A Dodgers rookie traded twice last year has now blasted seven home runs in just eight Triple-A games!

If there's any hitter on Earth currently with the hottest streak, it's undoubtedly James Tibbs III. The Dodgers' 10th-ranked farm prospect played for Triple-A Oklahoma City at Las Vegas Ballpark today, smashing three home runs and matching his career-high of four hits in a single game, though his team still lost 5-8. Tibbs' three homers bring his total to seven in his first eight Triple-A games, leading all professional baseball systems.

This 23-year-old power hitter not only leads the global home run charts, but he has even out-produced some entire teams. Tibbs' personal home run count exceeds the total team output of 15 other Triple-A squads.

The Atlanta native's night started quietly, with a ground-ball single in the first inning. But that was just the appetizer. In his second plate appearance in the third inning, Tibbs launched a 450-foot home run, followed by his shortest blast of the night at 426 feet in the fifth. Tibbs completed a home run "hat trick" in the seventh inning with another 427-foot cannon.

Although he was retired in the ninth inning, this Florida State University product consistently hit with power all night—every ball he put in play had an exit velocity of at least 104 mph. For reference, in the Statcast era, MLB players have recorded five or more 104+ mph batted balls in a game only eight times, with names like Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, and Juan Soto among those performances.

This stunning display continues his offensive frenzy that has lasted over the first week of the season. Tibbs has recorded hits in all eight games, with a slash line of .514/.564/1.286, contributing 12 extra-base hits, 15 runs scored, and 13 RBI. The 2024 first-round pick is already nearing half of his personal single-season best of 20 homers last year… which he achieved over 123 games.

Despite being a first-round pick, the Dodgers are already Tibbs' third team. This 5-foot-11, 201-pound slugger was traded twice within six weeks last year—first from the San Francisco Giants to the Boston Red Sox in the Rafael Devers deal, then again to the West Coast as part of the Dustin May trade package.

That turbulent summer appears not to have affected Tibbs' output; in his first full season, he posted an .802 OPS across High-A and Double-A. But for a player starting this new season in historic fashion, that feels like a distant past.

As the second week draws to a close, Tibbs didn't just have a spectacular night—he left a mark, both literally and symbolically. Three swings, three declarations, reminding everyone: right now, no one swings a hotter bat, and for a twice-traded power hitter making every ballpark seem tiny, that is a remarkable statement.