Zyhir Hope just can’t stop hitting homers.
The MLB's No. 19 prospect went deep twice for the fourth time this season and finished with three hits in Double-A Tulsa’s 4-3 loss to Frisco at Riders Field. Hope’s two-homer night on Saturday was the second time in six games he's left the yard twice.
After punching out in his first at-bat, the Dodgers' No. 3 prospect tallied his first knock of the night in the fourth inning by grounding a 1-2 fastball from left-hander Dalton Pence (TEX No. 12) into right field for a single.
In the sixth, Hope and Pence squared off for a third time with even better results for the lefty-swinging slugger. Finding himself in another two-strike count, Hope got a slider in the middle of the zone and didn’t miss it, driving a towering blast over the right-field wall for his 20th long ball of the year. The roundtripper left Hope’s bat at 108 mph and traveled 420 feet per the park's TrackMan device.
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After hitting just .215 against lefties last season in 121 at-bats between two Minor League levels, Hope has morphed into a southpaw killer in 2026. The Virginia native is slashing .325/.421/.538 with five homers and 23 RBIs in 80 ABs against them this season.
Hope’s big night wasn’t over yet, though. Strolling to the dish in the eighth, MLB’s No. 6 outfield prospect got ahead in the count 2-1 and hammered a curveball in the bottom third of the zone, sending it into the Lazy River on the concourse in right. That moonshot had another triple-digit exit velocity, leaving the bat at 101 mph.
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Acquired via trade by the Dodgers from the Cubs in January of 2024, the 2023 11th-round pick has found another gear in July. Hope is hitting .431 with a 1.488 OPS in 13 games this month, and his eight long balls and 23 RBIs are the most among any qualified hitter at the Double-A level.
In a system that features eight other MLB Pipeline top 100 prospects, Hope ranks among the top five in homers (21), hits (96) and RBIs (82) while posting a .910 OPS.
Hope's RBI total is tied for the most in baseball -- Majors or Minors -- with fellow Dodgers prospect Easton Shelton (Single-A Ontario).