Report: Dodgers promoting top prospect C Dalton Rushing

Field Level Media|published: 05/14/2025, 3:22pm EDT

Feb 20, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Dalton Rushing against the Chicago Cubs during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

The Los Angeles Dodgers are preparing to call up prized catching prospect Dalton Rushing, The Athletic reported Wednesday.

Rushing, 24, is batting .308 with a .938 OPS, five homers and 17 RBIs in 31 games this season at Triple-A Oklahoma City. He has started 16 games behind the plate, eight at first base and one in left field.

Rushing homered and drove in three runs in the Comets' 8-5 win at Round Rock on Tuesday.

Ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the Dodgers' system and No. 15 overall by MLB Pipeline, Rushing was a second-round draft pick in 2022 out of the University of Louisville.

Through four seasons in the minors, Rushing has batted .277 with 54 homers and 185 RBIs in 265 games.

--Field Level Media