| Kody Hoese | |
| Team: | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Position: | Third baseman |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Merrillville, Indiana |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
Kody Michael Hoese (born July 13, 1997) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
Hoese attended Griffith High School in Griffith, Indiana.[1] As a senior, he hit .388 with four home runs and 29 RBIs.[2] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 MLB draft, he enrolled at Tulane University to play college baseball for the Tulane Green Wave.
In 2017, as a freshman at Tulane, Hoese hit .213 with zero home runs and 10 RBIs in 44 games.[3] As a sophomore in 2018, he started all 58 of Tulane's games at third base and batted .291 with five home runs and 31 RBIs.[4] He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 35th round of the 2018 MLB draft, but did not sign.[5] [6] [7] After the season, he played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Newport Gulls, hitting .283 with seven home runs and 25 RBIs in 38 games.[8] [9] In 2019, Hoese's junior year, he hit .391 with 23 home runs and sixty RBIs in 56 games[10] and was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.[11]
Hoese was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft with the 25th overall pick.[12] He signed for $2.74 million and made his professional debut on June 17, 2019, with the Rookie-level Arizona League Dodgers.[13] He had three hits, all doubles, in three at-bats in that game.[14] After 19 games in the Arizona League, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons of the Class A Midwest League in July, with whom he finished the season. Over 41 games between the two clubs, Hoese slashed .299/.380/.483 with five home runs and 29 RBIs.[15]
For the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central, slashing .188/.241/.245 with two home runs and 17 RBIs over 59 games.[15] [16] He missed two months during the season due to injury.[17] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season.[18] He returned to Tulsa to begin the 2022 season.[19] In late May, he was placed on the injured list with a groin injury before being activated in late June.[20] He played in 77 games for the Drillers, hitting .232 with five home runs and 34 RBIs.[15] In 2023, he spent the whole season with Tulsa, playing in a career high 98 games with a .244 batting average, 11 homers and 36 RBI.[15]
Hoese was promoted to the Triple–A Oklahoma City Baseball Club to start the 2024 season.[21]