Tyler Christian Soderstrom was originally signed by A¡¯s scout Kevin Mello¡graduated from Turlock (Calif.) High School in 2020¡was the Gatorade California Baseball Player of the Year for 2019-20¡had a .373 career average in 82 games for the Bulldogs¡was ranked as the No. 7 high school prospect by Baseball America prior to the draft¡is the son of Steve Soderstrom, who was San Francisco¡¯s first round pick in 1993, making them the 10th father and son duo to be selected in the first round¡his dad pitched professionally for seven seasons, including three starts with the Giants in 1996.
2023
Made his Major League debut at the age of 21 and batted .160 with three home runs and seven RBIs in 45 games over two stints with the A¡¯s¡also hit .252 with 21 home runs, 62 RBIs and an .834 OPS in 77 games with Triple-A Las Vegas...With Oakland, he made 33 of his 36 starts in games in which the opponent started a righthanded pitcher¡hit .159 (17-for-107) with all three of his home runs, six of his seven RBI and a .472 OPS against right-handers¡was 3-for-18 (.167) with a .472 OPS against left-handers...Hit .211 with all three of his home runs and a .648 OPS in 19 games on the road, .118 with a .325 OPS in 26 home games...Batted .136 with runners in scoring position¡all three of his home runs were solo shots...Had a .227 batting average, two home runs and four RBIs in 15 interleague games, .123 with one home run and three RBIs in 30 games against American League competition...Hit .045 with two strikes...Started 15 games at catcher, 13 at designated hitter and eight at first base¡committed one error, and it came in his 10 games as a first baseman (.981 fielding percentage)¡opponents were 10-for-13 (76.9%) in stolen base attempts with him behind the plate...Was 2-for-7 (.286) with a walk, home run and RBI as a pinch hitter...Started games at each of the bottom five spots in the order and had his most starts batting eighth (11)...His .252 batting average with Las Vegas was the lowest of his three seasons in the minors as was his .307 on-base percentage¡topped 20 home runs for the second consecutive season...Hit .277 (26-for-94) with an .842 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .241 (51-for-212) with an .830 OPS against right-handers...Batted .292 with 14 of his 21 home runs with the runners on base, .216 with the bases empty¡hit .236 with runners in scoring position...Had a .192 batting average and a .711 OPS at home, .306 with a .946 OPS on the road...Hit .119 with two strikes...Started 38 games at catcher, 28 at first base and nine at designated hitter¡made six errors as a first baseman (.967 fielding percentage) and four as a catcher (.988)¡opponents were 33-for-39 (84.6%) in stolen base attempts with him behind the plate...Made starts at each spot in the order from second through seventh, including 25 hitting fifth and 20 in the three spot...Was named an A¡¯s Organization All-Star by MLB.com following the season.
2022
Spent most of the season at High-A Lansing, where he was named to the Midwest League Postseason All-Star team, but also made his Double-A debut with Midland and Triple-A debut with Las Vegas¡combined with all three teams to hit .267 with 29 home runs, 105 RBI and an .825 OPS in 134 games....Led the A¡¯s farm system in home runs, RBI and extra base hits (55), tied for the lead in total bases (253), ranked second in slugging (.501) and hits (135), tied for second in triples (5), tied for fifth in OPS, eighth in runs (66), ninth in batting and tied for ninth in doubles (21)....Played in just 89 games with the Lugnuts but ranked second in the ML in slugging (.513) and RBI (71), tied for second in home runs (20), fourth in extra base hits (42) and fifth in OPS (.836)....Batted .293 (105-for-358) with a .900 OPS against right-handed pitchers compared to .204 (30-for-147) with a .641 OPS against left-handers....Had a .301 batting average with runners in scoring position¡15 of his 29 home runs came with runners on base¡was 3-for-9 (.333) with a grand slam and 12 RBI with the bases loaded....Started 58 games at first base, 50 at catcher and 25 at designated hitter¡committed seven errors, including four at catcher (.990 fielding percentage) and three at first base (.993)¡opponents were successful in 44-of-53 (83.0%) stolen base attempts with him behind the plate....Hit .283 as the designated hitter¡homered in his only at bat as a pinch hitter...Started games at every spot in the order from second through sixth, including 48 games batting third, 44 hitting cleanup and 30 from the five spot....Was rated as the A¡¯s best prospect by Baseball America and MiLB.com following the season¡ was also tabbed as an A¡¯s Organizational All-Star by MiLB.com.....Got off to a slow start as he went 6-for-42 (.143) with no home runs and two RBI over his first 11 games¡then had his third career two-homer game in the first game of an April 23 doubleheader against Fort Wayne but would go 9-for-52 (.173) with one home run and five RBI over his next 16 contests¡went 0-for-5 with a career-high tying four strikeouts April 26 at Lake County (also May 18 at Great Lakes)¡hit a walk-off grand slam in a 7-3 win over Dayton on May 12 and had his fourth career two-homer game three days later against the Dragons¡that began a 15-game stretch where he hit .317 with seven home runs and 19 RBI in 15 games¡batted .274 in May but had eight home runs and 22 RBI in 24 games for a .920 OPS¡went 9-for-45 (.200) with a home run and seven RBI over an 11-game stretch from June 1 to 12¡hit .337 with nine home runs and 27 RBI over his final 24 games with Lansing beginning June 28¡matched his career high by scoring three runs June 30 at Lake County¡ had his fifth career two-homer game July 26 at Great Lakes¡hit .320 with seven home runs, 22 RBI and a 1.084 OPS in 21 games in July¡was batting .260 with 20 home runs and 71 RBI in 78 games with Lansing when he was promoted to Midland on Aug. 1¡hit .278 with eight home runs and 28 RBI in 36 games with the Rock Hounds¡went 8-for-42 (.190) over his first 10 games, 12-for-32 (.375) over his next eight, 3-for-19 (.158) over his next six and 14-for-40 (.350) with five home runs and 11 RBI over his final 12 Double-A games from Sept. 3 to 18¡ had a pinch hit home run Sept. 4 against Arkansas¡hit safely in a season-high seven consecutive games from Sept. 9 to 17¡went 10-for-24 (.417) with three home runs and nine RBI during the streak¡was promoted to Las Vegas on Sept. 19 and went 11-for-37 (.297) with a home run and six RBI in nine games with the Aviators.
2021
Made his professional debut with Low-A Stockton and hit .306 with 12 home runs and 49 RBI in 57 games in a season shortened by a muscle strain in his back¡added 27 walks for a .390 on-base percentage and slugged .568 for a .958 OPS.... Based on a minimum of 250 plate appearances, his slugging percentage and OPS were third best in the Low-A West, his on-base percentage ranked eighth and his batting average was 10th.... Hit .375 (21-for-56) with an 1.141 OPS against left-handed pitchers compared to .283 (47-for166) with an .896 OPS against right-handers.... Had a .317 average with runners in scoring position and was 4-for-7 (.571) with a walk, home run and 10 RBI with the bases loaded.... Batted .326 on the road and .315 at night... Hit .414 in the fifth inning and .400 in the sixth.... Started 38 games at catcher and nine at first base¡also went 8-for-42 (.190) in 10 starts at designated hitter... Tossed out 15-of-70 (21.4%) attempted stealers¡committed six errors as a catcher for a .985 fielding percentage... Batted third 51 times, second four times and fourth twice.... Had two or more hits in 20 of his 57 games, including eight three-hit games.... Was rated as the A¡¯s number 1 prospect by Baseball America following the season¡was also tabbed as the Best Hitter for Average in the Best Tools survey by the magazine.... Was also selected to play in the Futures Game.
DAY-BY-DAY: Went 1-for-3 with a walk in his professional debut on May 4 at Modesto¡doubled in his first bat in the first inning off Josias De Los Santos for his first hit¡drove in his first run on a second inning double on May 12 vs. San Jose¡went 3-for-5 on May 18 at Visalia, his first of eight three-hit games¡added two doubles that day and again on May 25 at Rancho Cucamonga¡went homerless over his first 22 games through May 28¡then homered 12 times over his final 35 games, beginning May 29 at Rancho Cucamonga when he hit a third inning grand slam off Robbie Peto¡went 13-for-38 (342) with 12 runs, five home runs and 16 RBI over a 10-game span from May 29-June 10¡finished May with a .315 batting average in 23 games and led the league with 11 doubles¡then earned Low-A West Player of the Month honors for June when he hit .315 with seven doubles, a triple, eight home runs, 26 RBI and 11 walks in 22 games¡led the league in extra base hits (16), tied for the lead in home runs, ranked second in RBI and slugging (.685) and tied for second in OPS (1.089)¡went 0-for-5 with his only four-strikeout game June 6 against Lake Elsinore¡had his first career two-homer game and collected a career-high five RBI June 10 against San Jose¡added a second two-homer, five-RBI game June 18 at Fresno¡had a season-best 13-game hitting streak from June 16-July 13¡hit .393 (22-for-56) with 15 runs, five home runs and 17 RBI during the streak¡had a streak of eight consecutive games with a RBI from June 18-29 (14 RBI total)¡played first base for the American League Futures team in the All-Star Futures Game at Colorado on July 11 and struck out in his only at bat¡was 3-for-4 in his first game back with Stockton on July 13 but then went 5-for-25 (.200) over his next eight games before he was placed on the seven-day IL Aug. 15 with a strained right quadratus lumborum muscle¡was transferred to the 60-day IL on Aug. 25 and missed the remainder of the season.
2020
Was the A¡¯s first round selection and the 26th pick overall in the 2020 First-Year Player draft¡ signed on June 29 and was added to Oakland¡¯s 60-man player pool on July 11¡did not play in 2020¡was rated as the A¡¯s number one prospect by Baseball America following the 2020 season¡was tabbed as third best by MLB.com.
