Fansided · Jun 11, 2020
Oakland Athletics select bat-first catcher Tyler Soderstrom in first round
Oakland Athletics (Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images)
The Oakland Athletics have selected high school catcher Tyler Soderstrom with their first-round pick.
The Oakland Athletics have made their first-round pick and it’s a player that few expected to even be available when the team selected — high school catcher prospect Tyler Soderstrom.
Many viewed Soderstrom as the top catcher in the 2020 MLB Draft with most mock drafts projecting him to be taken within the first 15 picks. In fact, perhaps no team was connected to him more than the A’s crosstown rivals, the San Francisco Giants.
But he’ll be headed to the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge to play in Oakland instead.