'We expect to win championships': 4 players who keyed another Triple-A crown for the Dodgers

LAS VEGAS -- One step down the organizational ladder of a club that has won back-to-back World Series titles, Triple-A Oklahoma City spent 2026 concocting its own history-making season.

“We're the Dodgers; we're supposed to do this,” Comets manager Scott Hennessey said. “We expect to win championships. And we got it done.”

Get it done they did as Oklahoma City bested Rochester, 5-3, in 10 innings to clinch the Triple-A National Championship on Saturday at Las Vegas Ballpark.

“It's just a total team effort,” Hennessey said. “They hung in there. They never gave up, and it's a credit to all those guys with their character, their work ethic and their grind.”

The Comets boast six of the Dodgers’ Top 30 prospects, including Josue De Paula (MLB’s No. 6 prospect) and Mike Sirota (No. 14). The club clinched a second-half title, then defeated Las Vegas in three games to win its second Pacific Coast League title in four years.

Saturday’s win marked Oklahoma City’s first national championship in franchise history.

“This is one of the most talented teams I've ever played on,” Sirota said. “Obviously Alek Thomas is here, a bunch of big league guys, so it's great seeing how they go about things and learning from them.”

Here are the players who helped seal the victory:

Zach Ehrhard, OF

The Dodgers’ No. 15 prospect set the table for the Comets with a 105.5 mph single to lead off the game, which stood as Oklahoma City’s hardest-hit ball of the night. Ehrhard fittingly went 3-for-5 with a stolen base after leading the team with 28 stolen bases and finishing second with 155 hits during the regular season.

After being selected by the Red Sox in the fourth round of the 2024 Draft, Ehrhard was traded to the Dodgers (along with teammate James Tibbs III) for Dustin May last July. In his first full season as a Los Angeles prospect, the Oklahoma State product was one of 59 Minor Leaguers -- including five Dodgers -- to tally 20+ homers and 20+ stolen bases.

Mike Sirota, OF

In just six Triple-A games, Sirota has already found himself in the heart of the lineup. The Dodgers’ No. 2 prospect put the Comets on the board in the eighth with an RBI single, then came around to score the tying run on a double by Ryan Fitzgerald. In the 10th, the 23-year-old worked a walk, then followed De Paula and Tibbs III around the bases for the club’s fifth run of the night.

Sirota is also with his second organization since the 2024 Draft, having been selected by the Reds before being dealt to the Dodgers for Gavin Lux in January 2025. The grand-nephew of Hall of Famer Whitey Ford made his own history this season when he reached base in 72 straight games across High-A and Double-A. After getting a taste of the postseason with Tulsa, Sirota got bumped up to Oklahoma City, collecting six hits and eight walks across the regular and postseason.

James Tibbs III, 1B/OF

The Dodgers’ No. 7 prospect has been one of the Comets’ best hitters all season and he was a part of the action once again. Tibbs III walked twice and crossed home plate both times.

Since being traded at the 2025 Deadline, the 2024 first-round pick is among the top two Dodgers Minor Leaguers in homers (37), RBIs (139), OBP (.409), OPS (.933), hits (186), doubles (37), walks (137), extra-base hits (79), total bases (344) and runs (134).

Alek Thomas, OF

Three years after helping power the D-backs past the Dodgers in the National League Division Series, Thomas was the spark for L.A.'s Triple-A club. The 26-year-old outfielder went 2-for-3 with a go-ahead three-run double in the 10th to put the Comets up for good.

Arizona dealt Thomas (who was designated for assignment) to Los Angeles on May 12. He had a brief seven-game cameo with the Dodgers in late August, but has mostly been a mainstay for the Comets, with whom he hit .305/.378/.537 with 11 homers and 51 RBIs in 68 contests.