Tyler Soderstrom

Tyler Christian Soderstrom (born November 24, 2001) is an American baseball catcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He was selected 26th overall by the Athletics in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.
Career.
Amateur career.
Soderstrom attended Turlock High School in Turlock, California, where he played baseball. In 2019, his junior year, he hit .450 with four home runs. That summer, he played in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game. He also played for the 18U United States national baseball team, hitting .364. As a senior in 2020, he was named the Gatorade California Baseball Player of the Year after batting .357 over five games before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He signed to play college baseball at UCLA.
Professional career.
Soderstrom was considered one of the top prospects for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. He was selected 26th overall by the Oakland Athletics, and signed with them for $3.3 million. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Stockton Ports.
Personal.
Soderstrom's father, Steve Soderstrom, was selected sixth overall by the San Francisco Giants in the 1993 Major League Baseball draft.