A year ago, he was representing the Dodgers at the Arizona Fall League Fall Stars game. Now, he’s eligible to be taken from the team in the Rule 5 Draft in December.
Sheffield, the son of former-Dodger Gary Sheffield (who is currently on the Hall of Fame ballot) and brother of Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Justus Sheffield, the prospect certainly has the pedigree in name and in his baseball past.
Since he started pitching professionally, he’s been in the LA’s farm system for four seasons. After starting 2019 in High-A with the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Sheffield made it up to Double-A with the Tulsa Drillers for the first time in his career.