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Dodgers' James Tibbs III Crushes Towering Homer Against Rehabbing All-Star Reliever

SI Feed·Justin Binkowski·3 days ago
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Los Angeles Dodgers prospect James Tibbs III continued his impressive offensive campaign at the start of the 2026 minor league season by launching a moonshot off a six-time MLB All-Star and one of the toughest left-handed relievers in the game. Tibbs, the Dodgers' No. 10 prospect for 2026 on MLB Pipeline , went 2-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Comets on Thursday. The 23-year-old's first homer of the day was a three-run shot that traveled 428 feet and came off the bat at 110.2 mph. His second long ball of the game was another three-run blast that had an exit velocity of 107.7 mph. That second homer also came against Houston Astros closer Josh Hader, who's on a rehab assignment with the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys after starting the season on the injured list due to left biceps tendinitis. Tibbs jumped all over a 0-1 sinker from Hader to win an extremely difficult left-on-left matchup.…

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