Bubba Thompson won’t be in the major leagues this season, and there’s a pretty good chance he won’t be making his big-league debut in 2020 in the first season of Globe Life Field.
He has yet to play above Low A, but made a significant jump up the prospect ladder last season to earn opportunities like the one he received again Monday afternoon at Surprise Stadium.
And he made the most of it as the Texas Rangers tied the Colorado Rockies 4-4.
Thompson launched a two-run homer to straightaway center field, scoring fellow prospect Leody Taveras, and showing why the Rangers selected the athletic, toolsy outfielder in the first round of the 2017 draft.