The Dodgers selected Feduccia to their 40-man roster Tuesday, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.
Feduccia posted an .838 OPS with 11 home runs and 57 RBI over 90 games this past season with Triple-A Oklahoma City. The 26-year-old catcher is now officially protected from being taken in next month's Rule 5 Draft.
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Dodgers' Hunter Feduccia: Off to red-hot start in Triple-A
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Through 12 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City, Feduccia is slashing .432/.577/.838 with four home runs, 21 RBI, nine runs and a 14:11 BB:K.
Feduccia was a 12th-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2018 out of Louisiana State. He hit 15 long balls in 294 at-bats between Double-A and Triple-A last season but batted a modest .238. He's pounded the ball thus far in 2023, with seven of his 16 hits going for extra bases. The Dodgers have plenty of organizational depth at catcher with Will Smith in the majors and Diego Cartaya and Dalton Rushing among their top prospects in the minors, so Feduccia isn't currently seen as a future starter. However, he could emerge as an MLB backup and could feasibly see some time in the majors this season with neither Cartaya or Rushing yet to reach the Triple-A level.
