Dodgers top prospect Dalton Rushing's latest feat was downright breathtaking

Dodgers' No. 2 prospect (and No. 1 position player prospect) Dalton Rushing looks like he could be on the verge of a major league call up. The Dodgers sort of got fans excited about one last season when he was part of the NLDS taxi squad and was spotted working out at Dodger Stadium, but he was only promoted to Triple-A in August of last year and there was little room to accommodate young players, so there was no real reason to rush him.

His performance in Oklahoma City so far could complicate the Dodgers' decision-making. In 18 games, he's batting .292 with a .862 OPS, three homers, and nine RBI as a catcher, first baseman, left fielder, and DH. He opened the season in a big way, with a 390-foot homer that left the bat at nearly 103 MPH.

He experienced a bit of a homer drought after that, but picked up his second on April 22 with a two-run shot in his first at-bat. Two days later, he did it again, but this time far more decisively. He sent a first pitch sinker 412 feet (and out of the ballpark) to put the Comets ahead of the Salt Lake Bees.

Dodgers' No. 1 position player prospect Dalton Rushing hit an absolutely mammoth home run in Triple-A

Rushing knew it was gone immediately, and his swing made it look easy.

The problem with Rushing is that, despite how prepared he looks to come up to the major league level, the Dodgers may not know where to put him. They said at the beginning of the season that he would be getting most of his starts as a catcher, despite an eyebrow-raising move to left field for him late last season, and he's only played one inning in left field so far this year.

With Will Smith in the way behind the plate and Rushing looking too good to play backup to him forever, and with Freddie Freeman at first through 2027, Rushing still presents a conundrum for the Dodgers.

If they could give him some more time in left field, bringing him up in place of Andy Pages could be the way to get him his major league debut. But there are complications there too; Hyeseong Kim seems to be the heir-apparent to Pages' spot on the big league roster.

Regardless, Rushing is proving that his bat packs an absolute wallop, and with MLB Pipeline predicting his arrival in the majors to come sometime this year, the Dodgers are going to have to figure it out.