3/20/26
Only 14 games into his high school baseball career, DiMaggio is starting to run out of superlatives to describe his immense ability and his eye-popping performance. Entering the game hitting nearly .700 with seven home runs and 19 walks to zero strikeouts, it’s understandable for a player on a day that would cause those numbers to dip. DiMaggio just continues to find ways to build on a mind-blowing start. The Triton’s employed a massive shift while feeding him a steady diet of half speed, pitches, and hopes of getting him to record an out. They were successful in his first at-bat when he lofted a high fly ball out to right field, but that would be the only time it would work. In his second at bat, he launched a 1–0 breaking ball deep over the RF fence for his eighth home run of the Spring. In his third at bat, he demonstrated his plate discipline, plate coverage, and impressive balance at launch to work a deep count walk while spoiling multiple two-strike breaking balls. Then, to cap his day, he jumped all over another elevated breaking ball to launch his ninth home run of the spring. At this point, there doesn’t seem to be much he can’t do in a batter's box. Obviously, there will be some ups and downs along the way, but his ability to adjust, manage at-bats, and destroy mistakes or spoil quality pitches culminates in one of the most impressive offensive profiles I’ve seen in 20+ years evaluating players.