Tyler Soderstrom

Soderstrom attended Turlock High School in Turlock, California, where he played baseball.[1] In 2019, his junior year, he hit .450 with four home runs.[2] That summer, he played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game.[3] He also played for the 18U United States national baseball team,[4] hitting .364.[5] As a senior in 2020, he was named the Gatorade Califorina Baseball Player of the Year after batting .357 over five games before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] He signed to play college baseball at UCLA.[7]

Soderstrom was considered one of the top prospects for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[8][9] He was selected 26th overall by the Oakland Athletics,[10] and signed with them for $3.3 million.[11]

Soderstrom's father, Steve Soderstrom, was selected sixth overall by the San Francisco Giants in the 1993 Major League Baseball draft.[12]