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Tibbs is hitting .474 AVG in nine games with four doubles, seven home runs, 13 RBI, and a .535 on-base percentage. Tibbs came over to the Red Sox as part of the Rafael Devers trade, but didn’t seem to respond well to coaching in Boston and was shipped off to the Dodgers for Dustin May last year at the trade deadline. That may go down as the worst trade of the Craig Breslow era in Boston.

There’s no path to for Tibbs to play regularly in Los Angeles this season, barring an unexpected development, but he’s making some serious noise on the doorstep of the majors. The 23-year-old former first-rounder, who was traded by both the Red Sox and Giants last year, is hitting .545 (12-for-22) with three homers and nine RBI through five games. He’s going to cool off at some point soon, but it’s looking like he could force his way to the big leagues at some point later this year.

Tibbs impressed this spring and is off to an 8-for-13 starts with six extra-base hits in three games for Oklahoma City. The Dodgers might not ever need the twice-traded 2024 first-round pick (first from the Giants to the Red Sox in the Rafael Devers deal and later to the Dodgers in the Dustin May trade), but he could be a big part of another deadline deal this summer.

Siani is the most prominent inclusion among the big leaguers in this latest batch of cuts from Dodgers camp. The 26-year-old defensive specialist figures to be up with Los Angeles at some point in a bench role. Hope is the biggest prospect in this group as he ranks right up there with Eduardo Quintero, Josue De Paula and Mike Sirota as one of the organization’s top prospects.

Tibbs has his first spring homer with the solo shot off Ryan Johnson. A 2024 first-round pick, Tibbs has been traded twice in his early career, and while he doesn’t project to be a star, he has enough of a well-rounded game to potentially become a regular in the next couple of seasons.

We’re not sure how the Dodgers were able to get two prospects in the Red Sox’s top 30 overall prospects for two months of May, especially Tibbs, who was Boston’s 5th-ranked prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. Tibbs was the 13th overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft and was a central component of the return package in the Rafael Devers trade earlier this summer. That being said, Tibbs hit just .205/.321/.268 in 29 games in Double-A for Boston with a 27.6 percent strikeout rate, so the organization may have questioned his long-term upside. That being said, he’s just 22 years old, so it feels very early to give up on him.

2024 first-round pick James Tibbs III, who was acquired from the Giants in the Rafael Devers deal, is going to the Dodgers, according to FanSided’s Robert Murray. May, a free agent at season’s end, was going to be the odd-man out of the Dodgers rotation here with Blake Snell back. He has a disappointing 4.85 ERA in 104 innings this season in his return from Tommy John, but there’s still a lot to like about his stuff. The Red Sox could treat him as a swingman or stick him in the pen on a permanent basis.

Tibbs was the Giants’ first-round pick (13th overall) from the 2024 draft class. He’s off to a solid start at High-A Eugene this season, slashing .245/.377/.480 with 12 long balls, 32 RBI and a pair of stolen bases. How the Red Sox ultimately get judged on this mega deal may come down to how big of an impact Tibbs makes in the big leagues upon his ultimate arrival.

The 22-year-old outfielder was the Giants’ first-round pick (13th overall) from the 2024 draft class. He has been stationed at High-A Eugene this season where he has slashed .245/.377/.480 with 12 homers, 32 RBI, two stolen bases and a 45/41 K/BB ratio over 252 plate appearances.

It’s a slightly under-slot deal for Tibbs, who winds up with $4.747 million of a potential $5.272 million signing bonus as the 13th overall pick from the 2024 MLB Draft. The 21-year-old outfielder is coming off an impressive collegiate career at Florida State. The biggest question in his offensive profile is whether he’ll make enough contact to allow his above-average offensive skillset to excel at the highest level.