Dodgers' throwaway Dustin May trade with Red Sox should have rival Giants reeling

If you gave the San Francisco Giants a chance to take back their Rafael Devers blockbuster. they'd laugh in your face. That deal has aged horribly for the Boston Red Sox, with a trade tree that's starting to rival their disastrous Mookie Betts deal.

Speaking of Betts and his new team, part of the reason that Devers trade is going so poorly in Boston is because the team traded the best asset it got in return for the start third baseman — outfield prospect James Tibbs III — to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a trade deadline swap for Dustin May.

A popular breakout pick this season, Tibbs is already raking in spring training. Through 13 games (33 plate appearances) he's hitting .310/.394/.621 with two home runs. This onslaught in Dodger blue surely isn't what the Giants had in mind when they traded for Devers.

James Tibbs III making good on prospect hype in spring training with Dodgers

After arriving to the organization in the May trade, Tibbs hit .269/.407/.493 (155 wRC+) in Double-A Tulsa. Between the Giants, Red Sox, and Dodgers, the left-handed hitting outfielder ended the season with 20 home runs and a 127 wRC+.

He's simply continuing that torrid stretch in spring training, though he has struck out in more than 35% of his plate appearances. That shouldn't be seen as a long-term problem considering he's still walking a ton and only struck out 21.4% of the time last year, but it is worth monitoring as he faces better pitching competition at the highest levels of the sport.

The real concern about Tibbs is where he'll play — the organization is absolutely loaded with blue-chip prospects across the outfield grass, and they employ a starting trio of Kyle Tucker, Teoscar Hernández, and Andy Pages. It's going to be almost impossible for anyone to break through this logjam.

In truth, this is a really good problem to have, and the Dodgers' cache of trade ammunition only increases every time a player like Tibbs starts to break out. That's not to say that the Dodgers will repeat the mistake the Giants and Red Sox made in shipping out the budding star, but it is a reminder of the ridiculous depth emerging throughout the farm system.

And just to rub a little more salt in the wound for everyone else involved: Zach Ehrhard, the other outfield prospect the Dodgers for May, is also starting to get some honorable mention love on various top prospect lists around the league. Perhaps Boston needs to stop picking up the phone when Andrew Friedman calls.