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Even if Tibbs can dial back the swing-and-miss and continue to rake, there’s then the matter of breaking into a stacked Dodgers depth chart that doesn’t have any openings at his positions. With megastars entrenched at DH (Shohei Ohtani), first base (Freddie Freeman) and right field (Kyle Tucker), Tibbs’ only realistic path to playing time would be to usurp Teoscar Hernandez as the superior option in left field, a tall task considering Hernandez is owed roughly $40 million through 2027. This invites the possibility that Tibbs could be traded again before he reaches the majors, a potentially stunning sequence for a first-round pick who has performed the way he has. This quandary is hardly unique to Tibbs — just ask Dalton Rushing, Alex Freeland and Ryan Ward, among others — but his scorching start and first-round pedigree make him particularly intriguing in the coming months.



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