The Los Angeles Dodgers flaunt one of the deepest rosters in all of baseball, and part of that stems from a strong farm system.

Injuries are sure to occur throughout a long MLB season, and despite their success, the Dodgers have been stung by the injury bug as badly as any team in recent years. In 2025 alone, Los Angeles’ pitching injuries have been well-documented.

Heading into May 1, the Dodgers’ injury lists include stars like Tyler Glasnow, Clayton Kershaw and Blake Snell.

Not to mention helpful arms like Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol, Michael Kopech, Gavin Stone and more.

Fortunately, the Dodgers have proven time and time again that their organizational depth can dig the major league club out of injury trouble, and there’s a new hitting prospect to watch that’s quickly rising through the ranks.

According to MLB Pipeline writers Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra and Jonathan Mayo, outfielder Mike Sirota is the “hottest hitting” Dodgers prospect so far this season.

And Sirota comes from legendary baseball bloodlines. “The grandnephew of Hall of Famer Whitey Ford, Sirota went to the [Cincinnati] Reds in the third round of the 2024 Draft out of Northeastern and joined the Dodgers in the Gavin Lux trade in January,” the MLB Pipeline writers noted.

Continuing: “A potential 20/20 center fielder, he’s destroying the California League in his pro debut, batting .361/.451/.672 in 15 games and leading the Single-A circuit in slugging, OPS (1.123) and extra-base hits (12).”

Sirota currently ranks 20th on the Dodgers’ official prospect ranking on MLB.com. At just 21 years old, the promising righty isn’t expecte