The A’s have kept an eye on Turlock High School catcher Tyler Soderstrom for some time. They didn’t expect him to be there when they selected No. 26 overall during the first round of the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday, yet there he was when they formally went on the clock.
The selection was super easy to make.
“Tyler Soderstrom was one of the top follows on our board coming into the spring, and we’re super excited that things worked out and he got to us,” A’s scouting director Eric Kubota said in a video conference with local media.