The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Tulane third baseman Kody Hoese with the No. 25 overall pick in the first round of the 2019 MLB Draft. Heading into this year’s Draft, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the club would target the best player available and let the board direct them.
Hoese erased the memory of two pedestrian seasons at Tulane by batting .391/.486/.779 with 20 doubles and 23 home runs this year. He led the American Athletic Conference in hits (87), runs scored (69), home runs (23), total bases (177), on-base percentage and slugging, and was named the conference’s Player of the Year.