Dillon Dingler #38

Selected by the Tigers in the second round of the 2020 MLB Draft out of Ohio State University (signing scout: Austin Cousino)...Played collegiately at The Ohio State University, where he earned second team All-Big Ten honors in 2019 and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2018...Graduated from Massillon Jackson High School, where he was second team All-State and led his team to the state championship in 2017...Also played football in high school, earning first team All-State honors and being named Stark County Player of the Year in 2017.

2023

Limited to 89 games between Single A Lakeland, Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo in 2023 due to two separate stints on the injured list... Named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Sidelined from April 6-30 while recovering from right knee surgery... Homered in five consecutive games with Single A Lakeland and Double A Erie from April 27-May 3... On the injured list from July 15-Aug. 7 with a right elbow strain... Ranked as the No. 9 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season...also rated as the best defensive catcher in the Tigers Minor League system. 

2022

Played in 107 games with Double A Erie in 2022, spending the entire season with the SeaWolves... Homered and drove in three runs in back-to-back games on June 29-30 vs. Akron... On the injured list from Sept. 6-29 with a right shoulder strain... Appeared in four games with Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, going 4x5 with a run scored and two RBI... Ranked as the No. 7 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season...also rated as the best defensive catcher in the Tigers Minor League system.

2021

Saw his first professional action in 2021, playing in 85 games between Single A Lakeland, Single A West Michigan and Double A Erie...Named High A Central Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending June 6 after batting .500/.577/.955 with four doubles, two home runs and eight RBI in six games...Appeared in 24 games between West Michigan and Erie in June, hitting .326/.379/.587 with six doubles, three triples, four home runs and 21 RBI...Sidelined from Aug. 6-Sept. 2 with a left index finger contusion...Rated as the No. 7 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America.

2020

Spent the 2020 season as the Tigers Alternate Training Site in Toledo...Ranked as the No. 6 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America.

2019

Played collegiately at The Ohio State University, where he earned second team All-Big Ten honors in 2019 and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in 2018.