| Date | News |
| 3/01/26 | Dodgers come from behind to beat Angels in Cactus League. Dodgers prospect James Tibbs III had a home run to tie the game in the sixth inning. Zyhir Hope, Griffin Lockwood-Powell and Kyle Nevin had three consecutive singles to take the lead in the seventh. Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2026/03/01/dodgers-come... |
| 8/08/25 | Ex-Giants prospect James Tibbs III reflects on stressful 2025 after traded twice. Former San Francisco Giants prospect James Tibbs III reflected on his "stressful" first professional season after being traded twice. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/ex-giants-prospec... |
| 8/07/25 | Giants Recent First Round Pick Starring With Dodgers Minor League Team After Trade. With the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, the San Francisco Giants selected James Tibbs III, a corner outfielder out of Florida State University. With San Jose, Tibbs had a .415/.429/.512 slash line, hitting four doubles and impressing the organization right away through his first 42 plate appearances as a pro. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 8/07/25 | Dodgers Get Exciting Glimpse Of Ex-Red Sox Prospect's Superstar Potential. It's been a crazy summer for James Tibbs III. The 13th overall pick in last year's MLB draft, Tibbs opened the season with the Eugene Emeralds — the High-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, he was dealt to the Boston Red Sox on June 15 as part of the stunning Rafael Devers trade. The Red Sox assigned him to Double-A Portland, where he struggled, hitting .207/.319/.267 with one homer, seven RBI and 39 strikeouts in 30 games. Source: https://nesn.com/2025/08/dodgers-get-exciting-glim... |
| 7/18/25 | Giants Farm System Skyrockets Up From Last Place in Rankings After 2025 MLB Draft. The San Francisco Giants' farm system was down in the dumps for a while, but has started to make some great progress over the past few weeks and the 2025 MLB draft. Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report recently released his latest farm system rankings, accounting for the 2025 MLB draft, and the Giants jumped way up from last place to No. 23. It is extra impressive that the farm has been able to move up, even still feeling the loss of James Tibbs III in the Rafael Devers trade. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 7/13/25 | Red Sox Select Hard-Throwing Pitcher In First Round Of 2025 MLB Draft. Witherspoon becomes just the latest high-profile draft pick to enter the organization's farm system, joining the likes of left-handed pitcher Payton Tolle, outfielder James Tibbs III and left-handed pitcher Brandon Clarke. It's expected that he can quickly jump a couple of those names, however. Source: https://nesn.com/2025/07/red-sox-select-hard-throw... |
| 7/06/25 | Top Red Sox prospect from Rafael Devers trade hits first homer in system. James Tibbs III, the top prospect who the Red Sox acquired in the Rafael Devers trade, hit his first organizational home run Sunday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/top-red-sox-prosp... |
| 7/04/25 | One year and a blockbuster trade later, Tibbs got what he wanted: to play for the Boston Red Sox. MANCHESTER — Before James Tibbs III could tell his mom and dad, they brought up the topic. “I called my mom and my parents (Julie and James Jr.) were like, ‘Hey, did you see (Rafael) Devers got traded to the Giants?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, yeah, well, that’s me. I’m part of that trade,’” Tibbs said this week at Delta Dental Stadium before playing for the Portland Sea Dogs against the New Hampshire ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/one-blockbuster-t... |
| 6/19/25 | New Red Sox prospect records first hit after coming over in Devers trade. James Tibbs III had a single and a walk for AA Portland Wednesday night. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/red-sox-prospect-... |
| 6/15/25 | Boston Red Sox trade: Who are the prospects acquired for Rafael Devers?. The Red Sox acquired James Tibbs III, the 13th pick in the 2024 Draft, for Rafael Devers. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/boston-red-sox-tr... |
| 6/07/25 | Seattle Mariners prospect's diving catch preserves no-hitter. Most no-hitters feature a web gem somewhere along the way. For the Everett AquaSox on Friday night, it was Seattle Mariners prospect Tai Peete who delivered that highlight-reel defensive play. With a runner on first and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, High-A Everett's no-hit bid looked like it was about to end when Eugene's James Tibbs III hit a fly ball into the right-center-field gap. Peete had other plans. Source: https://sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-mariner... |
| 6/02/25 | Weekend Minor League roundup: James Tibbs III is flying high. The weekend action on the farm. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/weekend-minor-lea... |
| 5/11/25 | Giants Top Hitting Prospect's Slow Start Masks Critical Baseball Traits. Among the San Francisco Giants ' Top 30 prospects at MLB Pipeline outfielder James Tibbs III nearly stands alone. He's the fourth highest-ranked prospect in the organization, behind first baseman Bryce Eldridge, pitcher Carson Whisenhunt and shortstop Josuar De Jesus. Last year's first-round pick is playing his first full year of pro baseball at High-A Eugene. After his first 28 games the numbers don't look great — .214/.376/.347 with three home runs and 10 RBI. But, sometimes, numbers aren't the only thing teams look at. Sometimes advanced analytics give team a different glimpse. That's why it's worth looking at Tibbs' advanced numbers. They provide a different picture, one of a hitter that Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 4/25/25 | Should San Francisco Giants Offer Top Prospects to Braves for All-Star Slugger?. The San Francisco Giants are off to a much better start to the 2025 MLB season than pretty much anyone expected, which now means they are more in play for ever for an in-season trade. ESPN's David Schoenfield (subscription required) recently made a trade deadline preview for the Giants, which included prospects James Tibbs III and Dakota Jordan as their top trade candidates. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 3/15/25 | SF Giants' Eldridge scratched from Spring Breakout, Roupp discusses 13-strikeout outing. The Giants will display some of their top prospects on Saturday night as part of Major League Baseball's “Spring Breakout,” a list of names featuring Carson Whisenhunt, James Tibbs III and Jhonny Level, among plenty others. Bryce Eldridge, the Giants' top prospect, will miss the exhibition against the Texas Rangers' top prospects due to left hand soreness. Source: https://www.chicoer.com/2025/03/15/sf-giants-eldri... |
| 8/16/24 | San Francisco Giants Linked to World Wood Bat Record Holder in Latest Mock Draft. James Tibbs III is already a Top 100 prospect in baseball and he was selected in the first round by the San Francisco Giants just last month. First baseman Bryce Eldridge, a former prep star from Vienna, Va., was the Giants' first-round pick in 2023 and he's already the No. 1 prospect in the organization and playing for High-A Eugene. Bleacher Report recently projected what next July's draft would look like with a first-round mock draft. The site had the Giants picking No. 14 overall, which would mean no playoffs for San Francisco. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 8/15/24 | How San Francisco Giants Invigorated Top 30 Prospect Rankings With Draft, Trades. When MLB Pipeline dropped its latest Top 30 prospect list for the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday it took on a different look. Yes, first baseman Bryce Eldridge was still at the top and led three Giants prospects into the Pipeline's Top 100 players. But, San Francisco had six new players in the Top 30, thanks in part to its work in the draft, on the trade market and even through minor-league signings. First, the MLB draft, which was last month during All-Star Weekend. The Giants put together a haul at the top, as four of their selections ended up in the new Top 30. Outfielder James Tibbs III, the Florida State outfielder selected in the first round, not only was No. 3 in the Top 30 but slipped Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 7/25/24 | First-Round Pick Signs Huge Deal With San Francisco Giants. The San Francisco Giants have signed Florida State outfielder James Tibbs III, their first-round pick, to a contract, as reported by MLB Pipeline . Tibbs was the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. With that selection his pick carried a slot value of $5.272 million. San Francisco was able to get him for several hundred thousand under slot, as he signed for a reported $4.747 million. Tibbs and the Seminoles reached the College World Series this June, where Baseball America rated him the No. 3 player among those at the annual national championship in Omaha, Neb. The left-handed hitting Tibbs was a three-year star for the Seminoles, who entered the CWS with the best stat line of his career. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 7/24/24 | San Francisco Giants Waiting for Next Top 100 Prospect. The MLB Draft offered Baseball America the chance to reset its Top 100 prospects in Major League Baseball. It was a chance for the San Francisco Giants to score a player on that list. The publication didn't list a single Giants prospect among its Top 100. Because the list included players that were just drafted, there was a chance the Giants' first-round pick, Florida State outfielder James Tibbs III, could have made the list. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |
| 7/17/24 | San Francisco Giants Receive Surprising Middling Draft Grade After Generally Solid Draft. The San Francisco Giants didn't have a lot of capital in the 2024 draft. Along with selecting an MLB Pipeline top 15 prospect, they also drafted five other top 250 prospects, including one that is being considered a steal. At 13 overall, the Giants took Florida State outfielder James Tibbs III. Tibbs won ACC Player of the Year after a huge breakout in his junior season. The outfielder hit .363 while racking up 28 homers and 95 RBI with a 1.264 OPS, all of which were career highs. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/giants/san-francisco-giants... |