Dalton Speeding fairly the weekend.
It started in Los Angeles, the place the Dodgers’ No. 1 prospect in response to MLB Pipeline obtained his Department Rickey Award for being the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league hitter of the yr at Dodger Stadium and it led to Utah the place he launched two house runs.
“That’s fairly cool. The Dodgers followers and Dodger Stadium are simply unbelievable, because it’s among the finest atmospheres in sports activities, if not the very best,” Speeding informed MLB.com. “I get acknowledged, and also you hear all of the die-hard Dodgers followers that know all of the prospects, know all of the gamers and so they’re screaming from the entrance row, ‘Go dress. Go dress. Go placed on a uniform.’ It’s fairly cool to listen to these issues.
“It’s fairly particular.”
The No. 36 prospect in Main League Baseball took benefit of a time off to simply accept his award and watch his Triple-A teammates in motion. He flew out of Los Angeles at 9 a.m. on Saturday, returning to Utah simply in time to go to Smith’s Ballpark for Oklahoma Metropolis’s second-to-last regular-season sport.
“For a second I used to be like, ‘Wow that is about to be a protracted day,’” he mentioned. “However it’s the sport of baseball – the much less you consider what’s happening in entrance of you, often issues play out somewhat higher for you.”
Within the first inning, he launched a 432-foot two-run homer to the other area. Then within the third, he crushed a 461-foot house run — his longest in Triple-A — with a powerful 109 mph exit velocity.
The 23-year-old all the time knew he had energy however a couple of changes within the field this season allowed him to unleash it.
“Coming into this yr, my sole objective was to swing the bat extra,” Speeding mentioned. “I do know there’s the next danger with that. There’s additionally the next reward. So by doing that, the strikeout share hasn’t climbed up like loopy, it stayed fairly constant to 2023. My stroll share went down somewhat bit, however that’s one thing you’re keen to take whenever you’re driving in additional runs for the group and that’s only a sacrifice you’re taking as a hitter. I feel that’s the distinction. I’m going into the field this yr with that mindset.”
These changes this season have paid off with 114 hits between Double-A and Triple-A, together with 26 house runs. Speeding holds a .273 common and a .900 OPS because the minor league common season nears its conclusion.
Since his promotion to Triple-A, he has hit .279 with a .918 OPS in 36 video games.
Photograph Credit score: BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK
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