We already knew Ruben Niebla and Victor Rodriguez had been returning however it’s good to see it’s official as of this afternoon.
Whereas the offense went quiet to finish their season, they collectively as a bunch had been an improved situational group in comparison with the 12 months earlier than. On the pitching facet, there are already a variety of pitchers who’ve had profession years once they’ve come to the Padres to work with Ruben Niebla and Ben Fritz.
Brian Esposito, Ben Fritz, Tim Leiper, David Macias, Mike McCoy, Pat O’Sullivan, Peter Summerville, Heberto Andrade and Morgan Burkhart are additionally all returning.
Allen Craig, A.J. Ellis and Craig Stammen have already been within the group however it seems they’ll be extra concerned on the teaching facet than simply entrance workplace this coming season.
Two coaches who likely haven’t heard of are Scott Stroud (teaching assistant) and Chris Apecechea (pitching teaching assistant).
Under is a few information from the Padres on them:
“Stroud, 37, returns for his third season on the Main League teaching employees as teaching assistant. Stroud performed two years collegiately at East Los Angeles Faculty, and beforehand coached at Servite Excessive College (CA) from 2013-14 and 2020-23 and Orange Lutheran Excessive College (Calif.) from 2015-19.
Apecechea, 26, returns for his fourth season with the Padres group and his second on the Main League employees as teaching assistant, pitching. He joined the Padres minor league system as a pitching efficiency analyst in 2022 after pitching 4 seasons on the College of Hawaii and Excessive Level College. After his collegiate profession, Apecechea labored as a options contributor and coach at Tread Athletics pitching facility in North Carolina.”
