1 Padres Press Clips Monday, June 12, 2017 Article Source Author Page Padres aiming for 'complete' draft UT San Diego Lin 2 Two-out trouble buries Lamet, Padres UT San Diego Sanders 4 Reggie Lawson dials up 8 strikeouts in TinCaps' loss UT San Diego Sanders 7 First pitch: Young Phil Maton called up to relieve taxed ‘pen UT San Diego Sanders 9 Perdomo, Padres open set against Reds MLB.com Laymance 12 Could Padres land a two-way talent at No. 3? MLB.com Cassavell 13 Homers bury Padres in finale vs. Royals MLB.com Ruiz/Paris 15 Spangenberg seizing opportunity at third MLB.com Ruiz 18 Maton surprised by promotion to big leagues MLB.com Ruiz 20 Moustakas' two homers lifts Royals to 8-3 win over Padres Associated Press AP 22 This Day in Padres History, 6/12 FriarWire Center 24 Padres On Deck: SS Tatis, LHP Allen Lead A-Fort FriarWire Center 25 Wayne to Win MLB Draft Preview: Who Will the Padres Take? NBC San Diego Togerson 27
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Padres Press Clips Monday, June 12, 2017
Article Source Author Page
Padres aiming for 'complete' draft UT San Diego Lin 2
Two-out trouble buries Lamet, Padres UT San Diego Sanders 4
Reggie Lawson dials up 8 strikeouts in TinCaps' loss UT San Diego Sanders 7
First pitch: Young Phil Maton called up to relieve taxed ‘pen UT San Diego Sanders 9
Perdomo, Padres open set against Reds MLB.com Laymance 12
Could Padres land a two-way talent at No. 3? MLB.com Cassavell 13
Homers bury Padres in finale vs. Royals MLB.com Ruiz/Paris 15
Spangenberg seizing opportunity at third MLB.com Ruiz 18
Maton surprised by promotion to big leagues MLB.com Ruiz 20
Moustakas' two homers lifts Royals to 8-3 win over Padres Associated Press AP 22
This Day in Padres History, 6/12 FriarWire Center 24
Padres On Deck: SS Tatis, LHP Allen Lead A-Fort FriarWire Center 25
Wayne to Win
MLB Draft Preview: Who Will the Padres Take? NBC San Diego Togerson 27
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Padres aiming for 'complete' draft
Dennis Lin
The Padres’ first draft under General Manager A.J. Preller and Scouting Director Mark Conner unfolded over the course of three days in June of 2015. On the last of those days, in the 20th round, with the 597th overall selection, San Diego claimed an unheralded senior right-hander out of Louisiana Tech University.
On Sunday, just hours before the start of another draft, Phil Maton became Preller and Conner’s first pick to reach the majors. The formerly unheralded right-hander had established himself as one of the game’s better relief prospects and a pertinent example of what the Padres are seeking Monday through Wednesday.
“The whole thing with our philosophy is having a complete draft through and through,” Conner said. “...That’s a testimony to the hard work that our area scouts do. Big-leaguers come from all parts of the draft. It’s something we pride ourselves on and try to work hard at.”
Much, of course, will be made of the Padres’ first-round selection, third overall, which carries a suggested bonus value of $6,668,100. The franchise’s last two top-five picks were infamously wasted on Donavan Tate and Matt Bush, though significant ownership and front-office turnover has since occurred.
The industry consensus is that the Padres’ first choice is Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) High right-hander/shortstop Hunter Greene. Greene, however, is not expected to last past the second pick. In that event, San Diego could choose between Whiteville (N.C.) High left-hander MacKenzie Gore and JSerra (San Juan Capistrano) High shortstop/outfielder Royce Lewis.
“We’re not drafting for need,” Preller said. “It’s ‘best guy available.’ It’s not the NBA or the NFL, where you draft a guy and the next year they’re playing. It’s a process that goes into place. I think teams make the most mistakes when they say, ‘Hey, we have to take this position.’”
Should Greene or another two-way star, University of Louisville left-hander/first baseman Brendan McKay, fall to No. 3, Preller indicated that the organization would entertain selecting either as both a pitcher and a hitter.
“We’ve looked at those guys seriously both ways, and I think we’ve talked about different scenarios in which, if they end up being Padres, do they go out and focus on one area? Or do we go down the path of letting them do both and using time to see which way they’re better?
“Honestly, we’ve got a scouting group that feels like they can do both, feels like they’re prospects at both. My guess is, if it goes that route, we’ll take some time to figure that out in pro ball.”
After their first selection, the Padres will have two more decisions to make Monday, including a competitive-balance pick after the second round. San Diego’s overall bonus pool of $11,839,000 is the fourth-largest in the majors, and the team may opt to save money at an early slot in order to pursue impact players later in the draft. That strategy was deployed a year ago, when the Padres had six of the top 85 selections.
“Any time you have more money, more picks, you have flexibility,” Conner told the Union-Tribune. “There are teams that may have lesser money that may take some of that other money and put it into one player. We have the opportunity to do it the other way because we have more money.
“It also depends on who’s there, what the situation is, what the player pool is … and if we take player ‘A’ and the signing bonus is ‘X,’ what does that do to the next couple picks. So we have to be flexible and have a lot of different routes we can take after each pick.”
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Two-out trouble buries Lamet, Padres Jeff Sanders
A year after they had three first-round picks, the Padres will select third overall in the draft today, marking their highest pick since 2009.
As hopeful as that is for a franchise in the early stages of its latest rebuilding project, the Padres’ 8-3 loss to the Royals on Sunday served as yet another reminder that with the promise of youth comes the inevitability of growing pains.
There have been many of those lately.
Take the three home runs that right-hander Dinelson Lamet allowed — all with two outs — to saddle the 24-year-old rookie with a second straight rocky outing after he had dazzled in his first two starts.
The Dominican with a fastball that touches 99 mph attacked opposing hitters in those games. On Sunday, Lamet took a bit off a pitch that he wasn’t in control of and paid for it.
“Command is the big concern,” Padres manager Andy Green said. “You have to command the fastball. I think inside of him is the ability to do that; he’s shown that. That’s two (games) in a row now. It’s time for him to bounce back and really attack the zone with the fastball. The real fastball — not the held-back, controlled fastball. He’s not a control, command pitcher.
“He’s a stuff guy, and he has to come at you with that stuff.”
Lamet (2-2, 8.50 ERA) has since lost two straight since piling up 16 strikeouts in his first 10 innings. The seven runs he allowed in five innings Sunday pushed his total to 16 — 14 earned — over his last eight frames. Lamet struck out six Sunday and walked just one, albeit with two outs in the first inning to start Kansas City’s momentum-seizing rally.
Eric Hosmer singled in a run after Lorenzo Cain walked and stole second base, Salvador Perez followed with a single, and Mike Moustakas opened up a 4-0 lead with a home run to right field on a 90 mph change-up.
Lamet struck out the side in the second. Two innings later, he served up a solo homer to Alex Gordon with two outs on a 94 mph fastball and a two-run homer to Hosmer with two outs in the fifth on a 91 mph offering.
All three homers were delivered by left-handed hitters, who had amassed a 1.019 OPS against Lamet through his first three starts.
“He puts a baserunner on in the first inning and scatter-shots his fastball after that,” Green said. “Then he has to take off of his fastball and pitch away from the scouting report because he can
no longer command the 95. He’s pitching in the 90-93 range and he’s throwing pitches that he hopes to throw for strikes rather than throwing with conviction.”
Moustakas’ second homer of the game, off left-hander Jose Torres in the ninth, increased the Royals’ total to nine over their last two games at Petco Park. The Padres and Royals combined for 15 homers in the series, one shy of the record of 16 hit in a three-game set with the Braves in 2006.
Like Lamet, Royals rookie Jake Junis served up three homers in his third career start — three solo homers, that is.
Cory Spangenberg hit the first two, and Jose Pirela added the third to lead off the eighth, ending Junis’ outing with three runs allowed on six hits and a walk over seven-plus innings.
Pirela is 11-for-22 since his promotion from the Pacific Coast League on Tuesday, while Spangenberg – who collected the second two-homer game of his career – is 7-for-10 since Ryan Schimpf’s demotion to Triple-A El Paso on Friday opened up everyday at-bats at third base.
“He wasn’t happy about it when he was sent down,” Green said of Spangenberg, who started the season in El Paso. “He went down there, swung the bat really well, came up and shared time, and now is finally getting an opportunity to run with the job. Now he’s starting to drive the baseball a little more. He had three hits (Saturday) and had good at-bats today.
“I’m really pleased with what he’s doing in the batter’s box.”
The other bright spot on an overcast afternoon in front of 25,599 at Petco Park was the standing ovation that rookie Phil Maton received after striking out the first batter he faced — Cain — and walking off the mound in the eighth inning with a one-two-three, seven-pitch major league debut.
“That was incredible,” Maton said, hours after he was added to an overtaxed bullpen. “I couldn’t believe the amount of cheering there was. It was so stinking cool to have my debut here at home.”
“I couldn’t have asked for anything more.”
Bullpen shuffle Ranked 18th in the system by Baseball America, the 24-year-old Maton replaced right-hander Kevin Quackenbush, who was optioned to Triple-A El Paso after lowering his ERA to 6.38 with a scoreless ninth on Saturday. Right-hander Jake Esch – who was on Double-A San Antonio’s disabled list with forearm tightness – was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Maton, who led the farm system with 13 saves at El Paso.
In fact, Maton – ranked 18th in the system by Baseball America – had strung together nine straight scoreless appearances to lower his ERA from 4.80 to 2.84 after a rough start to his stay in the Pacific Coast League. He had struck out 31, walked 18 and held opposing hitters to a .234 average in 25 1/3 innings after fanning 78 in 51 2/3 across three levels in 2016.
“He's a guy who's delivering the pitch closer to the plate than 95 percent of guys in the majors and the spin on his fastball is higher than 95 percent of guys in the major league game,” Green said. “He's got two attributes working for him that just analytically speaking, are huge pluses. He gets tons of swing and misses with his ability to beat people up in the strike zone.”
Notable
CF Manuel Margot continued running on the field Sunday without issue. He said, through an interpreter, he isn’t running at 100 percent yet but believes he’s inching toward a rehab assignment. “With all the treatment I've received and all the exercises I've done, I feel good,” Margot said. “I feel like I'll be able to come back soon and proceed with the rest of the season.”
CF Travis Jankowski (foot) was out of his walking boot and in the Padres clubhouse Sunday ahead of a CT scan scheduled for Monday. “It feels good,” he said. “I haven’t had any pain in four weeks.”
Reggie Lawson dials up 8 strikeouts in TinCaps' loss
Jeff Sanders
Reggie Lawson is still in search for his first pro win. He certain deserved one Sunday.
The 19-year-old Lawson struck out a career-high eight over six shutout innings of two-hit ball in a game that low Single-A Fort Wayne went on to lose, 6-5, to visiting Lansing.
The 71st overall pick a year ago, the right-handed Lawson (5.87) had never pitched more than four innings in an outing before throwing 53 of his career-high 83 pitches for strikes. He walked just one.
Through four starts, Lawson is 0-3 with a 5.87 ERA, 19 strikeouts and a 1.50 WHIP in 15 1/3 innings.
Right-hander Nick Monroe allowed four runs while recording one out in the seventh and right-hander Emmanuel Ramirez (0-2, 3.63) allowed a run in two innings in taking the loss for the TinCaps (23-40).
At the plate, shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. (.262) went 2-for-3 with his eighth homer, second baseman Reinaldo Ilarraza (.193) hit his second homer and stole his 11th base and center fielder Rod Boykin went 2-for-4 with his fifth homer.
Left fielder Jorge Ona (.315) also went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
TRIPLE-A EL PASO (30-34)
Fresno 11, Chihuahuas 5: 3B Ryan Schimpf (.250) homered in four at-bats in his return to the Pacific Coast League and RF Jabari Blash (.258) went 2-for-3 with his 10th homer, a double and three RBIs. 2B Carlos Asuaje (.241), 1B Christian Villanueva (.302) and DH Nick Buss (.370) all had two hits. RHP Tyrell Jenkins (4-7, 7.46) allowed nine runs on seven hits and five walks in 4 2/3 innings.
DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (35-27)
Missions 4, Corpus Christi 2: RHP Michael Kelly (6-1, 2.55) struck out six and allowed an unearned run on three hits and two walks in 7 1/3 innings and LHP Brad Wieck (3.27) saved his third game with a scoreless ninth. SS Jose Rondon (.306) doubled in two runs in four at-bats and LF Nick Torres (.240) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Storm 5, Rancho Cucamonga 2: LHP Joey Lucchesi (5-3, 2.43) struck out 10 and allowed two runs on four hits and no walks in his third straight quality start. RHP Trevor Frank (2.49) struck out a batter in a scoreless ninth to convert his fourth save. 3B Ruddy Giron (.239) went 3-for-4 with a run score, DH Carlos Belen (.198) singled in two runs and 1B Josh Naylor (.311) went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Transactions
RHP Kevin Quackenbush was optioned from San Diego to El Paso as RHP Phil Maton was recalled for his major league debut. To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Jake Esch was designated for assignment.
RHP Cesar Vargas was promoted from San Antonio to El Paso. RHP Jimmy Brasoban (elbow) was activated from San Antonio’s disabled list.
First pitch: Young Phil Maton called up to relieve taxed ‘pen Jeff Sanders
Andy Green called on six relievers to get through seven innings Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, the Padres’ second-year skipper called up a fresh arm to relieve a taxed bullpen: Phil Maton.
The 24-year-old relief prospect replaces right-hander Kevin Quackenbush, who was optioned to Triple-A El Paso after lowering his ERA to 6.38 with a scoreless ninth on Saturday. Right-hander Jake Esch – who was on Double-A San Antonio’s disabled list with forearm tightness – was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Maton, who leads the farm system with 13 saves at Triple-A El Paso.
“I was just completely surprised,” Maton said of the news that Chihuahuas manager Rod Barajas delivered by phone a day earlier. “I was just focused on putting together zeros at Triple-A and kind of got lost in that. It completely blindsided me. I'm very excited to be here.”
In fact, Maton – ranked 18th in the system by Baseball America – had strung together nine straight scoreless appearances to lower his ERA from 4.80 to 2.84 after a rough start to his stay in the Pacific Coast League. He had struck out 31, walked 18 and held opposing hitters to a .234 average in 25 1/3 innings after fanning 78 in 51 2/3 across three levels in 2016.
“Obviously, the environment is tough,” said Maton, who allowed his only homer of the season in his first appearance of the year (1 IP, 2 ER). “You're playing at a high elevation every day and the ball flies. Not only that but the hitters are just good. A lot of those guys have big league time and they are going to hit a lot of mistakes. Once I eliminated those it really made things a lot easier.”
Some variety has helped, specifically mixing in a slider that Maton used rarely while spinning his 92-95 mph fastball at 2,572 revolutions per minute in 2016, which would have been good for second in the majors among pitchers who threw at least 500 four-seamers.
“It's been used more,” Green said. “I think last year it was literally put down the one finger and you know he's going to throw a fastball by a guy. That's all he really did. Even Kenley Jansen throws a slider from time to time.”
Although Maton is also mixing in a change-up, it’s an elite fastball – and elite extension – that’s expected to be his primary weapon as he works in the sixth and seventh innings during this initial call-up.
“He's a guy who's delivering the pitch closer to the plate than 95 percent of guys in the majors and the spin on his fastball is higher than 95 percent of guys in the major league game,” Green
said. “He's got two attributes working for him that just analytically speaking, are huge pluses. He gets tons of swing and misses with his ability to beat people up in the strike zone.”
Diaz to get another start After throwing two-plus scoreless innings Saturday, Rule-5 right-hander Miguel Diaz will get another turn in the rotation in place of the injured Jarred Cosart. The hope is he’ll push his workload closer to four innings after continued work in the bullpen this week with pitching coach Darren Balsley, a luxury that’s not available in the same capacity when Diaz is in the bullpen. One focus, Green said, is cleaning up his delivery out of the stretch.
“One of the upsides of a young guy in the rotation is Miguel Diaz now has time to work with Darren Balsley,” Green said. “Now that he's on a regimented schedule we can expect to see some real progress.”
Notable
CF Manuel Margot continued running on the field Sunday without issue. He said, through an interpreter, he isn’t running at 100 percent yet but believes he’s inching toward a rehab assignment. “With all the treatment I've received and all the exercises I've done, I feel good,” Margot said. “I feel like I'll be able to come back soon and proceed with the rest of the season.”
Officially on the roster at Triple-A El Paso now that his rehab window has ended, RHP Carter Capps’ focus remains on ironing out the kinks in a controversial delivery. Said Green: “There’s still a drag. There's definitely ‘Carter Capps’ in the delivery. I think that's why it takes time. His arm feels good but it takes time to sync all that up.”
1B Wil Myers returned to the starting lineup after an illness forced him from Saturday’s lineup. RF Hunter Renfroe has the day off, which was the plan for him on Saturday when a sickly Myers forced a lineup shuffle.
ON DECK | Royals (27-34) at Padres (24-39) Game 3: 1:40 p.m. Sunday
Royals RHP Jake Junis (1-0, 7.84 ERA)
The former 29th-round pick is making his third MLB start. He has allowed nine runs through his first 8 1/3 innings in the Royals rotation, surrendering 14 hits and walking six.
Padres RHP Dinelson Lamet (2-0, 6.92 ERA)
After winning his first two decisions, the rookie allowed nine runs – seven earned – on five hits and five walks in three innings Tuesday in Arizona. He has 19 strikeouts in 13 innings to start his career.
The Padres host the Reds for a three-game set. San Diego won four of seven last year, but just one of three at Petco Park. The Reds entered Saturday with a 10-16 record on the road.
SAN DIEGO -- After his team hit five home runs on Saturday, Mike Moustakas was ready to keep the power surge going Sunday. Moustakas hit two home runs and Jake Junis pitched seven-plus solid innings to help the Kansas
City Royals beat the San Diego Padres 8-3. Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer also homered for the Royals.
"The offense gave us a big lead and Junis pitched on the attack," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He executed pitches and had a really, really good slider. He held the fort for us."
Facing rookie Dinelson Lamet (2-2) Moustakas hit a three-run home run in the first that gave the Royals an early 4-0 advantage, and a solo homer in the eighth, his 17th this season.
"I saw it out of the hand and knew it was up and I tried to put a good swing on it, and it ended up carrying out of the yard," Moustakas said. "It definitely wasn't something that I was looking for, but when I saw it up I put some good wood on it."
Gordon homered in the fourth, a solo shot, and Hosmer added a two-run homer in the fifth to put Kansas City on top 7-1.
"He's really locked in," Yost said of Moustakas. "He is really putting together a great season this year power-wise. He is really seeing the ball well and driving the ball to all fields with power."
Junis (2-0), who lasted three and two-thirds innings in his previous start, allowed three runs, all on solo homers, on six hits over a career-best seven-plus innings. He struck out six and walked one.
"I felt like my off-speed was a little sharper today, and I was locating my fastball better than in previous outings," Junis said. "I was getting ahead and staying ahead."
Scott Alexander contributed two scoreless innings for Kansas City.
"Our bullpen has been used a lot," Moustakas said. "For (Junis) to come out and do what he did was unbelievable. We needed that big. He saved our bullpen."
Cory Spangenberg hit two solo home runs and Jose Pirela homered to chase Junis from the game in the eighth. Spangenberg recorded his second career two-homerun game for the Padres, who have lost seven of eight.
Lamet struggled for a second straight start after dominating in his first two. He gave up seven runs on six hits in five innings, while striking out six and walking one.
"I think more than anything today it was Lamet struggled with command," Padres manager Andy Green said. "That's gonna get you as long as the inning progresses."
Phil Maton made his major league debut for San Diego on the same day he was recalled from Triple-A El Paso with a scoreless eighth.
"Going in the game just didn't even seem real, just didn't want to hit the first guy, that's about the only thing that was going through my mind," Maton said. "Once I got that first pitch out of the way everything was okay."
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"I'm still missing mistakes; this game is hard. I just try to come in and try to figure out how to get hits every day." Moustakas said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Padres: OF Manuel Margot continues his recovery from a calf injury and was running in the outfield prior to Sunday's game. Margot will likely require a rehab assignment before returning. Royals: C Salvador Perez left the game with left-side tightness in his rib cage area. Perez is expected to start Tuesday in San Francisco.
UP NEXT:
Padres: RHP Luis Perdomo (0-3, 3.50) will make the start for San Diego on Monday, looking to rebound from his last time out in which he gave up five runs in four innings at Arizona. Perdomo opposes RHP Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds. Royals: LHP Jason Vargas (8-3, 2.18) takes the mound at San Francisco on Tuesday. Vargas has won three straight starts and faces Giants LHP Ty Blach.
June 12, 1970 — Pittsburgh’s Dock Ellis throws the first no-hitter against the Padres in 2–0 Pirates win at San Diego Stadium.
June 12, 1976 — Dave Freisleben pitches seven hitless innings before Philadelphia’s Garry Maddox singles to lead off the eighth. The right-hander allows one run on three hits and five walks over 10 innings, but the Padres lose 3–2 in the 15th at San Diego Stadium.
June 12, 1982 — Left-hander Chris Welsh throws a complete-game, four-hit shutout as the Padres defeat Houston 4–0 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium
June 12, 1987 — Right-hander Ed Whitson allows four hits in a complete-game shutout in the Padres’ 5–0 win at San Francisco.
June 12, 2002 — Right-hander Brian Lawrence becomes the 36th pitcher in Major League history to throw an “immaculate inning,” striking out the side on nine pitches in the third inning of the Padres’ 2–0 interleague win at Baltimore. Only one of the nine pitches was taken for a called strike. Lawrence allows five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in eight shutout innings.
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Padres On Deck: SS Tatis, LHP Allen
Lead A-Fort Wayne to Win
LHP Lauer strikes out 10 for A-Lake Elsinore
By Bill Center
Shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and drove in three runs and left-handed starter Logan Allen allowed two runs over six innings Saturday night to lead Single-A Fort Wayne to an 8–4 win over Lansing in the Indiana City.
There were three other strong outings from starting pitchers in the Padres system.
— Right-hander Brett Kennedy allowed a run on seven hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings to lead Double-A San Antonio to a 3–1 win over Corpus Christi. Kennedy lowered his earned run average to 3.79.
— Left-hander Eric Lauer (2–4, 2.34 ERA) allowed two runs on six hits and a walk with 10 strikeouts over six innings for Single-A Lake Elsinore.
— Right-hander Martin Carrasco gave up three hits and a walk with four strikeouts in his second straight scoreless start for the Dominican Summer League Padres.
Allen improved to 4–3 on the season with a 1.88 earned run average. He gave up the two runs on five hits and two walks with six strikeouts in six innings. Left-hander Will Headean (5.62 ERA) followed Allen and allowed two hits with a strikeout in two scoreless innings. Right-hander Diomar Lopez (4.57) allowed two runs on three hits with three strikeouts in an inning.
Tatis was 2-for-4 with the homer, a stolen base, three RBIs and two runs scored to raise his batting average to .257 for the 23–39 TinCaps.
First baseman Brad Zunica (.227) was 2-for-3 with a double, a homer and a stolen base. Second baseman Reinaldo Ilarraza (.193) was 2-for-5 with a homer. Left fielder Rod Boykin (.224) was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Right fielder Jack Suwinski (.209) was 1-for-4 with a double, a RBI and a run scored. Catcher A.J. Kennedy (.250) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.
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At San Antonio, right-hander Aroni Nina (0.00 ERA) followed Kennedy and struck out three in a perfect 1 2/3 innings. Right-hander T.J. Weir (2–1, 2.78) issued two walks with a strikeout in a hitless and scoreless inning to get the win. Right-hander Trey Wingenter (2.05) allowed a hit with a strikeout in a scoreless inning for the 34–27 Missions.
Designated hitter Franmil Reyes (.290) was 2-for-3 with a walk, two stolen bases, a RBI and a run scored. Second baseman Jose Rondon (.307) was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Left fielder Alberth Martinez (.273) was 1-for-4 with a RBI and a stolen base. First baseman Fernando Perez (.235) was 1-for-4 with a run scored.
There were a number of moves in the Padres system Saturday.
Right-handed reliever Carter Capps was activated from the 60-day disabled list and optioned to Triple-A El Paso while right-hander Tyrell Jenkins was out-righted off the Padres’ 40-man roster to El Paso.
The Chihuahuas also returned right-handed pitcher Kyle Lloyd to Double-A San Antonio while receiving third baseman Ryan Schimpf on option from the Padres with right-handed reliever Jose Valdez going up to the Padres.
Fort Wayne activated right-handed reliever Nick Monroe from the seven-day disabled list and transferred right-handed pitcher Austin Smith, the Padres’ second-round pick in the 2015 draft, to short-season Single-A Tri-City.
Around the Farm:
TRIPLE-A EL PASO (30–33) — Fresno 9, CHIHUAHUAS 5: RF Jabari Blash (.248) homered for the second time in as many games in four at-bats. LF Nick Buss (.366) was 2-for-4. C Rocky Gale (.270) and CF Rafael Ortega (.312 were each 1-for-4 with a RBI and a run scored. Starting RHP Matt Magill (3–4, 4.11 ERA) allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits, including four homers, and two walks with six strikeouts in four innings. RHP Logan Bawcom (3.27) allowed three runs on four hits and a walk with a strikeout in an inning. RHP Christian Bethancourt (10.66) allowed two hits and two walks in 1 1/3 scoreless innings. LHP Keith Hessler (4.13) struck out one in 1 2/3 perfect innings.
ADVANCED SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (31–31) — Rancho Cucamonga 5, STORM 3: LF Edwin Moreno (.262) was 3-for-5. 2B Chris Baker (.257) was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, a RBI and a run scored. RF Peter Van Gansen (.212) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. SS Javier Guerra (.216) was 2-for-4. C Kyle Overstreet (.241) was 2-for-4 with a double, a RBI and a run scored. LHP Thomas Dorminy (5.52) allowed two runs on a hit and a walk with a strikeout in one-third of an inning. RHP Zech Lemond (2.67) allowed a run on two hits and a walk with two strikeouts in two-thirds of an inning. RHP Jose Ruiz (5.12) issued a walk with a strikeout in an otherwise scoreless inning. RHP Colby Blueberg (1.75) allowed a hit in a scoreless inning.
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DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE PADRES (4–3) — PADRES 5, Giants 1: LHP Gabriel Morales (1–0, 4.50 ERA) followed Carrasco and allowed a run on two hits and a walk with a strikeout in two innings to get the win. 2B Tucupita Marcano (.200) was 3-for-3 with two walks, a double, a steal and two RBIs. CF Danny Tovar (.240) was 1-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored. SS Bryan Torres (.400) was 2-for-4 with a homer and a walk.
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MLB Draft Preview: Who Will the Padres
Take? San Diego will have a shot at one of the consensus top three players in the 2017 class
By Derek Togerson
When the MLB Draft starts on Monday afternoon the Padres will have the third overall pick.
Among the thousands of amateur players eligible, how do they narrow down who they want?
That’s actually pretty simple.
“I think honestly we need the best players possible,” said Padres Director of Scouting Mark
Conner. “We need prospects that are going to help build the organization whether they’re
pitchers, catchers, shortstops, outfielders … I still think it’s about acquiring the best
prospects.”
Even though they went nuts on the international market and signed a whole lot of shortstops,
if the best guy available is a shortstop you can bet the Padres will be drafting a shortstop.
“One thing we have talked about as a staff pretty religiously over the last few years is we’re
not drafting for need; it’s best guy available,” said Padres General Manager A.J. Preller. “It’s
not the NBA or the NFL where you’re drafting somebody and the next year they’re playing
the league. There’s that development process that going in to place. Teams make the most
mistakes when they look at and think OK, we HAVE to take this position or in this area we’re
strong. When you think you’re strong in an area there’s a trade, there’s an injury, something
happens or the guy doesn’t perform. So the direction I’ve given to Mark and the staff is the
guy you think is the best guy available and if we feel like we have infielders from last year’s
international class, there’s no problem having more that are talented.”
This is the baseball information age so everyone thinks they have a good handle on the top
prospects from around the country. Although there is a lot of good intel floating around,
there’s never a full, 100% way of knowing exactly how an organization has the talent ranked.
“Even dating from one of the first draft rooms I was in with the Dodgers,” said Preller, “I
came in there with my Baseball America and my list all set up and I realized pretty quickly
that what’s potentially out there in the media from an information standpoint, at times the
board ends up stacking up somewhat similarly but a lot of times the names and order and
everything like that is in a different spot.”
This year the consensus top three guys are Los Angles prep star Hunter Greene, Louisville
All-American Brendan McKay and Vanderbilt right-hander Kyle Wright. Drafting third the
Padres are going to have a shot at at least one of them, and they know all of them very well by