Dodgers’ Mike Sirota The Latest Talented OF Addition For High-A Great Lakes Roster

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Image credit: Mike Sirota (Photo by Bill Mitchell)

If you ask what team has the most prospect-laden outfield in the minors, there’s only one answer.

The Dodgers promoted outfielder Mike Sirota to High-A Great Lakes on Tuesday, where he joined an outfield that already had two Top 100 Prospects and a 2024 first-round pick.

Playing left field, Sirota didn’t seem to have any adjustment. He went 3-for-3 with a walk and a double in his Midwest league debut. The 21-year-old is hitting .373/.462/.706 overall in 2025. He leads all MiLB full-season qualified hitters in slugging percentage (.706) and OPS (1.168).

Right fielder Josue De Paula, ranked 38th in the Top 100, went 2-for-4 for his 12th multi-hit game of the season. He’s now hitting .301/.419/.528 and he leads the Midwest League in slugging percentage, hits (37) and total bases (65).

Zyhir Hope was moved to DH for the day. He went 0-for-1 but with three walks and a run scored. Ranked 40th on the Baseball America Top 100, Hope is hitting .283/.385/.512. He leads the Midwest League in home runs (six) and is tied with De Paula for the total bases lead (65).

Center fielder Kendall George, the Dodgers’ 2024 first-round pick, went 0-for-4. George is hitting .246/.355/.368. He leads the Midwest League in runs scored (27) while being tied for sixth in stolen bases (13).

It’s an absurd amount of talent for one MiLB outfield, which will likely require rotating the DH spot among all four players to give everyone at-bats. At some point, Hope or De Paula may hit their way to Double-A Tulsa for a promotion.

Even then, the Loons likely have a replacement waiting in the wings, as outfielder Eduardo Quintero, the Dodgers’ seventh-ranked prospect, is hitting .299/.406/.561 for Low-A Rancho Cucamonga.

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