Tyler Soderstrom played five games his senior season at Turlock High before baseball shut down at every level due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gyms were closed. Local parks largely were unavailable during the spring.
The star catcher and A’s 2020 first-round draft pick still had unlimited access to an optimal training complex, with the Backyard Sports Academy a few seconds from his house.
“I’m actually pretty lucky that my dad has a sports facility a minute down the road from where I live, with full batting cages and a baseball field,” Soderstrom said Wednesday.