Bio
Dillon Tatum, a native of Stockton, California comes to the American Association after one season with the Oakland Ballers of the Pioneer League. Tatum spent parts of four seasons with the Minnesota Twins organization, reaching Double-A after being selected in the 20th round of the 2020 MLB Draft. In 2025 with the Ballers, Tatum played 69 games and finished second on the club in home runs with 23 and third on the team with 75 RBI just one RBI behind newly signed Explorer Cameron Bufford. His 23 long balls also placed him 10th in the Pioneer League last season. Tatum would finish the year with a slash line of .338/.455/.684 while scoring 55 runs with 76 hits.
In the field, Tatum had a .996 fielding percentage for Oakland and threw out 10 out of 51 runners from behind the plate last season. He made just two errors in 68 games and just 11 errors in 183 professional games caught in his career. In four seasons with the Twins organization, Tatum gunned down 31 out of 161 catching and added another 35 games at first base in his professional career.
In 2024 Tatum played 24 games at High-A Cedar Rapids in the Midwest League. He hit .197 with two homers and five RBI for the Kernels. Tatum spent 2023 with Fort Myers in the Florida State League, hitting .173 in 53 games at Low-A with one home run and 15 RBI. Tatum played a career-high 74 games in 2022, primarily with Fort Myers. He hit .175 in 72 games, launching six home runs with 19 RBI for the season. Tatum spent two games at Double-A Wichita, going 2-for-9 with a pair of RBI. His rookie season with Minnesota, Tatum saw his first professional action, playing in five games with the Florida Complex League rookie-level Twins. He went 7-for-10 in his short stint in the FCL.
Tatum played one season at the University of California Irvine in 2021 and spent 2019 and 2020 at San Joaquin Delta College in California. His only season at UC-Irvine he slashed a line of .278/.401/.684 for the Anteaters in 40 games. Tatum started 31 games behind the plate and had one start at first base. His first two college seasons at San Joaquin he hit .316 in 60 games with four home runs and 55 RBI. Tatum hit .366 in a shortened season in 2020 with 22 RBI and .290 his first season in college with four homers and 33 RBI.
Tatum, 25, was born and raised in Stockton, California and was a First Team All-League selection at St. Mary’s High School in Stockton. He would hit .394 as a senior in high school and bats and throws right-handed.