Kody Hoese
Los Angeles Dodgers
Third baseman
Born: (1997-07-13) July 13, 1997 (age 26)
Merrillville, Indiana
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

Kody Michael Hoese (born July 13, 1997) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

Amateur career

Hoese attended Griffith High School in Griffith, Indiana.[1] As a senior, he hit .388 with four home runs and 29 RBIs.[2] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 MLB draft, he enrolled at Tulane University to play college baseball for the Tulane Green Wave.[3]

In 2017, as a freshman at Tulane, Hoese hit .213 with zero home runs and 10 RBIs in 44 games.[4] As a sophomore in 2018, he started all 58 of Tulane's games at third base and batted .291 with five home runs and 31 RBIs.[5] He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB draft, but did not sign.[6][7][8] After the season, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Newport Gulls, hitting .283 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 38 games.[9][10] In 2019, Hoese's junior year, he hit .391 with 23 home runs and sixty RBIs in 56 games[11] and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.[12]

Professional career

Hoese was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft with the 25th overall pick.[13] He signed for $2.74 million and made his professional debut on June 17, 2019, with the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers.[14] He had three hits, all doubles, in three at-bats in that game.[15] After 19 games in the Arizona League, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League in July, with whom he finished the season. Over 41 games between the two clubs, Hoese slashed .299/.380/.483 with five home runs and 29 RBIs.[3]

For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central, slashing .188/.241/.245 with two home runs and 17 RBIs over 59 games.[3][16] He missed two months during the season due to injury.[17] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[18] He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season.[19] In late May, he was placed on the injured list with a groin injury before being activated in late June.[20] He played in 77 games for the Drillers, hitting .232 with five home runs and 34 RBIs.[3] In 2023, he spent the whole season with Tulsa, playing in a career high 98 games with a .244 batting average, 11 homers and 36 RBI.[3]

References

  1. ^ Dabe, Christopher (April 4, 2019). "Meet Kody Hoese, Tulane's natural-born hitter from Indiana moving up MLB Draft charts". nola.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Pope, Lamond (June 25, 2016). "Announcing the 2016 Post-Tribune Baseball All-Area Team". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Kody Hoese College, Amateur & Minor League Statistics and history". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  4. ^ Villa, Walter (April 25, 2019). "GSA Spotlight: Kody Hoese". USA Baseball. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  5. ^ Smith, Guerry (February 12, 2019). "Tulane baseball notebook: How the Green Wave's solid hitting could redeem pitching woes". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  6. ^ Gandolfo, John (June 25, 2018). "Three Tulane Green Wave Players Selected in 2018 MLB Draft". A Medium Corporation. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  7. ^ Zielinski III, Dan (May 2019). "Kody Hoese has improved power, draft stock". The 3rd Man In. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  8. ^ Ishaq, Sharief (April 12, 2019). "Nation's home run leader calls Tulane home". WDSU News. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  9. ^ "2018 Newport Gulls Season Review". OurSports Central. August 17, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  10. ^ Barrett, Scott (June 6, 2018). "Newport Gulls 2018 season preview". The Newport Daily News. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  11. ^ Dabe, Christopher (May 29, 2019). "Tulane third baseman Kody Hoese not among Golden Spikes finalists". nola.com. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  12. ^ Smith, Guerry (May 20, 2019). "Big honor: Tulane's Kody Hoese named AAC Baseball Player of the Year". The New Orleans Advocate. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  13. ^ Harris, Blake (June 3, 2019). "MLB Draft 2019: Dodgers draft Kody Hoese from Tulane in first round". SB Nation. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  14. ^ Thornburg, Chad (June 11, 2019). "Dodgers sign 1st-round pick Kody Hoese". mlb.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  15. ^ Islas, Elizabeth (June 18, 2019). "Will Smith hits homer in 5 straight games". SB Nation. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  16. ^ Stephen, Eric (2021-03-05). "Dodgers roster: Michael Busch, Kody Hoese open 2021 in Double-A Tulsa". True Blue LA. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  17. ^ Lewis, Barry. "Drillers update: Ryan Noda, Landon Knack lead rout over Naturals in series opener". Tulsa World.
  18. ^ Harris, Blake (October 6, 2021). "Bobby Miller highlights Dodgers prospects in Arizona Fall League". SB Nation. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  19. ^ @TulsaDrillers (April 5, 2022). "Returning favs, and players we can't wait for you to meet. Let's hear it for the 2022 Drillers!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "Drillers update: Mickey Mantle MVP ring giveaway set for Saturday".

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American Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Year
2019 Major League Baseball draft first round selections
Los Angeles Dodgers first-round draft picks
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