PHOENIX –– Two years ago, James Tibbs III was a first-round draft pick.
Last summer, he was traded twice in a two-month span.
When asked this week how he processed such sudden whiplash, theDodgers outfield prospectsighed, then shook his head.
“I didn’t,” he said. “It really hurt. It really sucked.”
From that pain, however, came perspective.
And this spring, he is using it to author an auspicious new chapter in Dodger blue ink.
“I’m very thankful for it,” Tibbs said in an interview with The California Post. “Because it taught me so much.”
At 23 years old, Tibbs is one of the youngest players in theDodgers’ big-league camp. But he’s also among the most intriguing, entering play Thursday with a .304 batting average, two home runs and five RBIs in 10 Cactus League games.
In afarm system loaded with outfield talent, he could be the first to break into the big leagues, as well.
“He’s on our radar,” manager Dave Roberts said Monday, after Tibbs belted a 458-foot home run, in a left-on-left matchup no less, for what has been his biggest highlight so far in camp. “I wouldn’t be surprised at all if, at some point this year, he makes his debut.”
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