Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2024 | Highest Degree Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. SS Leodalis De Vries | 18 | A | 2027
Thought of by some scouts to be the perfect worldwide newbie prospect in a decade, De Vries is a 6’0” 183 lb change hitter who’s at present standing on enterprise within the Arizona Fall League towards a lot older gamers. That’s nothing new to De Vries, who slashed .231/.361/.441 with 11 dwelling runs and 13 steals in 75 Low-A video games this season regardless of an ice chilly begin after skipping a number of ranges. Over his last 36 video games, his line was .288/.407/.582 with ten dwelling runs and eight steals, placing him on a trajectory towards the highest of your prospect lists.
2. C Ethan Salas | 18 | AA | 2026
At 6’2” 185 lbs, Salas strikes easily behind the dish whereas receiving and framing with a deft contact that’s a decade past his years. With a bat in his palms, he’s a harmful lefty energy hitter with a discerning eye. He’s a powerful prospect for the true sport. Simply not an excellent constructing block for us after slashing .206/.288/.311 with 4 dwelling runs in 111 Excessive-A video games.
3. OF Tirso Ornelas | 25 | AAA | 2025
I play in a whole lot of deep leagues, and guys like Tirso have worth there. I wrote about Ornelas just a few occasions in 2024 for the stash record as a result of I believed San Diego may as effectively give him a shot of their depleted outfield. David Peralta began hitting ultimately and put the kibosh on that, however the 6’3” 200 lb Ornelas ought to be on the sector so much this spring after slashing .297/.367/.497 with 23 dwelling runs and simply 88 strikeouts in 128 Triple-A video games. His possibilities to interrupt camp as a lefty energy bat who’s a stable nook defender will likely be within the stability as all low season as San Diego navigates the market. Good cash suggests they’ll re-sign Jurickson Profar to deal with left subject, nevertheless it may nonetheless make sense to roster somebody who prices nothing however can spell Profar and Tatis and blend in at DH occasionally.
4. LHP Kash Mayfield | 20 | NA | 2029
The twenty fifth general choose this 12 months, Mayfield checks in at 6’4” 200 lbs with a mid-90’s fastball and glorious changeup alongside a serviceable breaking ball. That’s a whole lot of stuff for a lefty starter, and Mayfield dominated with it all through highschool, successful his state’s (Oklahoma) Gatorade Participant of the 12 months in back-to-back seasons main as much as the draft.
5. RHP Bradgley Rodriguez | 21 | AA | 2025
The Padres traded eight of the ten gamers on this record final season, so we’re constructing most of this record atop contemporary powder. AJ Preller has restocked the system as he does with a whole lot of promising long-term tasks within the decrease minors, however I’m near-term performance with this spot. Rodriguez posted glorious numbers throughout three ranges in 2024 on the power of two plus pitches in his fastball and changeup alongside a creating slider. He’s listed at 6’1” 160 lbs, and whereas he’s a bit of heavier than that at a look, he’s nonetheless acquired room on the body for good weight, muscle, and maybe, velocity.
6. 3B Kale Fountain | 19 | NA | 2029
A fifth-round choose on this 12 months’s draft, Fountain signed for a deal that was effectively over-slot at $1.7 million to purchase him out of a dedication to LSU. His carrying instrument is simple energy in a 6’5” 225 lb body, and whereas we didn’t get to see him in a professional league down the stretch, I’m optimistic that he’ll comply with a path well-worn by Padres’ prospects in wanting a bit of extra athletic and expert as soon as he’s been within the constructing than individuals thought he was earlier than the draft.
7. OF Kavares Tears | 22 | NA | 2027
Tears made SEC pitchers cry all season at Tennessee after driving the pine in his first 12 months with the Vols. In 71 video games as a junior, Tears contributed to the title push by slashing .324/.427/.643 with 20 dwelling runs as a consequence of plus bat pace and torque from the left aspect at 6’0” 200 lbs.
8. RHP Francis Pena | 24 | AAA | 2025
You solely need to see Pena pitch as soon as to get the concept. At 6’1” 170 lbs, he hits 99 on the common and sits round 97 together with his heater from a whippy three-quarters supply that provides a bit of deception and helps his cutter play up as hitters wrestle to choose it out from the fastball till it’s too late. The supply and launch level recommend he might add a circle-change, however he hasn’t gotten into that but. Right here’s hoping that’s a part of the low season focus after his ERA went from 0.86 to 2.05 to five.17 as he climbed the system.
9. SS Cobb Hightower | 20 | NA | 2029
A stable athlete throughout the board at 6’0” 180 lbs, Hightower was the second over-age excessive schooler taken by San Diego this 12 months when the Padres popped him within the third spherical. He hasn’t taken a professional at bat but, however he’s acquired the abilities to stuff the stat sheet when he will get on the sector.
10. RHP Humberto Cruz | 18 | CPX | 2029
Cruz signed for $750,000 as one of many prime arms in his J15 class. He encompasses a plus fastball together with a stable slider and changeup, and at 6’1” 170 lbs with an athletic supply, he’s acquired some room on the body for power and velocity. He’s pitched simply two innings as knowledgeable, however hey, he’s acquired a 0.00 ERA for now.
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