Double-A San Antonio, High-A Fort Wayne Reveal Opening Day Rosters

[Steve Drumwright]

With MLB and Triple-A schedules beginning last week, the other three full-season levels get their seasons going this upcoming weekend. And for the San Diego Padres' affiliates, we have official Opening Day rosters for the Double-A San Antonio Missions and the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps.

The Missions open their season Thursday with three road games against the Tulsa Drillers, while the TinCaps also begin away from home Friday with three games against the Great Lakes Loons. Tulsa and Great Lakes are Los Angeles Dodgers farm teams.

The Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm do not have a confirmed roster at this point, but should be released in the next day or two. If you are looking for who opened the season in Triple-A El Paso, you can find that here.

Double-A San Antonio Missions

The Missions have six of Padres Mission's top-20 prospects on their roster, including No. 1 Ethan Salas, a catcher, and No. 5, Miguel Mendez, a right-handed starter who is already on the Padres' 40-man roster. The others are No. 7 Jagger Haynes (left-handed starter), No. 11 Romeo Sanabria (first baseman), No. 19 Eric Yost (right-handed starter) and No. 20 Manuel Castro (right-handed reliever).

Pitcher (16)

• Jagger Haynes, LH (Padres Mission's No. 7 prospect)
• Fernando Sanchez, LH
• Johan Moreno, RH
• Sadrac Franco, RH
• Eric Yost, RH (No. 19 prospect)
• Manuel Castro, RH (No. 20 prospect)
• Andrew Dalquist, RH
• Michael Flynn, RH
• Harry Gustin, LH
• Francis Pena, RH
• Luis Gutierrez, LH
• Andrew Thurman, RH
• Josh Mallitz, RH
• Victor Lizarraga, RH
• Ian Koenig, RH
• Miguel Mendez, RH (No. 5 prospect)

Catcher (3)

• Christopher Sargent Jr.
• Ethan Salas (No. 1 prospect)
• Brendan Durfee

Infield (5)

• Francisco Acuna
• Carson Tucker
• Luis Verdugo
• Ryan Jackson
• Romeo Sanabria (No. 11 prospect)

Outfield (5)

• Kai Murphy
• Albert Fabian
• Kai Roberts
• Braedon Karpathios
• Joshua Mears

Other (3)

• RHP Enmanuel Perez, administrative leave
• C Andy Thomas, restricted list
• IF Wyatt Hoffman, 60-day injured list

High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps

There will be three of Padres Mission's top-20 prospects playing for the TinCaps to begin the 2026 season, with more surely to follow. That starts with the Padres' top draft pick from 2024, left-handed starter Kash Mayfield, who made 19 starts for Lake Elsinore in his pro debut. He will be throwing to catcher Lamar King Jr., the No. 13 prospect, while No. 16 prospect Kavares Tears is in the Fort Wayne outfield.

Pitcher (17)

• Clark Candiotti, RH
• Jaxon Dalena, RH
• Vicarte Domingo, RH
• Clay Edmondson, RH
• Luis German, RH
• Igor Gil, LH
• Bernard Jose, R
• Kannon Kemp, RH
• Isaiah Lowe, RH
• Kash Mayfield, LH (Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect)
• Maikel Miralles, RH
• Carson Montgomery, RH
• Kleiber Olmedo, RH
• Abraham Parra, RH
• Braian Salazar, LH
• Will Varmette, RH
• Jeferson Villabona, RH

Catcher (3)

• Lamar King Jr. (No. 13 prospect)
• Oswaldo Linares
• Carlos Rodriguez

Infield (5)

• Jack Costello
• Zach Evans
• Dylan Grego
• Jonathan Vastine
• Rosman Verdugo

Outfield (4)

• Jake Cunningham
• Alex McCoy
• Kavares Tears (No. 16 prospect)
• Kasen Wells

Other (1)

• RHP Tyler Morgan, 60-day injured list

 

These rosters, of course are quite fluid. The Padres are one of the most aggressive teams in promoting top prospects, so expect plenty of changes to these teams as the season goes on.

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