dave-roberts-names-standout-prospects-from-spring-training\/2026\/03\/24\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Roberts naming him<\/a> as one of the standouts from the Dodgers\u2019 preseason.<\/p>\n<p>He played in 23 games, batting .313 and hitting four home runs with 11 RBIs across the games. He had a 1.053 OPS throughout the games he played.<\/p>\n<p>While Tibbs has been impressive, his path to the majors may be difficult due to the talent LA has at the MLB level. The Dodgers have two All-Stars in the outfield in Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernandez, and also have Andy Pages patrolling center.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Freeman blocks Tibbs\u2019 way at first, so there\u2019s no easy path for LA\u2019s No. 11 prospect to take.<\/p>\n<p>If he continues to produce how he has over the past month, though, the Dodgers may not have a choice in bringing up the 23-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think James Tibbs III can make the MLB team this year?<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sab-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/dodgersnation.com\/path\/to\/app-icon.png\" alt=\"App icon\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA Baseball Report<\/p>\n<p>Get the app for faster news<\/p>\n<p> <a id=\"sab-cta\" class=\"sab-cta\" href=\"#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GET<\/a> \u00d7  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets have only played three games this season, top prospect James Tibbs III&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2406],"tags":[5,39,24082,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-651364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-dodgers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dodgers","10":"tag-james-tibbs-iii","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-dodgers","13":"tag-ladodgers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-dodgers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesdodgers","18":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}