This overlooked prospect seems poised for a Dodgers spring training breakout

The top of the Dodgers' pipeline is absolutely packed with outfielders. MLB Pipeline's Nos. 1-3 at the end of 2025 — Josue De Paula, Zyhir Hope, and Eduardo Quintero — are all outfielders. Further down at No. 5 is Mike Sirota, then No. 8 James Tibbs III, and then No. 10 Ching-Hsien Ko. That's 60% of the Dodgers' top 10.

At least a few of them will be in spring training with the Dodgers — De Paula, Hope, and Tibbs have all been confirmed — even if it's just to get some valuable experience from being in big league camp with all of LA's superstars.

However, further down the pipeline is another outfielder who turned heads after the Dodgers acquired him last year. Tibbs has been electric since he came over in the Dustin May trade, but Zach Ehrhard, the other piece of that deal and another Dodgers NRI, hasn't been too shabby either.

Ehrhard currently sits at No. 27 in the Dodgers' pipeline and finished out his 2025 season with 34 games in Double-A Tulsa after the trade. If he can show out in camp, he could get a quick call-up to Triple-A and differentiate himself from all of the many Dodgers outfield prospects.

Dodgers No. 27 prospect Zach Ehrhard could be looking at a quick promotion if he shows out in spring training

Ehrhard hit .282 with a .857 OPS with five homers, 20 RBI, and he walked exactly as many times as he struck out (21) in 34 games in Tulsa. MLB Pipeline's assessment is right on the money: "Ehrhard's best attribute is his on-base ability, the product of advanced swing decisions and consistent contact to all fields. A right-handed hitter, he has good feel for the barrel and rarely gets fooled at the plate." He's also speedy, having stolen 37 bases last season.

With Kyle Tucker and Teoscar Hernández on long-term deals in the outfield, and Andy Pages putting up an admirable sophomore season despite his postseason struggles, there's very little room for prospects who are on the 40-man (Ryan Ward, for one) to get a chance to shine at the major league level, so it stands to reason it would be even harder to puzzle out how to accommodate non-rostered prospects.

The Dodgers aren't really thinking about that right now, though, because they don't have to. Spring training will just be a showcase for Hope, De Paula, Quintero, Tibbs, Ko, Ehrhard, and so on, but he could use the opportunity to pull ahead.