Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Oakland Athletics. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Las Vegas: 75-74

Welcome to Margaritaville, where it’s always 5 o’clock, the jerseys (and vibes) are crisp and apparently, Tyler Soderstrom is launching baseballs into orbit. The top-ranked Athletics prospect was homerin’ away again in an 11-8 Aviators victory on Saturday at Las Vegas Ballpark, as the club gave a nod to the

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Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the Oakland Athletics.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. – Tyler Soderstrom, who starred for the Lansing Lugnuts during the 2022 season before rocketing up to Triple-A by season’s end, has been named the 2022 Midwest League All-Star First Baseman, Minor League Baseball announced Wednesday. Soderstrom, drafted by the Oakland Athletics 26th overall in 2020

MIDLAND, Mich. – Tyler Soderstrom’s 20th home run of the year was a tie-breaking shot in the top of the sixth inning – but José Ramos answered with a two-run go-ahead homer in the bottom of the sixth, and the Great Lakes Loons (17-11, 57-37) doubled up the Lansing Lugnuts

MIDLAND, Mich. – Tyler Soderstrom homered twice and drove in four runs to support the latest stellar effort from Jake Walkinshaw, and the Lansing Lugnuts (11-14, 36-55) blanked the Great Lakes Loons (14-11, 54-37) in the opener of a six-game series, 6-0, on Tuesday night at Dow Diamond. The Loons

LANSING, Mich. – The Lake County Captains (12-8, 47-39) built a quick 7-0 lead, gave up six runs in a flash, and then scored 11 unanswered to rout the Lansing Lugnuts (9-13, 34-54), 18-6, in front of a crowd of 7,923 on Friday night at Jackson® Field™. The lopsided result

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Denzel Clarke and Tyler Soderstrom mashed no-doubt home runs, but the Fort Wayne TinCaps (7-10, 34-49) rallied back to walk off the Lansing Lugnuts (7-10, 32-51), 8-7, on Anthony Vilar’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth on Wednesday afternoon at Parkview Field. The Lugnuts

LANSING, Mich. – Tyler Soderstrom doubled in Drew Swift in the third inning, and Jack Owen and a pair of relievers took care of the rest, leading the Lansing Lugnuts (6-7, 31-48) to a 1-0 triumph over the Great Lakes Loons (8-5, 48-31) on Friday evening at Jackson® Field™. The

LANSING, Mich. – Joey Estes tossed five scoreless innings, Joshwan Wright homered, and the Lansing Lugnuts (5-7, 30-49) steamrolled the Great Lakes Loons (8-4, 30-49), 10-1, on Thursday night at Jackson® Field™. It was the latest showing for a suddenly prolific Lugnuts offense that has scored at least seven runs

LANSING, Mich. – In front of the second largest crowd below Triple-A in the Minor Leagues this season, Tyler Soderstrom belted a game-winning, three-run, 458-foot homer to center field to launch the Lansing Lugnuts (4-6, 29-47) past the Great Lakes Loons (7-3, 47-29), 7-4, on an Independence Day Monday Night

EASTLAKE, OH – Jared McDonald homered in each of his first three at-bats to tie the franchise single game record, and the Lansing Lugnuts (1-5, 26-46) ended a season high seven-game losing streak with a resounding 10-3 victory over the host Lake County Captains (3-3, 38-34) on Thursday night at

EASTLAKE, OH – Lawrence Butler singled, tripled and homered, and Tyler Soderstrom drilled a two-run double and a two-run homer, but the Lake County Captains (3-2, 38-33) outslugged the Lansing Lugnuts (0-5, 25-46), 14-10, on Wednesday night at Classic Park. The game, the Nuts’ seventh straight loss, seesawed early and

EASTLAKE, OH – Petey Halpin broke a fourth-inning scoreless tie with a three-run inside-the-park home run, and the Lake County Captains (2-2, 37-33) went on to top the Lansing Lugnuts (0-4, 25-45), 4-2, on Tuesday night at Classic Park. Starting pitcher Jake Walkinshaw looked impressive in a limited debut and

LANSING, Mich. – The Lansing Lugnuts (23-38) lost a 4-0 lead in the ninth inning, only to rally behind a Tyler Soderstrom game-tying triple and Lawrence Butler game-winning single for a 6-5 victory over the Fort Wayne TinCaps (25-37) before a Saturday night Star Wars crowd of 7,103 at at

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – After dropping the opening game of a doubleheader, 6-1, the Lansing Lugnuts (21-34) shelled the West Michigan Whitecaps (25-30) in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-themed nightcap, winning 7-2 behind a strong outing from Stevie Emanuels on Friday night at LMCU Ballpark. In Game 1, Jonny Butler’s

LANSING, Mich. – Three days after his teammate at the University of Michigan, Blake Beers, struck out 11 batters in six innings, Jeff Criswell fanned 11 in 5 1/3 innings to lead the Lansing Lugnuts (18-28) to a 6-1 victory over the West Division-leading Cedar Rapids Kernels (29-17) in front

BELOIT, Wisc. – M.D. Johnson whiffed nine in seven strong innings, and the Beloit Sky Carp (13-27) edged the Lansing Lugnuts (16-24), 2-1, on Tuesday night at ABC Supply Stadium. The Lugnuts arrived in Beloit with plenty of familiarity with the city, if not the stadium, which opened midway through

MIDLAND, Mich. – A day after allowing a late rally in a series-opening loss, the Great Lakes Loons (20-15) turned the trick themselves, using a four-run seventh to eke past the Lansing Lugnuts (15-20), 7-6, on Wednesday night at Dow Diamond. On Tuesday, the Nuts came back from 4-1 down

LANSING, Mich. – Tyler Soderstrom enjoyed his second two-homer game of the year, but the Dayton Dragons (22-10) pulled out a 10-8 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (14-19) on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™. With the result, the Lugnuts split the six-game series with the first-place Dragons and finished their

LANSING, Mich. – The division-leading Dayton Dragons had not yet lost two days in a row, nor had they lost a game in 2022 in which they led – until Tyler Soderstrom stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth and delivered a game-winning grand slam, launching the

LANSING, Mich. – The West Michigan Whitecaps (9-17) scored four runs in the tenth inning and held on for an 11-10 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (11-15) on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. Lansing had won the first four games of the six-game series against the Whitecaps, including two by

LANSING, Mich. – For the fourth straight game, the Lansing Lugnuts (11-14) beat the West Michigan Whitecaps (8-17). For the third straight game, the Lugnuts won by a 6-5 score. For a second time in the stretch, the Lugnuts won via walk-off. Still, this was a bit different: Aided by

EASTLAKE, OH – Lazaro Armenteros and Tyler Soderstrom homered to wipe out a three-run deficit, only to see Korey Holland’s RBI triple lift the Lake County Captains (10-11) to a 4-3 win over the Lansing Lugnuts (7-14) on Sunday afternoon at Classic Park. The two teams split the six-game series,