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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres snap their losing streak

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 30, 2025. Articles to read Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Xander Bogaerts homers as Padres beat Giants, stop losing streak (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres notes: Luis Arraez all smiles...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #4

Leo De Vries | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Leo De Vries hits for the cycle with two home runs With the many injuries to the major league team, there has been a lot of movement to the minor league affiliates to backfill rosters. The many players remaining in Arizona for extended spring training/Arizona Complex League have been drawn on to help fill out the Tripl...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #3

Fort Wayne and San Antonio off to good starts The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates have barely gotten started but several prospects have begun well and the two top prospects, Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries have begun slowly. That is to be expected considering the challenge given to both of them. They are the youngest players in both of their levels. It is to be seen whether they can adj...2025
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• San Diego Padres minor league update week #2

Padres affiliates Double-A through Single-A started their seasons The minor league season has completed the second week with all the Padres affiliates playing games. The light air of El Paso inflates the offense so those numbers will not look good for pitchers most of the time but attention to strikeouts is a good rule of thumb. Many of the top prospects are in Fort Wayne (High-A) and San ...2025
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• San Diego Padres Minor League Update: Week 1

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images El Paso Chihuahuas have begun their season The Triple-A affiliate of the Padres, the El Paso Chihuahuas, began their 2025 season March 28, the day after the major league team got started. Many of the players seen during spring camp, often as the first replacements when the major league talent had gotten their needed at bats, will play for El ...2025
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• San Diego Padres signing Jackson Merrill was the next logical move

Jackson Merrill at the San Diego Padres contract extension press conference | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Friars agree to a 9-yr/$135 million contract extension with the young star The San Diego Padres may have stumbled upon their next homegrown star after asking top prospect Jackson Merrill to make a position change two springs ago. His impressive 2024 breakout campaign resu...2025
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• San Diego Padres minor league preview

Boston Bateman aka Sasquatch | Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images El Paso Chihuahuas get going on Friday The Padres major league season is around the corner. Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and their teammates play the first of 162 this Thursday. The following day the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Padres Triple-A affiliate, begin their season versus the Salt Lake Bees (Angel...2025
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• Padres spring training update

Kyle Hart | Photo by Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images Camp roster cuts have begun The San Diego Padres made their first spring training roster cuts last Thursday, sending prospects Leo DeVries and Ethan Salas to the just opened minor league camp. The two top prospects made the headlines but were also joined by other prospects and minor league invitees. Pitchers Austin Krob, Ryan ...2025
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• Padres prospect update as minor league camp begins

Tirso Ornelas | Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Leo DeVries and Ethan Salas reassigned to minors Shortstop Leodalis DeVries and catcher Ethan Salas, the Padres No. 1 and No. 2 prospects, were reassigned to minor league camp in preparation for the Padres Spring Breakout game. With the conclusion of minor league mini-camp and the beginning of full minor league camp, DeVries and Salas wi...2025
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. returns, Ethan Salas shines

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Padres fall to Mariners under the lights The first 2025 Cactus League game under the lights for the San Diego Padres also served as the spring debut for superstar right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. He was joined in the lineup by starters Luis Arraez, Jackson Merrill and Xander Bogaerts among others. Manny Machado was sup...2025
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• Padres’ catching position still unclear

Elias Diaz | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Who will be behind the plate on Opening Day for San Diego? The San Diego Padres thought that Luis Campusano was going to be their franchise catcher for years to come. His struggles at the plate throughout his tenure with the Padres have been consistent and his defensive ability has been unimpressive. Campusano has appeared in...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Eguy Rosario “doing really good job” early in camp

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of February 25, 2025. Articles to read Spring training update: Tirso Ornelas, Eguy Rosario homer in Padres’ loss to Cubs (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres notes: Eguy Rosario keeps showing right stuff; Fernando Tatis Jr. remains under weather (Kevin Acee, San Diego Unio...2025
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• Padres spring training primer

Ethan Salas | Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Many questions remain to be answered The San Diego Padres report for the 2025 spring training season very soon. Pitchers and catchers report on February 12, with the first full squad workout on February 17. The first game of spring, the annual exhibition opener vs. the Seattle Mariners is on February 21. With just a few days before things get real...2025
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• Analyzing Royals Fall League pitcher metrics

Photo by Zac BonDurant/MLB Photos via Getty Images A few Royals arms stood out. Welcome back reader. If you are reading this, you’ve probably already read the earlier entry breaking down Royals hitter performances in the Arizona Fall League. If you haven’t, go back and read it! We’re back today to do the same for pitchers. Five pitchers from the Royals organization took the field for the S...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres ex Tommy Pham returning?

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, March 1, 2024. San Diego Padres News Veteran MLB Analyst Offers Ridiculous Praise Towards San Diego Padres Top Prospect Ethan Salas (Sports Illustrated) Padres Interested in Bringing Back Ex-Friar Free Agent Outfielder: Report (Sports Illustrated) Jake Cronenworth should ...2024
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"com/yzhhEjOK8E— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) January 14, 2025 After being named the 37th rated prospect according to Baseball Prospectus, Drake Baldwin was named as 7th rated catcher in a very strong group consisting of the likes of Ethan Salas, Kyle Teel, Samuel Basallo, and Dalton Rushing."

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"Other top prospects in the AFL include Mariners shortstop Colt Emerson, Padres catcher Ethan Salas and shortstop, Giants first baseman Bryce Eldridge, and White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery."

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"Padres prospect Ethan Salas doubles in pro debut, becomes first 16-year-old player in Single-A since 2013"

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• Good Morning San Diego: Jake Cronenworth has his moment

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 29, 2025. Articles to read Jake Cronenworth’s late homer leads Padres past Braves (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres farm system at a glance (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres minors: Leo De Vries to TinCaps, Ethan Salas to Missions (Jeff Sanders, San ...2025
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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images What do you all think will happen during the 2025 MLB season? It’s Opening Day! Rockies baseball is back! Earlier today, we shared our Purple Row staff predictions, and for the second-straight year, we asked the community to offer their same predictions! We received 35 responses, up from 28 in 2024, and here’s what y...2025
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• Padres top prospects have a spring breakout

Leo DeVries | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Getty Images De Vries and Salas show their talent The San Diego Padres prospect group played a group of A’s prospects Friday in their Spring Breakout game at Peoria Sports Complex, losing 5-2. Shortstop Leodalis De Vries and catcher Ethan Salas topped the list of players playing for the Padres. The A’s fielded a group of prospects generally more advan...2025
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• Leodalis De Vries and Ethan Salas highlight 2025 San Diego Padres Spring Breakout roster

San Diego Padres top minor league prospect Leodalis De Vries | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Friars have 15 of their top 30 prospects on the roster The 2025 MLB Spring Breakout is a four-day event showcasing baseball’s top minor-league prospects competing against one another. It will occur at various Cactus and Grapefruit League ballparks from March 13-16, and all...2025
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• Padres catchers continue to be an area of weakness on offense

Brett Sullivan | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Four catching candidates struggling this spring The San Diego Padres are a team in waiting. They are waiting for their catcher of the future, Ethan Salas, to get the experience and show the growth that will allow San Diego to add him to the big league roster. The Padres are left to plug in placeholders and hope for the bes...2025
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. returns, Ethan Salas shines
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• Padres’ catching position still unclear
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• Padres catching position in a holding pattern until the arrival of Ethan Salas

Future Padres catcher Ethan Salas | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Diaz and Maldonado will compete for the 2025 starting catcher job Ethan Salas is a teenager and will remain so for the next 15 months and two weeks. He was the prize of the 2023 international free agent class. The San Diego Padres used their entire bonus money to sign him to a record $5.6 million deal. B...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San Diego

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Entering his third year, X is still unproven Xander Bogaerts joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent in the 2022-23 offseason, signing a contract for 11 years and $280 million, which included a no-trade clause. People around San Diego and baseball wondered if he was worth such a contract because no one predicted he would receive such a...2025
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• 2025 Atlanta Braves Preseason Top 30 Prospects: 7-12

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images We are just a day away from the top section of the list, with our 7th through 12th ranked prospects looking to take leaps forward this season 2025 was an unfortunately chaotic year for the Atlanta Braves system, one that was expected to be an opportunity for them to rise from the depths of the league’s worst farm systems. Instead, it was oft...2025
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• Sunday Notes: Ethan Salas Is An Elite Prospect Still Figuring Things Out
Plus Jason Lane's greatest games, Ceddanne Rafaela's snub, World Series polls, Dal Maxvill, the Trenary Potato auction, facts and stats galore, and more....2024
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• San Diego Padres signing Jackson Merrill was the next logical move
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• Good Morning San Diego: Jake Cronenworth has his moment
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• Good Morning San Diego: Salas, De Vries have highlight moments in first starts this spring

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of February 24, 2025. Articles to read Padres notes: Top prospects start together; reliever hit in face; Bryan Hoeing’s progress; Sean Reynolds in a boot (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Spring training update: Dodgers beat Padres; Ethan Salas doubles (Kevin Acee, San Diego Uni...2025
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned

Don Orsillo, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill and Mark Grant at Fanfest 2025 | Photo by Cheri Bell The sky is not falling The San Diego Padres held their 2025 FanFest celebration February 2nd with an improvement over the 2023 version. With the signing of Xander Bogaerts and the trade for Juan Soto, excitement was high in 2023 and Petco Park had ten of thousands of people clogging the concour...2025
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• Rays 2025 international prospects signing tracker

Maykel Coret The 2025 IFA period is now open. Who have the Rays added to their farm system? The 2025 IFA period opened on January 15, and while some finalists for star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki have not been able to spend, the Rays have spent nearly their entire $7,555,500 allotment in the first 24 hours. Interestingly, the Rays thought they would be a top contender to sign Sasaki, but...2025
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• Padres fan wishlist one week from Christmas

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images No significant moves have been made but that means there’s a lot to come There are thousands of kids across San Diego making their wish lists before Christmas but for the die-hard Padres fans, maybe they don’t have any physical gifts they want. Maybe their wish is for A.J. Preller to acquire specific players. Feel free to put your wish list in the comment...2024
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• Padres send Jairo Iriarte, 10 others to minor league camp

Fort Wayne TinCaps Iriarte made a strong impression but had others in his way who were more big league ready After Sunday’s big win over the Mariners, the Padres sent 11 minor leaguers back to minor league camp after spending their first days of 2024 with the big league squad. We have re-assigned the following players to Minor League camp: RHPs Nick Hernandez, Jairo Iriarte, Adam Mazur,...2024
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• Padres announce non-roster spring training invitees

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Jackson Merrill and Ethan Salas headline the list No major league roster additions have been made since the beginning of the month but the San Diego Padres did announce which players not on the roster are being invited to spring training. We have extended Major League Spring Training invitations to 32 players.Details: https://t.co/...2024
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• Padres prospect Ethan Salas doubles in pro debut, becomes first 16-year-old player in Single-A since 2013

Salas is already considered one of the top 100 prospects in baseball...2023
• Padres give 16-year-old catching prospect $5.6M

Catcher Ethan Salas, 16, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, and the consensus top overall prospect in this year's international signing period class, received a $5.6 million bonus with the San Diego Padres on Sunday....2023
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• Cubs prospects make midseason Top 100 lists from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline

Pete Crow-Armstrong | Dylan Heuer Two major publications updated their top prospects lists this week. Two major publications, Baseball America and MLB Pipeline, both updated their Top 100 prospects lists to include recently-drafted players. And while the two lists are quite different, both lists include several Cubs prospects. Both organizations agree that Orioles shortstop Jackson Hollida...2023
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• Jac Caglianone headlines list of nine Royals heading to Arizona Fall League

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The first-round pick will get to face some top prospects. Royals 2024 first-round pic Jac Caglianone is one of nine players the team is sending to the Arizona Fall League, a developmental league for top-level minor leaguers considered close to MLB-ready. They will play for the Surprise Saguaros to begin play on October 7 with a championship game scheduled for...2024
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• Padres signing top international prospect Ethan Salas
The San Diego Padres are signing top international prospect Ethan Salas to a reported $5.6 million deal. The agreement with...2023
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• Big Hype Prospects: Salas, Merrill, Yorke, Hence, Mayo
We missed a week while I was on the injured list (back spasms sustained while diving back to first base). There’s much for us to cover. Let’s start with some high-profile Padres. While the draft is tempting, let’s look in on those guys as they sign. Five Big Hype Prospects Ethan Salas, 17, C, SDP…...2023
• Ethan Salas: 17 years old and ripping a walk-off at Double-A
Top-ranked Padres prospect (MLB No. 5) notches game-winning double in San Antonio debut...2023
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• Padres promote Ethan Salas, 17-year-old catching prospect in first pro season, to Double-A

Salas won't celebrate his 18th birthday until next June, but he's already arrived at Double-A...2023

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• MLB Opening Day 2025: The Purple Row community offers their season predictions
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• Leodalis De Vries and Ethan Salas highlight 2025 San Diego Padres Spring Breakout roster
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• Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024

When I searched “Comiskey” and “Royals”, I got “Tartabull” and I’m good with that | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A surprisingly busy mid-January news day Sigh. I guess I get to start with stadium talk again as that was the biggest news. We’ll start with The Star story on this: With only hours to spare Thursday, Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance that would h...2024
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• Padres promote Ethan Salas, other top prospects to Double-A

Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Salas will now be teammates with Jackson Merrill According to Jeff Sanders, five prospects in the San Diego Padres organization, including Ethan Salas, are being promoted to Double-A San Antonio. 2022 first round pick Dylan Lesko is heading to High-A Fort Wayne with the Padres #5 prospect Samuel Zavala. Dillon Head hasn’t even played...2023
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