Dodger Getting Comfortable After Two Trades in First Pro Season

Los Angeles Dodgers top prospect James Tibbs III got traded twice in his first year of pro ball, and is finally settling in with the Dodgers.

The San Francisco Giants drafted Tibbs in the first round of the 2024 draft, but didn’t keep him around for long. San Francisco shipped Tibbs, along with several others, to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for All-Star Rafael Devers in June, then the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers just a month later in exchange for Dustin May.

Tibbs struggled after his first trade, posting a .586 OPS through 30 games in the Red Sox organizational Double-A, but immediately got going once he joined the Dodgers. The 23-year-old had a .900 OPS through 36 games with…