Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the San Diego Padres. Scouting stories have been compiled with info supplied by trade sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fourth 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated aid roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning aid pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning aid pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the 12 months a participant needs to be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Guide changes are made the place they appear acceptable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means might be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview might be discovered right here.
The entire ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location gives that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from varied sources) than this text and integrates each group’s listing so readers can examine prospects throughout farm methods. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Word
Grouped by kind and listed so as of choice inside every class.
Throwing Laborious
Yovanny Cruz, RHP
Miguel Mendez, RHP
Ruben Galindo, RHP
Manuel Castro, RHP
Yerry Landinez, RHP
José Geraldo, RHP
A minor league free agent signee, Cruz was injured lots throughout his tenure with the Cubs. He’s nonetheless sitting 96-99 and can flash a plus changeup. A brilliant skinny A-ball starter who simply turned 22, Mendez is sitting 93-97 and can flash an excellent slider. He’s wild, his fastball lacks life, and his slider is crushable when it’s not positioned effectively. A 6-foot-1 Colombian righty as much as 96, Galindo additionally has a fairly good changeup. He’s labored about two innings at a day trip of the bullpen for the final a number of years and is at the moment on the IL. A 5-foot-8 Mexican righty, Castro is having success as a reliever at Fort Wayne sitting 93-95 with a bunch of different 45 and 45-grade pitches. A transformed infielder, hitters don’t appear to see Landinez’s fastball out of hand, and though it isn’t that arduous, he’s producing a miss charge north of 40%. He’s wild however attention-grabbing to comply with. Geraldo is 25 and sitting 94-97 at Fort Wayne.
Well-known Guys
Jagger Haynes, LHP
Ryan Bergert, RHP
Carson Montgomery, RHP
Haynes was San Diego’s 2020 fifth rounder, a projectable highschool lefty who didn’t pitch in an affiliated sport till 2023 resulting from damage. His supply and body are nonetheless thrilling, however neither Haynes’ velo nor his command has progressed. Bergert, a former sixth spherical choose, is sitting 92-93 with uphill angle and an often good slider. Montgomery, San Diego’s eleventh rounder final 12 months, was a high-profile excessive schooler who went to Florida State and didn’t fairly take a leap in Tallahassee. He ran a WHIP close to 2.00 as a junior and has been harm for many of 2024.
A-Ball Hitters
Rosman Verdugo, 1B
Romeo Sanabria, 3B
Jay Beshears, 2B
Verdugo was given a fairly aggressive project final 12 months as an 18-year-old assigned to full-season ball, and he didn’t carry out particularly effectively. He’s again in Lake Elsinore and issues have been higher general, however he’s truly hanging out just a little greater than in 2023 and is having arm accuracy points at third base, the place he’s enjoying extra usually due to De Vrie’s presence at brief. His zone management is nice, however for now he’s only a younger comply with. A bodily 22-year-old first baseman, Sanabria slugged his manner out of Elsinore earlier this 12 months however has began to come back again all the way down to Earth at Fort Wayne. His hit knowledge from the Cal League was superior, however we don’t belief that his swing will play on the higher ranges, not to mention within the huge leagues. Clearing the bar at first base is tremendous exhausting. Beshears transferred from Northwestern to Duke for his draft 12 months after which walked and slugged his manner from Lake Elsinore to Fort Wayne this season. He swings exhausting however lacks really feel for contact, and his arm isn’t a match at shortstop.
Rookie-Degree Names to Know
Yimy Tovar, SS
Yoiber Ocopio, C/1B
Jordan Valenzuela, RHP
Tovar is a bodily DSL shortstop with a complicated bat and modest projection. Ocopio made the DSL All-Star group final 12 months however has been left again there once more in 2024. He’s a stocky man with a compact swing that produces spectacular energy. Valenzuela is a 6-foot-2 righty who sits about 90 with fairly nasty pure minimize. He’s bought good arm pace and bodily projection, however is wild proper now.
System Overview
Like final 12 months, the Padres system has impression expertise on the prime nevertheless it thins out fairly rapidly. The group’s capacity to choose good gamers within the draft and worldwide market has stored the large league group flush by way of promotions and trades. Jackson Merrill is already contributing to the foremost league membership at a excessive stage, and several other different groups (particularly the Nationals) are reaping the rewards of the Padres’ good draft room judgement on the again of massive trades. The Padres have been one of the vital energetic groups on the commerce market in latest reminiscence and that has taken a bit out of their prospect expertise pool. It’s in all probability a secure assumption that extra gamers shall be on the transfer in coming weeks.
Nearly as good because the Padres’ scouting departments have been at figuring out expertise, it’s been exhausting to maintain the system stocked on the tempo they’ve traded it away. The variety of Padres draft picks and signees who’ve turn out to be related huge leaguers is unbelievable proof of their proficiency within the realm, however the truth that so lots of them play for different groups has bought to make you jealous in case you’re a Padres fan. You might argue a few of these trades have been short-sighted, however a part of the rationale they really feel that manner is as a result of former Padres chairman Peter Seidler handed away and the entrance workplace had no selection however to change course fairly considerably.
For the primary time shortly there are some identifiable modifications being made to pitchers within the system that appear to have improved their outcomes. Isaiah Lowe, who was already fairly good, seems to have been proactively tweaked. The truth that this occurred though he was coming off a profitable season is a sign that participant dev is beginning to get a little bit of a footing in San Diego. Dylan Lekso’s slider, some modifications to the best way Robby Snelling’s fastball works, the leap Francis Pena has made, and Tirso Ornelas’ launch angle creeping up provide additional proof that there’s good things occurring right here now when, not way back, the participant the Padres drafted or signed was normally the one they needed to roll with afterward.
Whereas this method is soundly under common in most respects, the explanations it turned so aren’t all unhealthy. Far more than anybody ought to “Belief the Course of” they need to “Decide Good Gamers,” and the Padres have a tendency to try this. In fact, one group’s “creativity” is one other’s “impulsivity,” and the Padres may use a Tom Hagen-type who can assist the entrance workplace rein in its occasional (however normally pricey) impulsivity.
