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Wednesday saw the four full-season San Diego Padres affiliates go 1-3, with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas posting the only win, beating Sacramento 6-3, while the Double-A San Antonio Missions falling late to Amarillo 2-1, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps losing to Great Lakes 8-7 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm stumbling 11-6. Padres Minor-League Transactions El Paso Chihuahuas placed RHP Logan Gillaspie on the 7-day injured list. San Antonio Missions activated C Brendan Durfee from the Development List. Luis Rengifo Homers In Debut, Matt Waldron Solid As Chihuahuas Win Luis Rengifo homered and had two hits in his Padres organization debut, while rehabbing Padres right-hander Matt Waldron tossed four innings and Blake Hunt homered as the host Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Sacramento River Cats 6-3. Padres catcher Luis Campusano, coming back from a broken right big toe, did not play after making his first rehab appearance Tuesday. Bryce Johnson also had two hits and scored twice for the Chihuahuas, who scored three times in the fifth inning to snap a tie. Rengifo, who was released by the Milwaukee Brewers after a .205/.280/.254 slash line with no homers in 57 games, hit a two-run homer in that fifth inning to make it 6-3. Nick Solak had doubled in Johnson to break the tie. Hunt's homer was a two-run shot in the second inning, his third this year. Waldron, on the mend from a right brachialis muscle injury, went four innings and gave up eight hits, but only allowed one run with no walks and one strikeout. He threw 60 pitches, including 42 strikes in his fourth rehab appearance. This was his longest outing since going on the 15-day injured list. Right-handed reliever Trison McKenzie then gave up two runs on a hit and three walks while getting just one out in the fifth. Right-hander Michael Flynn struck out three in 1⅔ shutout innings, right-hander Ethan Routzahn went a perfect 1⅔ innings with one strikeout and right-hander Alek Jacob went 1⅓ for his fifth save this year. EP_0701.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Bryce Johnson 2 2 2 0 2 0 Mason McCoy 2 0 0 0 1 1 Nick Solak 4 1 1 1 0 1 Marcos Castañon 4 0 1 1 0 1 Luis Rengifo 3 1 2 2 1 0 Nick Pratto 4 1 0 0 0 0 Blake Hunt 4 1 1 2 0 1 Nick Schnell 3 0 0 0 1 0 Nate Mondou 3 0 0 0 0 1 Carlos Rodríguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Matt Waldron 4 8 1 1 0 1 0 Triston McKenzie 1/3 1 2 2 3 1 0 Michael Flynn 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 Ethan Routzahn 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Alek Jacob 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Missions Lose Heartbreaker, Give Up Pair In 9th Right-handed starter Ian Koenig turned in five shutout innings, but right-handed reliever Tucker Musgrove gave up a pair of runs in the top of the ninth as the host Double-A San Antonio Missions dropped a 2-1 decision to the Amarillo Sod Poodles. Koenig allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five in his five innings. He has gone five in six of his last eight starts. Right-handers Josh Mallitz, Garrett Hawkins and Clay Edmondson spun scoreless innings to set up Musgrove for the save in the ninth. But Musgrove, Padres Mission's No. 12 prospect, walked the leadoff hitter, threw two wild pitches and walked the next batter before a popup single by a pinch-hitter scored the tying run. A bunt moved runners to second and third before Musgrove was removed in favor of left-hander Harry Gustin. The first batter Gustin faced hit an RBI grounder for the go-ahead run. The 24-year-old Musgrove was making his third appearance for the Missions since being promoted from High-A Fort Wayne. The Missions' run came in the second as Braedon Karpathios, Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect, hit the first pitch of the inning for his third triple of the season, then scored one out later on Albert Fabian's sacrifice fly to center. In the ninth, the Missions went down 1-2-3. SA_0701.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Carson Tucker 4 0 1 0 0 2 Kai Roberts 3 0 0 0 0 2 Tirso Ornelas 4 0 1 0 0 0 Jake Cunningham 4 0 1 0 0 3 Braedon Karpathios 4 1 1 0 0 2 Francisco Acuna 3 0 1 0 0 0 Albert Fabian 2 0 0 1 0 0 Luis Verdugo 3 0 0 0 0 1 Brendan Durfee 3 0 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Ian Koenig 5 4 0 0 2 5 0 Josh Mallitz 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Garrett Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Clay Edmondson 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Tucker Musgrove 1/3 1 2 2 2 0 0 Harry Gustin 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Kavares Tears Homers Twice, But TinCaps Dropped By Loons Watch out because Kavares Tears is heating up. The slugging outfielder had his second career multihomer game of his young career, belting a pair of two-run shots, but the host High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps fell to the Great Lakes Loons 8-7. Tears hit his 10th homer of the season in the first inning, then added his 11th in the third to match his career high of four RBIs, set May 15, when he started to turn his season around. Kasen Wells had a double and two RBIs as part of a two-hit night as the TinCaps finished with seven hits. While Tears' first homer gave the TinCaps a 2-0 lead, the Loons came back to take the lead with one in the top of the second and a grand slam in the top of the third before Tears' second round-tripper, a 426-foot drive off the batter's eye in center, made it 5-4. But the Loons added three more in the fourth to make it 8-4. The TinCaps made it close as Lamar King Jr., Padres Mission's No. 11 prospect, brought in a run in the seventh on a grounder and Wells doubled home a pair with two outs in the eighth. TinCaps right-handed starter Winyer Chourio, Padres Mission's No. 20 prospect, walked five while allowing just one hit and giving up four runs in 2⅔ innings. He struck out four in his second start since being promoted to Fort Wayne. After left-hander Javier Chacon gave up four runs in an inning, the rest of the TinCaps' bullpen was nails. Right-hander Daison Acosta didn't yield a hit in 2⅓ innings, striking out two, while right-hander Ryan Och had five punchouts in two scoreless innings and right-hander Igor Gil struck out a pair in a perfect ninth. FW1_0701.mp4 FW2_0701.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 4 1 1 0 1 1 Justin DeCriscio 4 1 1 0 0 0 Lamar King Jr. 5 0 0 1 0 1 Kavares Tears 5 2 2 4 0 3 Jack Costello 3 1 1 0 1 0 Zach Evans 4 0 0 0 0 2 Luke Cantwell 4 0 0 0 0 2 Oswaldo Linares 2 1 0 0 2 2 Kasen Wells 4 1 2 2 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Winyer Chourio 2 2/3 1 4 4 5 4 0 Javier Chacon 1 3 4 4 2 0 1 Daison Acosta 2 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ryan Och 2 2 0 0 2 5 0 Igor Gil 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Despite Big Start, Storm Overcome By Ports A five-run fourth inning proved to be the undoing for the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm in an 11-6 loss to the Stockton Ports. Dawson Willis homered and Dylan Grego tripled, but the Storm managed just five hits while drawing eight walks. The Storm scored four runs in the bottom of the first as the first five batters walked to force in two runs, then an RBI groundout and Bradley Frye stole home to make it 4-0. Frye has 18 steals this year. The Ports scored twice in the top of the third, then Willis led off the bottom half with his third homer since being promoted a little more than two weeks ago from the Arizona Complex League, with the Ports then taking the lead for good with five runs in the top of the fourth. Storm right-handed starter Carlos Medina went three innings, giving up a pair of runs on four hits with a walk and three strikeouts. All six Storm pitchers gave up at least one run, with right-hander Jordan Valenzuela striking out three in 1⅓ innings. LE_0701.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Conner Westenburg 4 1 1 1 1 2 Jose Verdugo 4 1 0 0 1 1 Dawson Willis 3 2 1 1 1 0 Bradley Frye 3 1 0 1 1 1 Yoiber Ocopio 3 0 0 1 1 1 Jorge Quintana 3 0 1 1 1 0 Qrey Lott 2 0 0 0 1 1 George Bilecki 1 0 0 0 0 1 Truitt Madonna 4 0 1 0 0 1 Dylan Grego 3 1 1 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Carlos Medina 3 4 2 2 1 3 0 Brandon Langley 2/3 0 4 4 5 0 0 Rordy Mejia 2/3 2 1 1 1 0 1 Jordan Valenzuela 1 1/3 2 2 2 2 3 0 Sean Barnett 2 1 1 1 3 2 0 Yoesmerli Beltre 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: DNP Kash Mayfield: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ryan Wideman: 1-for-4, K Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-3, 3B Ty Harvey: On injured list Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season Braedon Karpathios: 1-for-4, 3B, 2 K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 0-for-5, K Tucker Musgrove: ⅓ IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 BB Truitt Madonna: 1-for-4, K Alex McCoy: DNP Jesus Castro: DNP Rosman Verdugo: DNP Garrett Hawkins: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K Eric Yost: DNP Michael Salina: DNP Winyer Chourio: 2⅔ IP, 1 H, 4 R, 5 BB, 4 K View full article

The San Diego Padres' top two prospects are heading to the Futures Game. Catcher Ethan Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, and left-handed starter Kash Mayfield, Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect, were named Wednesday to the showcase of MLB's top young minor-league players. Both players will represent the NL in the July 12 game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. This is the second selection for the 20-year-old Salas, who also played in the 2024 Futures Game. Salas was just activated off the seven-day injured list by the Double-A San Antonio Missions following a minor oblique injury. The left-handed hitter has a .277/.347/.427 slash line with seven homers, 33 RBIs and 13 steals in 56 games this year. He missed all but 10 games of 2025 with a stress fracture in his lower back. Salas was the No. 1 international player in the 2023 signing period. Mayfield, the Padres' first-round draft choice in 2024 (25th overall pick), has been having a mostly banner season at High-A Fort Wayne. In 12 starts, Mayfield has a 3.22 ERA with a 10.9% walk rate and 30.3% strikeout rate in 44⅔ innings. He also has allowed a .192 opponent batting average. He began the season with three scoreless starts in which he allowed just one hit (coming in the third game) covering 12 innings, with five walks and 16 strikeouts. Mayfield had a mid-June start skipped to manage his workload. Salas will be one of 19 No. 1 prospects to represent their franchise at the Futures Game. View full rumor

Let's check in on the San Diego Padres prospects who made a mark in the last week (check out Padres Mission's latest Top 20 rankings as well!): Tirso Ornelas, OF, Double-A San Antonio Missions Season stats: .262/.331/.468, 66 games, 32 R, 18 2B, 0 3B, 11 HR, 34 RBI, 25 BB, 45 K, 1 SB, 1 CS The power-hitting outfielder has had quite the odyssey in the last two seasons. After being put on the 40-man roster in July 2024, he made his MLB debut in April 2025, playing in seven games. This spring, when the Padres needed a 40-man roster spot, Ornelas was designated for assignment, went unclaimed and, after spending all of 2024 and 2025 at Triple-A El Paso, he was assigned to Double-A San Antonio for 2026. After a slow April (.203/.278/.377), Ornelas has picked things up to raise his numbers to .262/.331/.468. That included a nice six games last week in which he slashed .346/.393/.731 (9-for-26) with three homers, four runs and five RBIs. San Antonio is a better place for prospects to develop than El Paso, so the Padres likely want to see more of Ornelas there before putting him back at Triple-A, where bad habits can pop back up. But he is also 26 and not forcing the issue, so his future remains murky at best. Eric Yost, RHP, Double-A San Antonio Missions Season stats: 3-2, 3.48, 13 games (8 starts), 1 save (1 chance) 51⅔ IP, 31 H, 20 R, 20 ER, 35 BB, 48 K, .177 opponent average The Missions are one of the rare teams that give a Tuesday starter a Sunday start in the same week. Yost had that opportunity last week and produced decent results. The 2023 17th-round draft choice out of Northeastern went six innings, with one run, two hits, three walks and three strikeouts in his first start against Arkansas, then followed that up with five innings, three runs, four hits, five walks and three strikeouts. The biggest takeaway is that his control was a bit off Sunday, but how much is that due to the same hitters seeing him twice in six days? Regardless, Yost has some qualities to like, including contact prevention. He has a really good .177 opponent batting average, but his walk rate is at 16%, his worst since turning pro. He is around the MLB average for strikeout rate at 21.9%, so limiting baserunners is key to his success. His walk rate in 2025 was 11% between High-A and Double-A, with that being at 15.5% in San Antonio. Yost also hit two batters in the second Arkansas start, giving him six plunked batters in the last four starts. He is eligible for the Rule 5 draft this offseason, so what he does in the second half will go a long way to helping the Padres make the decision on whether or not to protect him. Jackson Wolf, LHP, Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas Season stats: 5-5, 5.65 ERA, 18 games (11 starts), 63⅔ IP, 71 H, 43 R, 40 ER, 28 R, 63 K, .284 opponent average The left-handed starter had one of his best starts of the season last week. Facing the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, the 2021 fourth-round draft choice out of West Virginia went five innings, punching out eight and walking four while allowing a run on three hits. It was just the third time he has had more than five strikeouts this year and one off his season high. Wolf, who made his MLB debut with one game in 2023 and hasn't been back up since, was in contention for a bullpen spot in spring training and now could be in line to come up as the Padres search for rotation solutions. His numbers are very similar this year to what he produced in 22 starts at El Paso last year. Wolf has a 9.6% walk rate and 21.6% strikeout rate this year, while allowing a .284 opponent batting average, resulting in an unsightly 1.55 WHIP. However, some of that you have to credit to the hitter-friendly PCL conditions. Braian Salazar, LHP, High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps Season stats: 3-3, 4.25 ERA, 25 games (all relief), 1 save (1 chance), 36 IP, 28 H, 17 R, 17 ER, 21 BB, 43 K, .217 opponent average The 21-year-old left-hander made two relief appearances last week against Lake County and allowed just one hit with five strikeouts and one walk. That included four punchouts in two hitless innings of the series opener in which he faced just one over the minimum. He pitched the final two innings as the TinCaps search for a new closer following Clay Edmondson's promotion to Double-A last week. Salazar has been really good over his last four appearances, giving up just one run in 7⅓ innings with five hits, a walk and eight strikeouts. He signed as an international free agent in January 2022 and has made the slow climb up the ladder to High-A Fort Wayne this year. But his numbers are also better this year, showing some significant process. He debuted in full-season ball in 2024 and posted ERAs of 6.08 in 2024 and 6.47 in 2025. Now, that number is almost two full runs less, in part to allowing fewer hits (he has a .217 opponent average this year, more than 20 points lower than each of the last two) and his walks are down a couple percentage points to 13.3%. A work in progress, but one to keep an eye on. Kai Roberts, OF, Double-A San Antonio Missions Season stats: .215/.328/.275, 60 games, 26 R, 6 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 19 BB, 62 K, 25 SB, 0 CS The switch-hitting outfielder doesn't bring a lot of offense to the table, but does provide speed and defense. He has yet to commit an error in 57 games between center field (56 games) and left. But last week against Arkansas, the 2024 seventh-round draft choice out of Utah had his best week of the season offensively, slashing .444/.545/.500 (8-for-18) with three walks, a double and one RBI. He was also hit by a pitch once, putting him on base 12 times. He took advantage of that to steal five bases. That gave him a perfect 25-for-25 on steals this season. He ranks sixth in the Texas League in steals and is the only one among the top 23 in the league yet to be caught. One of two players with the first name Kai on the Missions' roster (Kai Murphy, son of Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy, is the other), Roberts has made progress offensively even if his batting average doesn't show it. This season, he has a line-drive rate of 27.1%, which is up significantly from the 18.3% he had last year. Now 25 years old, Roberts has also been promoted a bit aggressively after appearing in 24 games in his draft year at Low-A Lake Elsinore, then 83 games last year at High-A Fort Wayne. View full article

The top four affiliates for the San Diego Padres opened new series Tuesday with the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas falling to Sacramento 10-5, the Double-A San Antonio Missions rolling past Amarillo 6-2, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps getting blasted by Great Lakes 12-2 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm dumping Stockton 10-3. Padres Transactions San Diego Padres sent C Luis Campusano on a rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas. San Diego Padres signed free-agent 3B Luis Rengifo to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Triple-A El Pason Chihuahuas. RHP Garrett Hawkins assigned to San Antonio Missions from El Paso Chihuahuas. El Paso Chihuahuas transferred 2B Victor Duarte to the Development List. San Antonio Missions activated C Ethan Salas from the 7-day injured list. San Antonio Missions transferred C Brendan Durfee to the Development List. San Antonio Missions placed LHP Omar Cruz on the 7-day injured list. Luis Campusano Goes Deep In First Rehab Game; Marquez Struggles Padres catcher Luis Campusano homered in his first rehab game, but Padres right-hander German Marquez was roughed up while getting just two outs as the host Triple-A San Antonio Missions were rolled by the Sacramento River Cats 10-5. Campusano, who started at catcher and batted second, went 2-for-2 in three plate appearances with a first-inning single, a third-inning walk and a fifth-inning two-run homer. He played six innings on defense before being subbed out. Marquez, who was scheduled to make two starts last week but only appeared in one game in relief, came out of the bullpen again, but it didn't go well. Marquez came on to begin the sixth inning and got two groundouts around a double, then issued a walk, gave up a two-run double and then a run-scoring single before being removed. He threw 22 pitches, including 14 strikes, to the six batters he faced. Bryce Johnson had three hits and Clay Dungan had two and scored twice for the Chihuahuas. Chihuahuas right-handed starter Sean Boyle went five innings and gave up six runs on nine hits with no walks and four strikeouts. He did give up a pair of homers. Sacramento scored once in the top of the first, four in the third and one more in the fifth for a 6-0 lead before the Chihuahuas trimmed the deficit to 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth on Clay Dungan's RBI single and Campusano's two-run blast to left. But the River Cats got all three of those back in the top of the sixth against Marquez. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mason McCoy 5 0 0 0 0 2 Luis Campusano 2 1 2 2 1 0 Anthony Vilar 2 0 1 2 0 1 Pablo Reyes 5 0 0 0 0 1 Nick Solak 4 0 0 0 0 1 Carlos Rodríguez 4 0 1 0 0 0 Marcos Castañon 3 0 0 0 1 0 Bryce Johnson 4 1 3 0 0 1 Romeo Sanabria 3 1 0 0 1 1 Clay Dungan 4 2 2 1 0 1 Totals 36 5 9 5 3 8 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Sean Boyle 5 9 6 6 0 4 2 Germán Márquez 2/3 3 3 3 1 0 0 Misael Tamarez 1 2/3 2 1 1 3 1 0 Justin Yeager 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jagger Haynes, Jake Cunningham, Albert Fabian Spark Missions Left-hander Jagger Haynes turned in a nice 6⅔-inning start, while Jake Cunningham and Albert Fabian homered during the fourth inning as the host Double-A San Antonio Missions dispatched the Amarillo Sod Poodles 6-2. Fabian went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, while Cunningham was 2-for-3 with three runs scored as the Missions made the most of their seven hits. Ethan Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout from the leadoff spot after being activated from the seven-day injured list with a mild oblique strain. Haynes, Padres Mission's No. 10 prospect, gave up a pair of runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four. It marked back-to-back starts of 6⅔ innings, his season high, and the third of the year. The two runs scored in the seventh as Haynes ran out of gas. Right-hander Francis Pena got out of that jam and pitched a scoreless eighth, while right-hander Josh Mallitz finished up with two strikeouts in a perfect ninth. Cunningham and Braedon Karpathios, Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect, reached on an error and a single to open the second inning, then came home on Fabian's double to make it 2-0. Cunningham then hit the first pitch of the bottom of the fourth for his second Double-A homer and 17th of the season, with Fabian matching his solo blast two outs later for his sixth of the year, making it 4-0. Cunningham and Fabian did more work in the sixth, as both doubled to boost the advantage to 5-0. The Sod Poodles made it 5-2 in the top of the seventh against Haynes, with the Missions adding a final run in the bottom of the eighth as Cunningham was hit by a pitch, stole second with one out, went to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch with Fabian at the plate. SA1_0630.mp4 SA2_0630.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ethan Salas 3 0 0 0 1 1 Carson Tucker 4 0 0 0 0 1 Tirso Ornelas 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Cunningham 3 4 2 1 0 0 Braedon Karpathios 4 1 1 0 0 1 Ryan Jackson 2 0 0 0 1 0 Albert Fabian 4 1 3 4 0 0 Francisco Acuna 3 0 1 0 0 1 Luis Verdugo 3 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 6 7 5 2 4 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jagger Haynes 6 2/3 4 2 2 4 4 0 Francis Peña 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Josh Mallitz 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 TinCaps Can't Keep Up With Loons The host High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps had a mere five hits while surrendering three homers and committing five errors as part of a 13-hit attack that gave the Great Lakes Loons a 12-2 victory. Jack Costello and Ryan Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect, each had doubles for the TinCaps. Right-handed starter Matthew Watson made it through just 2⅔ innings, allowing just one hit, but walking four and striking out four while giving up a pair of runs (one earned). After the Loons scored twice in the top of the first, the TinCaps scored their runs in the second and third innings. Rosman Verdugo had a one-out single and scored on Costello's two-out double in the second. Wideman led off the bottom of the third with a double and scored one out later on a sacrifice fly by Lamar King Jr., Padres Mission's No. 11 prospect. Great Lakes then went on to score one in the fourth, one in the fifth, two in the sixth, five in the seventh and another in the eighth. FW_0630.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 4 1 1 0 0 3 Justin DeCriscio 4 0 0 0 0 2 Lamar King Jr. 3 0 1 1 0 2 Alex McCoy 4 0 0 0 0 3 Kerrington Cross 4 0 1 0 0 0 Rosman Verdugo 3 1 1 0 0 0 Carlos Rodriguez 3 0 0 0 0 2 Jack Costello 3 0 1 1 0 0 Zach Evans 2 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 30 2 5 2 1 12 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Matthew Watson 2 2/3 1 2 1 4 4 0 Nick Falter 2 1/3 3 2 1 1 1 1 C.J. Widger 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 Braian Salazar 1/3 5 5 5 0 0 1 Will Varmette 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 3 0 Will Koger 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Strong Offense Backs Jesus Castro's Start In Storm Victory Right-handed starter Jesus Castro allowed three hits over five innings and four players drove in a pair of runs as the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm cruised to a 10-2 victory over the Stockton Ports. George Bilecki, Jose Verdugo and Dawson Willis—the top three hitters in the Storm lineup—each went 2-for-5 with two RBIs with Willis scoring twice, while Yoiber Ocopio also drove in a pair. Bradley Frye went 3-for-4 with an RBI as the Storm pounded out 15 hits. Castro, Padres Mission's No. 15 prospect, got back on track after a couple of subpar outings to pick up his first Low-A victory. He went five innings for the third time in five June starts, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Right-hander Carson Swilling gave up a run in two innings, while right-hander Jeferson Villabona went two scoreless, each allowing one hit. The Storm trailed 2-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, when they put up a four-spot. Verdugo had an RBI single to tie the game and Willis singled home a pair to put the Storm up 4-2, then scored on Frye's single. The made it 8-1 in the sixth as Conner Westenburg had an RBI single, then stole his 30th base of the season and scored on a two-run single by Bilecki. Ocopio drove in a run with a single in the seventh and Verdugo added the final one in the eighth, following Bilecki's triple with an RBI groundout. LE_0630.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K George Bilecki 5 1 2 2 0 1 Jose Verdugo 5 1 2 2 0 0 Dawson Willis 5 2 2 2 0 2 Bradley Frye 4 1 3 1 0 0 Yoiber Ocopio 4 0 1 2 0 0 Jorge Quintana 4 0 0 0 0 1 Qrey Lott 3 1 1 0 0 0 Truitt Madonna 2 2 1 0 2 0 Conner Westenburg 4 2 3 1 0 0 Totals 36 10 15 10 2 4 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jesus A. Castro 5 3 2 2 1 3 0 Carson Swilling 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 Jeferson Villabona 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: 0-for-3, K Kash Mayfield: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ryan Wideman: 1-for-4, 2B, 3 K Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Jorge Quintana: 0-for-4, K Ty Harvey: On injured list Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season Braedon Karpathios: 1-for-4, K Jagger Haynes: 6⅔ IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, W Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-3, 2 K Tucker Musgrove: DNP Truitt Madonna: 1-for-2, 2B Alex McCoy: 0-for-4, 3 K Jesus Castro: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, W Rosman Verdugo: 1-for-3 Garrett Hawkins: DNP Eric Yost: DNP Michael Salina: DNP Winyer Chourio: DNP View full article

The time Ethan Salas spent on the injured list was indeed short. Salas, Padres Mission's No. 1 prospect, was activated from the seven-day injured list Tuesday by the Double-A San Antonio Missions. Salas was in the lineup at catcher and batting leadoff in the Missions' batting order. The 20-year-old top prospect for the San Diego Padres had been sidelined since sustaining a mild oblique injury during a June 17 doubleheader. He was placed on the IL the next day. Salas is having a really nice bounce-back season after missing all but 10 games last season due to a stress reaction in his lower back. The left-handed hitter is slashing .282/.352/.432 with seven homers and 33 RBIs in 56 games as well as 13 steals. View full rumor

The San Diego Padres are getting a key bat back for the offense and an arm for the bullpen. Second baseman Jake Cronenworth was activated Monday off the seven-day concussion list by the Padres for the series opener against the Chicago Cubs. Also, right-handed reliever Bradgley Rodriguez was called up from Double-A San Antonio. Right-handed reliever David Morgan was placed on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his left knee and infielder Will Wagner was optioned back to Triple-A El Paso. Cronenworth has been on the concussion list since May 5, but the incident that led to his injury actually happened a couple weeks before that, but the symptoms did not initially present themselves, which affected his performance in that time. Cronenworth played in three rehab games at Triple-A over the weekend, including a full game on defense Sunday. While he went 3-for-12 at the plate, he did hit a home run in his first plate appearance Thursday. Cronenworth was slashing .144/.272/.196 with one homer and four RBIs in 32 games. Rodriguez was sent to the minors June 19 to simply give himself a breather during his first full MLB season. Rodriguez appeared in one game over the weekend at Double-A, throwing a perfect eighth inning Sunday with a strikeout. Morgan has pitched much better after being sent down in late April, spending more than a month at Triple-A. He returned at the beginning of June and has posted a 2.08 ERA over 8⅔ innings in seven games with two walks and 11 strikeouts. He had eight walks and 11 strikeouts in his first 8⅓ innings with a 9.72 ERA before his demotion. Wagner showed well in his brief time up this year. He came up June 9 and played in 16 games, producing a .257/.422/.286 with a double and no RBIs. He did draw 10 walks. View full rumor

San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 4-2 Runs scored last week: 25 Runs allowed last week: 28 (season run differential: minus-13) Scores Game 77 (Monday): Padres 1, Atlanta 0 Game 78 (Tuesday): Padres 7, Atlanta 6 (10 innings) Game 79 (Wednesday): Padres 5, Atlanta 2 Thursday: Off Game 80 (Friday): Padres 7, Dodgers 1 Game 81 (Saturday): Dodgers 15, Padres 3 Game 82 (Sunday): Dodgers 4, Padres 2 Week in Review and Highlights Atlanta series Game 1: Right-handed starter Michael King got ticked off at himself. That was good news for the Padres. King turned in the best start of the season by any Friars starter, going seven shutout innings, and Manny Machado homered for the second straight game as the Padres opened a big homestand with a 1-0 victory over Atlanta. The reason why this was the best start for the Padres is that it came at a time when the Padres needed a big win and needed a starter to go deep in a game. Coming off a 4⅓-inning outing against the St. Louis Cardinals and five straight subpar outings, King went seven shutout innings for the second time this season (May 18 vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers), allowing six hits and no walks with five strikeouts. The Padres' offense didn't do much, but also didn't need to. Machado had two of the Friars' four hits and also walked. He took right-handed starter Grant Holmes deep leading off the fourth inning, boosting his team-leading homer total to 14 and RBI total to 42. King never had more than one runner on an any inning and handed things over to left-hander Adrian Morejon, who retired all three hitters he faced before yielding to right-handed closer Mason Miller. Miller did run into a little trouble in the ninth, but it came with two outs. Austin Riley singled and pinch-runner Eli White stole second. Miller then walked Dom Smith on a 3-2 pitch before striking out Mike Yastrzemski for his 21st save in as many chances. Game 2: In a game that started with a bit of deja vu from the Texas Rangers series opener, it came to a conclusion with a reminder from Machado: He is still dangerous. Machado lined the first pitch of the bottom of the 10th inning to center field to score Jackson Merrill from second base for a 7-6 victory over Atlanta to clinch a series victory. Machado had the biggest hit in the game for the third time in four games as he also had a two-run homer in a three-run top of the 10th inning Saturday vs. the Rangers in 6-4 win. But as Machado said after this game, this one was "madcap." After a scoreless inning by left-hander Wandy Peralta as an opener, right-hander Griffin Canning couldn't even finish the second inning, coughing up four runs on four hits and a walk. He began the second with two singles and a hit batter, then a strikeout and a two-run single by Rowdy Tellez and a second strikeout. But a Michael Harris II double and another walk spelled doom and the end of his day. But the Padres turned the tables on what happened Friday and scored five runs in the bottom of the first with the bottom of the order getting things going, then Samad Taylor putting the Padres ahead with a two-run single for a 5-4 lead. Despite each allowing a run, left-handers Kyle Hart and Yuki Matsui followed Canning and settled things down over the next 4⅓ innings to give the Friars a chance despite giving up the lead. This had the feel of those April wins as Tatis hit his second Petco Park homer and third of the season in the seventh, a solo drive to center. Miller, who threw 20 pitches Monday, came back and needed only 11 pitches to strike out two of the three hitters in the ninth, so he came back for the 10th, getting another strikeout as he finished that inning in 11 pitches again. Atlanta right-handed closer Raisel Iglesias tried to pull a Miller, but only got one pitch into the 10th when Machado walked it off, with the throw home too late to get Merrill. Game 3: This was the most surprising series of the season. A sweep of the team that had the best winning percentage in MLB? Yeah, it happened. Now, what do the Padres do with this momentum? Buoyed by a surprise start by left-hander JP Sears, the Padres dumped Atlanta 5-2 win sweep the three-game set. Ty France homered and drove in two runs, while Taylor had a pair of RBIs as the Friars bounced back from losing two of three on the road to the Rangers. Sears was relegated to Triple-A in spring training and posted a 7.99 ERA in the offensive elements of the Pacific Coast League. But Sears put that behind him and, needing some length as he made his season debut with the Padres, and he responded with 5⅔ innings, just the third time in 15 starts this season he had gotten an out in the sixth inning. He allowed two runs on five hits with a pair of walks and five strikeouts. As it was, Sears turned in the fourth start in the Padres' last 35 games in which a pitcher went that long and allowed three runs or less. It would seem to have earned him another start after right-hander Lucas Giolito (right elbow inflammation) went on the 15-day injured list. Facing a crafty veteran in left-hander Martin Perez, the Padres' offense came through. France staked the Friars to a 2-0 lead with a solo homer in the third, his ninth of the season, and a sac fly in the fourth. The Padres manufactured another run in the fifth as Tatis walked, Taylor had a bunt single and, following a double steal, Xander Bogaerts singled home Tatis. It could have been more, but Merrill and Miguel Andujar couldn't come through. Atlanta trimmed it to 3-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth on a Joey Bart homer, but the Padres got both right back in the bottom of the sixth. France doubled and was bunted to third by Freddy Fermin. Jase Bowen walked and, after a pitching change, stole second. Taylor came through again, singling with two outs to plate France and Bowen. The bullpen did bullpen things after Sears exited, with right-hander David Morgan going 1⅓ perfect innings, Peralta one hit in one inning and right-hander Jason Adam closed things out with Miller unavailable, pitching a perfect ninth for his second save of the season. Now, the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town. Dodgers series Game 1: Walker Buehler just does Walker Buehler things when the Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers get together. But for the first time, Buehler did it while wearing a Friars jersey. The right-handed starter was really good for 5⅓ innings and France hit an early three-run homer that helped carry the Padres to a 7-1 victory over their rival. It was the fourth straight victory for the Friars, all coming against teams that entered the series with the best winning percentage in MLB. Buehler helped set the tone by allowing just three hits and a run, while walking three and striking out five. In 10 starts since the beginning of May, Buehler has been very solid, going five innings in all but one. In six of those, he got at least a single out in the fifth, which significantly increases a team's chances of winning that game. Buehler was lifted in the sixth after a walk to Andy Pages and with Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts coming up. Matsui came in and gave up a double to Freeman, with Pages only able to advance to third. After walking Betts intentionally, Matsui got Max Muncy to pop out and Kyle Tucker to fly out to end the threat unscathed. The Padres' offense continued its recent good work. Machado and Sheets drew leadoff walks in the second inning off right-handed starter Roki Sasaki. After Bogaerts flew out to center, Sheets drilled his opposite-field three-run blast deep into the left-field stands to erase an early 1-0 deficit. While the Padres weren't able to further take advantage of Sasaki's wildness (five walks), that did lead to an early exit and got the Friars into the bullpen. It took until the eighth inning for that work to pay off. Sheets had a one-out single, Bogaerts and France walked to load the bases and Sung-Mun Song broke it open with a two-run single. Rodolfo Duran doubled home another and Tatis capped the four-run rally with an RBI single. Meanwhile, the bullpen kept the Dodgers at bay, with Adam, Morejon and Peralta tossing scoreless innings. And it made Buehler 7-1 in the Padres-Dodgers series. Game 2: All you really need to know about this one is that Duran, the 11-year minor-league catcher who made his MLB debut last month, pitched the top of the ninth inning. The Padres gave up their biggest inning of the season and the most runs in a game as the Dodgers steamrolled their way to a 15-3 victory on the strength of a nine-run sixth inning. Right-hander Randy Vasquez took the brunt of the damage. He followed Hart, who served as an opener with two innings and one run, and gave up seven runs (five) earned while only getting one out in the sixth. It didn't help that second baseman Will Wagner booted a ball that trickled into right field. Instead of being the second out of the inning, Freeman scooted home from second with the go-ahead run to make it 2-1. Two batters later, it was 5-1 on Tommy Edman's RBI triple and Tucker's two-run homer. Dalton Rushing and Mookie Betts also homered in the frame as the Dodgers sent 12 batters to the plate. Vasquez has allowed seven runs in back-to-back outings and at least four runs in three of his last four. Sheets was about the lone offensive highlight, with three hits, including a solo homer, his 13th long ball of the season. The game marked the halfway point of the season, with the Padres at 43-38, just one game off last year's mark at this time. Game 3: In what was a winnable swing game, even entering the series, the Padres just didn't capitalize on the few opportunities to score that they did have. As a result, the Dodgers came away with a 4-2 victory, taking two out of three games. After looking very good in his start vs. Atlanta to begin the week, King ran into trouble in the fifth inning and his day turned sour. The Dodgers got three runs against King, who allowed four of the first five hitters to reach on a hit batter and three walks to put L.A. up 2-1, then Betts had a two-run single. While it was a catastrophe like the nine-run outburst the day before, it was just as damaging against a team such as the Dodgers, whose bullpen rivals that of the Padres. Machado continued his excellent run by hitting his team-best 15th homer of the season, a solo shot to left field that tied the game in the fourth inning. After the Dodgers' rally in the fifth, Merrill led off the bottom of the sixth with a single, stole second with one out and scored on Bogaerts' ground single to right to make it 4-2. In the eight, Machado had a leadoff double and France was hit by a pitch, but Bogaerts struck out and Andujar hit into an inning-ending double play. Fermin drew a one-out walk in the ninth, but like the eighth, a double play ended the threat, this time on a Tatis grounder to short. While the homestand ended with a bit of a thud, the Padres continue their stretch of 17 games in 17 days with a seven-game road trip, with the first three at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs in a rematch of the NL Wild Card Series from last year, before the Padres and Dodgers meet again in L.A. for four games. Marvelous Mason Miller Some of the amazing stats for the Padres' closer: Season stats: 2-1, 0.79 ERA, 32 games, 21 saves (21 chances), 34 IP, 14 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 13 BB, 66 K, .122 opponent average His two-inning outing Tuesday was the first since joining the Padres and first since Sept. 6, 2024, with the A's. Has 21 saves, which is tied for second in MLB with Bryan Baker of the Tampa Bay Rays. Cade Smith of the Cleveland Guardians has an MLB-best 26 saves. Of his 32 appearances, he has 22 with multiple strikeouts. Random Stats The Padres 1-0 win over Atlanta was not only their seventh shutout of the season, but their third of the 1-0 variety. The Padres have eight 1-0 wins since the beginning of 2025, the most in MLB. Samad Taylor's 12-game hitting streak came to an end with an 0-for-3 Monday. It was the longest by a Padre this year and was tied for the third-longest active streak. Jason Adam's perfect ninth inning Wednesday was his first since May 27. Friday's 7-1 triumph over the Dodgers gave the Padres a positive run differential (316-315) for the first time since May 29. Saturday's result, however, changed that. The Padres turned four double plays Friday, tying the single-game high in MLB this season. The Friars last turned four DPs on June 4, 2024, vs. the Los Angeles Angels. Nine of Gavin Sheets' 13 homers this season have either tied the game or put the Padres ahead for good. Of the Padres' 44 games at Petco Park, 35 have been sellouts, including all six games on this homestand. Saturday's attendance of 45,159 was the third-largest crowd this season The Padres honored Spanish-language radio broadcaster Eduardo Ortega for 40 years with the team by having him throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Transactions Tuesday: Placed RHP Lucas Giolito on the 15-day IL with right elbow inflammation. Tuesday: Recalled LHP JP Sears from Triple-A El Paso. Tuesday: Activated C Freddy Fermin from the 7-day concussion list. Tuesday: Optioned C Blake Hunt to Triple-A El Paso. Thursday: Sent 1B Nick Solak outright to Triple-A El Paso. Solak elected free agency. Thursday: Sent 2B Jake Cronenworth on a rehab assignment to Triple-A El Paso. Sunday: Signed free-agent 1B Nick Solak to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Triple-A El Paso. Website Highlights Vasquez's command woes have taken on a new form — Randy Holt Padres' 2025 draft class rundown: How every pick has fared thus far — Steve Drumwright Reranking Padres' 2025 trade-deadline moves one year later — Brendan Dentino Padres are stuck between a rock and a hard place with Marquez and Canning — Randy Holt Padres farm system update: Breaking down Padres Mission's new Top 20 prospect list (June) — Steve Drumwright Check out the newest Padres Mission podcast: Is Manny finally back? Looking Ahead Monday: Padres (Griffin Canning) at Cubs (Shota Imanaga), 5:05 p.m. Tuesday: Padres (JP Sears) at Cubs (Matthew Boyd), 5:05 p.m. Wednesday: Padres (Walker Buehler) at Cubs (Colin Rea), 11:20 a.m. Thursday: Padres (Randy Vasquez) at Dodgers (Roki Sasaki), 7:10 p.m. Friday: Padres (Michael King) at Dodgers (Yoshinobu Yamamoto), 7:10 p.m. Saturday: Padres (Griffin Canning) at Dodgers (Emmet Sheehan), 7:10 p.m. Sunday: Padres (JP Sears) at Dodgers (Eric Lauer), 4:20 p.m. View full article

The top four affiliates for the San Diego Padres wrapped up their series Sunday with a a 2-2 showing. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas were edged 2-1 by Sugar Land, the Double-A San Antonio Missions prevailed over Arkansas 5-3, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps were shut out by Lake County 6-0 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore TinCaps rallied for a 6-4 win. Padres Minor-League Transactions San Diego Padres signed free-agent 1B Nick Solak signed a minor-league contract and assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas. RHP Bernard Jose assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps. San Antonio Missions transferred OF Kai Murphy to the Development List. RHP Luis Maracara assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres. RHP Yoesmerli Beltre assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres. Chihuahuas Held To 2 Hits In Loss; Jake Cronenworth Goes 0-For-4 The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas were held to just two hits, with the host Sugar Land Space Cowboys scoring twice in the sixth inning for a 2-1 victory. The Chihuahuas (36-45) only won once in the six game series, the first of the second half. Padres right-handed starter Esteban German was the listed starter for the Chihuahuas, but did not pitch. The Padres have not named a starter for Monday's series opener at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. It is right-hander Griffin Canning's turn in the rotation. Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth went 0-for-4 with a strikeout, playing in the field for the first time in his third game of his rehab assignment as he makes his way back from an April concussion. Cronenworth grounded out to third in the first inning, grounded out to second in the fourth, struck out swinging in the fifth and grounded out to first in the ninth. Cronenworth started at second base and shifted to first base in the eighth. His only defensive plays were a popout at second base and a throw to complete a strikeout while at first. The Space Cowboys scored twice in the sixth and Marcos Castanon homered for the Chihuahuas in the ninth, his 12th long ball of the season and just El Paso's second hit of the game. Bryce Johnson had a one-out double in the sixth to break up the no-hit bid. Chihuahuas outfielder Carlos Rodriguez drew a seventh-inning walk to keep his on-base streak alive at 35 games. Chihuahuas right-handed starter Miguel Cienfuegos went a season-high three hitless innings, striking out five and walking one, with right-hander Michael Flynn following with two scoreless innings, giving up two hits and striking out one. Right-hander Ty Adcock gave up the two sixth-inning runs, but right-hander Andrew Moore went 1⅔ scoreless innings, allowing one hit but walking three and striking out four. Right-hander Ethan Routzahn had to come in to get the final out of the eighth. EP_0628.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Pablo Reyes 4 0 0 0 0 1 Jake Cronenworth 4 0 0 0 0 1 Nick Solak 4 0 0 0 0 1 Marcos Castañon 4 1 1 1 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez 3 0 0 0 1 0 Mason McCoy 2 0 0 0 1 1 Blake Hunt 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nick Pratto 2 0 0 0 1 0 Bryce Johnson 3 0 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Miguel Cienfuegos 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 Michael Flynn 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 Ty Adcock 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 Andrew Moore 1 2/3 1 0 0 3 4 0 Ethan Routzahn 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jake Cunningham Hits First Missions Homer To Fuel Victory Jake Cunningham hit his first Double-A home run and drove in a pair, while right-hander Eric Yost turned in a solid start as the San Antonio Missions dropped the host Arkansas Travelers 5-3. The Missions (33-42) dropped four of the six games in their first series of the second half and went 6-6 on their two-week road trip. Padres right-hander Bradgley Rodriguez made his first appearance since being sent to the minors June 19 to get a break. Rodriguez pitched a perfect eighth inning, striking out one while throwing just 10 pitches, including eight strikes. Rodgiuez's outing came after Yost went five innings, giving up three runs on four hits and five walks with three strikeouts. It was the third outing in a row where Yost went at least five innings. Right-hander Bernard Jose then went the next two, allowing just a hit and punching out two. Right-hander Johan Moreno earned his fifth save with a pair of strikeouts in a perfect ninth. The Missions jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Albert Fabian's second-inning two-out RBI double that scored Luis Verdugo. The Travelers tied it in the bottom of the third, then Cunningham put the Missions on top for good with a solo blast to left-center leading off the fourth. Cunningham, in his first week with the Missions, had a team-high 15 homers for High-A Fort Wayne before his promotion. The Missions made it 4-1 in the fifth as a run scored on Kai Roberts' double-play grounder and Tirso Ornelas plated Carson Tucker with his 18th double of the season. The Travelers trimmed it to 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth, but Cunningham restored a two-run lead on a single to center that brought in Brendan Durfee. Verdugo joined Cunningham in having two hits for the Missions. SA_0628.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Kai Roberts 4 0 0 0 1 2 Carson Tucker 5 1 1 0 0 0 Tirso Ornelas 5 0 1 1 0 0 Jake Cunningham 5 1 2 2 0 2 Braedon Karpathios 4 0 0 0 0 3 Luis Verdugo 4 1 2 0 0 1 Albert Fabian 3 0 1 1 1 0 Francisco Acuna 3 1 1 0 1 0 Brendan Durfee 3 1 1 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Eric Yost 5 4 3 3 5 3 0 Bernard Jose 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 Bradgley Rodriguez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Johan Moreno 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 TinCaps Shut Out Again By Captains, Settle For Series Split Yet another slow start and a lack of offense led to the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps being blanked by the host Lake County Captains 6-0. The TinCaps (32-43, 5-4 second half) were blanked for the second time in this six-game series, which the teams split. Alex McCoy (Padres Mission's No. 14 prospect), Carlos Rodriguez and Oswaldo Linares each had two of the TinCaps' seven hits, with Linares doubling. Rodriguez also walked once, while Luke Cantwell had a pair of walks. Ryan Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect, singled and had his fourth steal of the week since being promoted to the TinCaps, boosting his minors-leading total to 47. TinCaps left-handed starter Jamie Hitt needed 56 pitches to get through two innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk with one strikeout, but he did give up a pair of homers. Both of those homers came in a three-run first inning, with the Captains scoring one each in the second, third and fourth innings. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 5 0 1 0 0 2 Justin DeCriscio 3 0 0 0 1 2 Alex McCoy 5 0 2 0 0 2 Kerrington Cross 4 0 0 0 1 1 Luke Cantwell 2 0 0 0 2 2 Kavares Tears 3 0 0 0 1 1 Carlos Rodriguez 3 0 2 0 1 0 Oswaldo Linares 4 0 2 0 0 2 Kasen Wells 4 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jamie Hitt 2 6 4 3 1 1 2 Javier Chacon 1 2/3 2 2 2 1 1 1 Daison Acosta 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Nick Falter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Will Koger 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 Ryan Och 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 Late Storm Surge, Strong Bullpen Produce Victory Held to one hit and shut out for seven innings, the host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm rallied for six runs in the seventh and eighth innings, taking the lead on Dylan Grego's opposite-field single for a 6-4 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies. The win was just the second in the six-game series for the Storm, who are 41-34 overall and 2-7 in the second half after winning the first-half South Division title in the California League. Bradley Frye went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, Grego two hits and two RBIs, Yimy Tovar drove in a pair and Yoiber Ocopio reached base three times with a pair of walks and scored twice. The Grizzlies scored all four of their runs in the top of the first inning. It stayed 4-0 until the bottom of the seventh. Facing the first Grizzlies reliever of the game, Frye led off the seventh with the Storm's second hit, Ocopio walked and Grego doubled home Frye to make it 4-1. After two strikeouts, Tovar singled to left to bring in Ocopio and Grego and trim the deficit to 4-3. In the eighth, following another pitching change, Dawson Willis had a bunt single with one out and went to third on a throwing error by the third baseman, then Frye singled again to bring in Willis and tie the game. Ocopio singled and Grego broke the tie with his opposite-field single to left to score Frye from second. Pinch-hitter George Bilecki singled to load the bases and, after yet another pitching change, Qrey Lott was hit by a pitch to plate the final run. While Storm right-handed starter Isaiah Lowe gave up the four first-inning runs in his three-inning outing is his second appearance for Lake Elsinore this season, the bullpen of left-hander Cal Riehel (three innings, one hit), right-hander Daichi Moriki, right-hander Luis Maracara (two strikeouts) and right-hander Yoesmerli Beltre held the Grizzlies scoreless and to just one hit the rest of the way. Maracara got the win and Beltre earned the save, both in their Storm debut after being promoted from the Arizona Complex League before the game. LE_0628.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Conner Westenburg 5 0 0 0 0 3 Jose Verdugo 4 0 0 0 0 1 Dawson Willis 4 1 1 0 0 2 Bradley Frye 4 2 3 1 0 1 Yoiber Ocopio 2 2 1 0 2 0 Dylan Grego 4 1 2 2 0 1 Truitt Madonna 2 0 0 0 1 1 George Bilecki 1 0 1 0 0 0 Qrey Lott 3 0 0 1 0 2 Yimy Tovar 4 0 1 2 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Isaiah Lowe 3 4 4 4 4 2 0 Cal Riehl 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 Daichi Moriki 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Luis Maracara 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Yoesmerli Beltre 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: On injured list Kash Mayfield: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ryan Wideman: 1-for-5, 2 K Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Jorge Quintana: DNP Ty Harvey: On injured list Kale Fountain: Injured, out for season Braedon Karpathios: 0-for-4, 3 K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: DNP Tucker Musgrove: DNP Truitt Madonna: 0-for-2, K Alex McCoy: 2-for-5, 2 K Jesus Castro: DNP Rosman Verdugo: DNP Garrett Hawkins: DNP Eric Yost: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 3 K Michael Salina: DNP Winyer Chourio: DNP View full article

With the 2026 MLB Draft just around the corner, it is time to take a look back at how the San Diego Padres' selections from 2025 are faring in their first full seasons in pro ball. There are many caveats, as this is a big development year for all these prospects, with news and updates on major and minor injuries hard to come by. This recap also doesn't include free agents signed following last year's draft, such as Alex McCoy, or members of the international signing class. Here is a rundown of all of last year's draft picks, ordered by the round they were selected (all stats as of the last weekend of June). 1. Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP It shouldn't have been a surprise that the Padres took a high school left-handed starting pitcher with the 25th overall pick, as they did the same thing at No. 25 the year before, when they got Kash Mayfield. But Schoolcraft, a 6-foot-8 19-year-old from Portland, Ore., hasn't experienced the same success Mayfield did after making his pro debut. Schoolcraft was considered more of a project by draft experts and that is exactly what is happening in his first full season of pro ball. He made a token start in 2025, but has since made 12 starts with a 6.81 ERA, walking 15.1% of hitters and striking out 24.9% in 39⅔ innings. It would seem that Schoolcraft will spend the entire year at Lake Elsinore unless something changes drastically in the second half. 2. No selection Forfeited for signing right-handed pitcher Nick Pivetta, who received a qualifying offer from the Boston Red Sox. 3. Ryan Wideman, CF At this point, the 22-year-old out of Western Kentucky is the star of the draft class. The center fielder leads the minors in stolen bases and has made changes at the plate that have led to more contact, allowing him to use his speed to make a difference on the basepaths. He put up a .314/.389/.504 slash line with six homers and 24 RBIs at Lake Elsinore. He also had 20 doubles and 43 steals (in 56 chances) before getting bumped up to High-A Fort Wayne for the second half of the season. Those tools make him a very dynamic player and someone to keep an eye on. 4. Michael Salina, RHP The 22-year-old right-handed starter made two starts in May in the Arizona Complex League, but has not appeared in a game since. Those games were his first since undergoing Tommy John surgery during his final season at St. Bonaventure. The Padres still saw the potential in Salina, spending a fourth-round draft choice on him. He hit 99 mph on his four-seamer in his initial outing and sat a few ticks below that. But it is concerning that he hasn't pitched since. 5. Ty Harvey, C Another in a deep stack of catchers the Padres have in the pipeline, the 19-year-old Harvey, selected out of a Florida high school, is currently on the 60-day injured list at Lake Elsinore after his left hand was broken by an opposing hitter on a catcher's interference play at the end of May. He could be back by the end of July. He missed a month before that with a quad injury. When in the lineup, he was an offensive force, producing a .338/.449/.431 slash line with no homers, nines RBIs and six steals in 21 games. He did draw 13 walks, which shows promise. His athleticism could also see him move to from behind the plate, possibly to first. He was a key pick, as the Padres gave Harvey a $1.5 million signing bonus, the second-highest in the class behind Schoolcraft, to forgo attending Florida State. 6. Jaxon Dalena, RHP After appearing in three games for Lake Elsinore last year, the 24-year-old right-handed starter, who attended Shippensburg, is on the 60-day injured list. 7. Kerrington Cross, 3B-1B The 24-year-old corner infielder is a bat-first prospect as he showed in putting up a 1.075 OPS in the first half at Lake Elsinore, which earned him a promotion to Fort Wayne. Cross hit 11 homers, drove in 53 and stole 17 bases in 58 games with the Storm. He was the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year at Cincinnati after slashing .396/.526/.647 as a senior, with terrific plate discipline. In the first half, he walked 46 times to 53 strikeouts in 58 games after a 50-35 split at Cincy. Cross played more first base than third at Lake Elsinore. 8. Jamie Hitt, LHP The Padres put the soon-to-be 24-year-old in the Fort Wayne rotation after a relief appearance at Lake Elsinore for his season debut. The left-hander, selected out of Oklahoma, has overall been pretty solid, with six of his 11 starts going at least five innings, including two six-inning outings and one 6⅔. Hitt doesn't have big strikeout stuff, topping out at a season high of five, and he has had some issues with walks, with two or more in 10 of his 12 appearances. After being a starter in two years at Texas Tech and his first two years at Oklahoma, Hitt was mainly a reliever as a senior in 2025, a role he excelled at. But as a lefty, the Padres will give Hitt every chance as a starter. 9. Will Koger, RHP The 23-year-old out of Arizona State is a right-handed reliever with an relatively mundane fastball at 98 mph, but his gyro slider had a 46% swing-and-miss rate with the Sun Devils, where he transferred to after three years at Louisville. He had 34 strikeouts in 24⅓ innings at Lake Elsinore before being moved up to Fort Wayne. His strikeout rate was at 28.1% in the first half, with a walk rate of 13.2% that could use some improvement. He did notch six saves at Lake Elsinore. 10. Justin DeCriscio, SS The 23-year-old shortstop from North Carolina State earned an early promotion to Fort Wayne after a .311/.363/.544 slash line with three homers and 18 RBIs in 28 games at Lake Elsinore. Offense has been a little tougher to come by for DeCriscio since he was moved up as he had a .246/.357/.373 slash line in 35 games. DeCriscio's offense should come as he has was named the second-best pure hitter in this class by Baseball America. He makes good contact and didn't chase much at N.C. State. 11. Truitt Madonna, C Drafted out of Ballard High School in Seattle, the 19-year-old has taken advantage of more playing time due to injuries with Lake Elsinore, seeing action not only at catcher, but at first base and designated hitter as well. Madonna has as .242/.346/.365 slash line with one homer and 36 RBIs in 60 games. He gave up a scholarship to UCLA for a $654,000 signing bonus. As with other catchers in the system, Madonna, at 6-foot-3, has good size behind the plate and scouts see a potential for more power in his game, but will need to prove he can hit to move up. 12. George Bilecki, OF The 22-year-old selected from Division II Lewis University in Illinois has had a few noteworthy homers for Lake Elsinore thus far, with midseason promotions likely opening a door for more playing time. Bilecki has a .197/.368/.340 slash line with four homers and 26 RBIs in 54 games this year after putting up a .128/.226/.170 mark in 18 games last year with the Storm. 13. Dylan Grego, SS The switch-hitting versatile former Ball State star has had quite a first half of the season already from a travel perspective. He started the season at High-A Fort Wayne, was sent down to Low-A Lake Elsinore after 24 games, but then went up to Triple-A El Paso for a week to cover for some promotions to the MLB roster. The 22-year-old has played shortstop, second base and third base, but only put up a .204/.286/.310 slash line with two homers and 15 RBIs. Curiously, he went 9-for-18 in five games at El Paso. 14. Clay Edmondson, RHP The 23-year-old sidewinding reliever is perhaps the breakout performer of this class so far. Before being bumped up to Double-A San Antonio, Edmondson was among the minors leaders with 11 saves at High-A Fort Wayne. There, the former North Carolina-Asheville star posted a 1.67 ERA in 27 innings across 23 appearances, striking out 38 (33%) and walking 13 (11.3%). Edmondson made his pro debut last year at Lake Elsinore and earned a one-game appearance at Triple-A El Paso. 15. Ryan Reed, LHP Despite being listed on the active roster for the Padres in the Arizona Complex League, the 22-year-old left-handed reliever out of Pitt has yet to pitch this season. He did make two appearances for Lake Elsinore last year, going 2⅔ scoreless innings with three hits, one walk and one strikeout. 16. Cardell Thibodeaux, OF The first casualty of this draft class, Thibodeaux was released June 20 from the Arizona Complex League roster. The 22-year-old out of Southern had a slash line of .244/.392/.366 in 14 games this season after debuting at Lake Elsinore with a .108/.216/.138 mark in 21 games. 17. Tyler Schmitt, RHP One of a few late-round gems thus far, the 21-year-old picked out of Illinois has had more ups than downs with Lake Elsinore. He has made 11 starts and one relief appearance, with a 4.47 ERA in 54⅓ innings. Schmitt has struck out 59 (25.2%) and walked 28 (12%) in his debut season. He has turned in four scoreless starts, including back-to-back performances to begin May where he allowed a combined three hits and struck out 11. He then had an 11-strikeout game on June 13. 18. Landry Jurecka, RHP The 23-year-old right-handed reliever out of Queens University has had a rough beginning to his pro career. He made six appearances with Lake Elsinore with a 6.75 ERA in 9⅓ innings, then returned to the Storm to begin 2026, only to make two appearances get hurt and is now on an extended rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League. There, he has logged 17 innings over 10 appearances for a 5.82 ERA, walking four and striking out 17. 19. Jonathan Vastine, SS The 23-year-old former Vanderbilt shortstop is currently on the seven-day injured list for High-A Fort Wayne, which is where he reported after signing last year. The left-handed hitter played in 22 games in his debut season, producing a .235/.329/.309 slash line with one homer, seven RBIs and three stolen bases. In more of a backup role this season, Vastine has followed that up with a .147/.202/.294 mark with four homers and seven RBIs in 31 games. 20. Luke Cantwell, 1B Taken out of Pitt, where the first baseman was teammates with Reed, Cantwell is a contact-first left-handed hitter. At Lake Elsinore, he was one of the top hitters in the California League during the first half as he put up a .328/.475/.496 with a pair of homers and 30 RBIs. Cantwell celebrated his promotion to High-A Fort Wayne by hitting the first pitch he saw off the batter's eye in center for a homer. His first half was limited to 40 games due to an injury, however. View full article

It was a bad Saturday for the San Diego Padres' full-season affiliates, going 0-4. The Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas lost to Sugar Land 5-2, the San Antonio Missions were routed by Arkansas 9-1, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps came up short against Lake County 8-6 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm fell 10-5. Check out Padres Mission's June update to our Top 20 prospect list. Padres Minor-League Transactions RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to San Antonio Missions from ACL Padres. San Antonio Missions placed RHP Miguel Mendez on the 7-day injured list. C Colton Vincent assigned to ACL Padres from El Paso Chihuahuas. Jake Cronenworth Gets A Hit, But Chihuahuas Can't Get Going Facing rehabbing Houston Astros right-handed starter Cristian Javier, the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas weren't able to muster any offense until the ninth inning en route to a 5-2 loss to the host Sugar Land Space Cowboys. Javier allowed three hits and two walks in six shutout innings, striking out four. San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth, in his second game on his rehab assignment following his concussion, went 1-for-4 with a run scored as the Chihuahuas' designated hitter. Cronenworth struck out in the first inning, popped out to third in the third and grounded out to second in the sixth, all against Javier. His single was a pop fly to short that was booted and led to Cronenworth standing on third to lead off the ninth. Cronenworth is 3-for-8 in two rehab games. Chihuahuas right-handed starter Jhony Brito was nearly as good, though. Brito went five innings, giving up three runs all unearned on two hits and two walks with six punchouts. He did give up one home run in a three-run first inning. The three unearned runs were courtesy of a throwing error by third baseman Clay Dungan to rehabbing Astros infielder Nick Allen. A walk preceded a three-run homer with one out. Brito recovered to retire 13 of the last 15 batters he faced. Sugar Land added two runs in the sixth before the Chihuahuas foiled the shutout in the ninth. Following Cronenworth's lone hit off right-hander Alimber Santa, Pablo Reyes' comebacker was deflected by Santa for an infield single, scoring Cronenworth and putting Reyes on second following a throwing error. Two outs later and with Reyes now on third, Romeo Sanabria drove him home with a single to right. Mason McCoy had two hits for the Chihuahuas, including his 10th double of the season, along with his 17th stolen base. Player AB R H RBI BB K Mason McCoy 4 0 2 0 0 0 Jake Cronenworth 4 1 1 0 0 1 Pablo Reyes 4 1 1 1 0 0 Nick Pratto 4 0 1 0 0 1 Bryce Johnson 4 0 0 1 0 2 Romeo Sanabria 3 0 1 0 1 1 Nick Schnell 3 0 1 0 1 2 Blake Hunt 3 0 0 0 0 1 Clay Dungan 3 0 0 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jhony Brito 5 2 3 0 2 6 1 Evan Fitterer 2 4 2 2 2 2 0 Justin Yeager 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Missions Stifled By Travelers; Tirso Ornelas Homers The Double-A San Antonio Missions couldn't overcome two outbursts by the host Arkansas Travelers in a 9-1 loss. Right-hander Ryan Sloan, the No. 19 prospect overall and No. 3 for the Seattle Mariners by MLB Pipeline, struck out nine in 5⅓ innings. Tirso Ornelas homered for the lone run and had two of the Missions' five hits. Kai Roberts had a single, drew the Missions' lone walk and stole two bases, giving him 24 this year. The Missions had a bullpen game, with right-handed reliever Clay Edmondson getting roughed up for four runs in 1⅓ innings following left-hander Omar Cruz's opening first inning. Right-hander Tucker Musgrove, Padres Mission's No. 12 prospect, walked two and struck out three in two innings in his second Double-A appearance. Arkansas scored one in the second, four in the third, one in the seventh and three in the eighth. The Missions' run came on Ornelas' sixth-inning homer, his 11th of the season. Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Jackson 4 0 0 0 0 0 Francisco Acuna 4 0 0 0 0 2 Tirso Ornelas 4 1 2 1 0 0 Albert Fabian 4 0 1 0 0 2 Braedon Karpathios 4 0 0 0 0 2 Wyatt Hoffman 4 0 1 0 0 3 Kai Murphy 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kai Roberts 2 0 1 0 1 1 Brendan Durfee 3 0 0 0 0 2 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Omar Cruz 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Clay Edmondson 1 1/3 3 4 4 2 1 0 Francis Peña 1 2/3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Tucker Musgrove 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 Sadrac Franco 2 5 4 4 2 3 2 TinCaps Come Up Short Despite Justin DeCriscio's Homer, Late Rally The High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps rallied in the ninth inning, but couldn't overcome an early surge in dropping an 8-6 loss to the host Lake County Captains. Justin DeCriscio, who went 2-for-5 with a homer, and Ryan Wideman, Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect, each drove in two runs. DeCriscio's homer, his sixth of the year, was a two-out solo shot in the sixth inning that pulled the TinCaps within 6-3. The Captains scored twice more in the seventh, but the TinCaps put together a rally in the ninth. Zach Evans plated a run as he grounded into a double play, Wideman, who also had a third-inning sacrifice fly, singled home a run and DeCriscio pulled the TinCaps within 8-6 on his RBI single. Wideman was on second before a pitching change, with a wild pitch moving him to third. But Alex McCoy flew out to left field to end the game. FW_0627.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 2 1 1 2 2 0 Justin DeCriscio 5 1 2 2 0 0 Alex McCoy 4 0 0 0 1 0 Kerrington Cross 3 0 1 1 1 0 Lamar King Jr. 4 1 1 0 0 0 Rosman Verdugo 3 1 0 0 1 2 Jack Costello 4 0 1 0 0 0 Zach Evans 4 0 1 0 0 0 Kasen Wells 3 2 1 0 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Bryan Balzer 3 2/3 4 6 6 5 2 1 Maikel Miralles 3 6 2 2 1 0 0 Will Varmette 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Early Deficit Spells Doom for Storm The host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm dug a 7-0 hole and couldn't climb out, falling to the Fresno Grizzlies 10-5. The Storm managed just six hits, while drawing six walks, but the Grizzlies pounded out 15 hits and seven walks. Dawson Willis drove in a pair of runs for the Storm, including a sac fly in a four-run seventh inning. The other runs that inning came on a bases-loaded walk and two wild pitches. Willis drove in the other run on a sixth-inning groundout. Storm right-handed starter Tyler Schmitt lasted just one inning, throwing 37 pitches and giving up three runs on four hits with a walk and no strikeouts. Player AB R H RBI BB K Bradley Frye 3 1 1 0 2 1 Dylan Grego 4 1 0 1 1 3 Yoiber Ocopio 5 1 1 0 0 3 Dawson Willis 3 0 1 2 0 1 George Bilecki 3 0 1 0 0 1 Yimy Tovar 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Quintana 4 0 1 0 0 2 Qrey Lott 4 0 0 0 0 2 Conner Westenburg 3 1 1 0 1 1 Alcides Hernandez 2 1 0 0 2 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Tyler Schmitt 1 4 3 3 1 0 0 Jordan Valenzuela 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 Brandon Langley 2 4 4 4 2 4 0 Sean Barnett 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 Rordy Mejia 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas: DNP Kash Mayfield: DNP Miguel Mendez: DNP Ryan Wideman: 1-for-2, 2 RBI, 2 BB Kruz Schoolcraft: DNP Jorge Quintana: 1-for-4, 2 K Ty Harvey: DNP Kale Fountain: DNP Braedon Karpathios: 0-for-4, 2 K Jagger Haynes: DNP Lamar King Jr.: 1-for-4, 1 R Tucker Musgrove: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K Truitt Madonna: DNP Alex McCoy: 0-for-4, 1 BB Jesus Castro: DNP Rosman Verdugo: 0-for-3, 1 BB, 2 K Garrett Hawkins: DNP Eric Yost: DNP Michael Salina: DNP Winyer Chourio: DNP View full article

The San Diego Padres' top four affiliates went 2-2 Friday as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas cruised to an 8-1 triumph over Sugar Land, the Double-A San Antonio Missions dropped a 7-4 decision to Arkansas, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps beat Lake County 8-4 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm lost to Fresno 9-4. Padres Minor-League Transactions None. Jake Cronenworth Homers, Has 2 Hits To Spark Chihuahuas Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth homered in the first plate appearance of his rehab assignment and also doubled, while Blake Hunt also went deep and drove in four runs as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas rolled past the host Sugar Land Space Cowboys 8-1. Clay Dungan hit a solo homer for the Chihuahuas, with Hunt and Nick Pratto joining Cronenworth with two hits. Cronenworth, who had four plate appearances and played the field for seven innings, has been on the seven-day concussion list since May 5 following an incident about two weeks prior. This was his first game after facing live pitching at the team's complex in Arizona. After Pablo Reyes drew a leadoff walk in the first inning, Cronenworth cranked a 3-2 changeup 413 feet to right field with a 107.5 mph exit velocity. He homered once in 97 at-bats for the Padres before being sidelined. Cronenworth popped out to second and short in his other two at-bats. Hunt made it 4-1 in the fourth inning with his second homer of the season, scoring Bryce Johnson, who had walked with one out. Cronenworth triggered a three-run seventh inning with a leadoff walk. After being bunted to third, Marcos Castanon hit a grounder to short and the Space Cowboys got Cronenworth out in a rundown trying to score. With Castanon on second, Nick Pratto walked and Mason McCoy's single plated Castanon. Johnson's infield single to the second baseman loaded the bases, setting up Hunt's two-run double for a 7-1 lead. Dungan, who pinch-hit for Cronenworth, made it 8-1 with his eighth-inning leadoff homer. Chihuahuas left-handed starter Jackson Wolf struck out eight in five innings, allowing one run on three hits with four walks. Right-hander Ethan Routzahn pitched two scoreless innings, yielding one hit and striking out four, while right-hander Alek Jaconb and struck out four in two innings with a hit and a walk as the Chihuahuas combined for 16 strikeouts. Chihuahuas center fielder Carlos Rodriguez drew a first-inning walk to extend his on-base streak to 34 games. EP_0626.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Pablo Reyes 4 1 1 0 1 1 Jake Cronenworth 4 1 2 2 0 0 Clay Dungan 1 1 1 1 0 0 Carlos Rodríguez 3 0 0 0 1 1 Marcos Castañon 5 1 0 0 0 0 Nick Pratto 4 1 2 0 1 2 Mason McCoy 3 1 1 1 2 2 Bryce Johnson 4 1 1 0 1 2 Blake Hunt 5 1 2 4 0 1 Nate Mondou 4 0 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Jackson Wolf 5 3 1 1 4 8 0 Ethan Routzahn 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 Alek Jacob 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 Plethora Of Early Walks Spell Doom For Missions Right-handed starter Victor Lizarraga walked seven while getting just four outs as the Double-A San Antonio Missions lost to the host Arkansas Travelers 7-4. Braedon Karpathios, Padres Mission's No. 9 prospect, homered and Wyatt Hoffman had two hits in his first start of the season for the Missions. Hoffman was just activated Tuesday off the 60-day injured list following a back injury in spring training. The Missions scored in the first inning as Tirso Ornelas walked with two outs and raced home on Jake Cunningham's first Double-A triple. However, Arkansas scored three times in the bottom of the first. The teams traded second-inning runs with Hoffman doubling home Luis Verdugo, who had walked. Arkansas scored another in the third for a 5-2 lead, then added a pair on the sixth. The Missions got one back in the seventh as Hoffman had a two-out single and Chris Sargent Jr. doubled him home. Karpathios hit his sixth homer of the season in the eighth. Lizarraga gave up four runs on those seven walks, a hit and a hit batter. He struck out two in 1⅓ innings. SA_0626.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Carson Tucker 4 0 1 0 1 2 Ryan Jackson 4 0 1 0 0 2 Tirso Ornelas 3 1 0 0 1 1 Jake Cunningham 4 0 1 1 0 2 Braedon Karpathios 4 1 1 1 0 1 Luis Verdugo 2 1 1 0 2 0 Albert Fabian 4 0 0 0 0 2 Wyatt Hoffman 4 1 2 1 0 2 Chris Sargent 3 0 1 1 1 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Victor Lizarraga 1 1/3 1 4 4 7 2 0 Harry Gustin 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 2 1 Josh Mallitz 3 2 2 2 1 5 1 Johan Moreno 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 Justin DeCriscio's Near-Cycle Propels TinCaps' Victory Justin DeCriscio came a double short of hitting for the cycle, driving in three, while Kerrington Cross and Rosman Verdugo also homered as the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps pulled away from the host Lake County Captains 8-4. TinCaps left-handed starter Kash Mayfield, Padres Mission's No. 2 prospect, had a second straight abbreviated outing, going 2⅔ innings, allowing two runs on six hits with a walk and two punchouts. Mayfield had his turn skipped two weeks ago and returned last week with two innings as the Padres manage the 2024 first-rounder's workload. Verdugo, Ryan Wideman (Padres Mission's No. 4 prospect) and Alex McCoy (Padres Mission's No. 14 prospect) each had two hits for the TinCaps, while Cross had two RBIs. DeCriscio singled in the first inning, homered in the third and flew out to right in the fifth, struck out in the seventh and tripled in the ninth. He also scored twice. After the Captains grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second, the TinCaps tied it in the top of the third on DeCriscio's fifth homer of the season. The TinCaps took control with a three-run sixth inning on Cross' first High-A homer after 11 at Low-A Lake Elsinore and Verdugo's 11th of the year two outs later. The Captains scored one in the bottom of the sixth and the teams exchanged runs in the seventh, with the TinCaps scoring on McCoy's RBI single on which Wideman was thrown out trying to score. In the top of the ninth, the TinCaps put this one away as Wideman drew a two-out walk, DeCriscio had his second triple of the season to make it 7-4 and scored on a wild pitch for 8-4. Right-hander Abraham Parra picked up the win, following Mayfield with 3⅔ innings, striking out five and giving up two runs on three hits and three walks. Left-handers Braian Salazar and C.J. Widger covered the final 2⅔ scoreless innings. FW_0626.mp4 Player AB R H RBI BB K Ryan Wideman 4 1 2 0 1 1 Justin DeCriscio 5 2 3 3 0 1 Alex McCoy 4 1 2 1 1 0 Kerrington Cross 4 1 1 2 1 0 Zach Evans 4 0 0 0 0 1 Kavares Tears 4 0 0 0 0 2 Rosman Verdugo 4 1 2 1 0 1 Carlos Rodriguez 4 0 0 0 0 1 Kasen Wells 4 2 2 0 0 0 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kash Mayfield 2 2/3 6 2 2 1 2 0 Abraham Parra 3 2/3 3 2 2 3 5 0 Braian Salazar 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 C.J. Widger 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 Storm Unable To Erase Early Deficit A slow start cost host Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm, who fell behind 4-0 and rallied late only to fall short against the Fresno Grizzlies 9-4. Bradley Frye had two hits, an RBI and a run scored and Yoiber Ocopio drove in a pair of runs for the Storm. Left-handed starter Kruz Schoolcraft, Padres Mission's No. 5 prospect, turned in his fourth straight start of exactly five innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts. The Storm were down 5-0 when they finally pushed a run across in the bottom of the sixth inning as Frye doubled home Conner Westenburg. But the Grizzlies restored control with a three-run top of the seventh. The Storm did get a pair back in the bottom of the eighth on Ocopio's two-run single. Fresno scored a final run in the top of the ninth, with the Storm mounting a rally in the ninth. Alcides Hernandez singled and scored on Qrey Lott's double, but that would be it as the next three batters were retired. Player AB R H RBI BB K Bradley Frye 5 1 2 1 0 1 Dylan Grego 3 1 0 0 1 1 Dawson Willis 2 0 0 0 2 0 Yoiber Ocopio 4 0 1 2 0 0 Jose Verdugo 4 0 0 0 0 3 Jorge Quintana 3 0 0 0 0 0 Alcides Hernandez 1 1 1 0 0 0 Qrey Lott 4 0 1 1 0 1 Yimy Tovar 4 0 0 0 0 1 Conner Westenburg 4 1 1 0 0 1 Player IP H R ER BB K HR Kruz Schoolcraft 5 5 4 3 3 4 0 Carson Swilling 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 Daichi Moriki 2/3 2 3 3 1 0 0 Jeferson Villabona 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 George Bilecki 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Padres Mission's Top 20 Prospect Performance Ethan Salas, C: On injured list Kash Mayfield, LHP: 2⅔ IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K Miguel Mendez, RHP: DNP Ryan Wideman, CF: 2-for-4, K Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 BB, 4 K Jorge Quintana, SS: 0-for-3 Ty Harvey, C: On injured list Kale Fountain, OF: Injured, out for season Braedon Karpathios, OF: 1-for-4, HR, K Jagger Haynes, LHP: DNP Lamar King Jr., C: DNP Tucker Musgrove, RHP: DNP Truitt Madonna, C: DNP Alex McCoy, OF: 2-for-4 Jesus Castro, RHP: DNP Rosman Verdugo, SS: 2-for-4, HR, K Garrett Hawkins, RHP: DNP Eric Yost, RHP: DNP Michael Salina, RHP: DNP Winyer Chourio, RHP: DNP LE_0626.mp4 View full article

After a poor experience with the Milwaukee Brewers, infielder Luis Rengifo is getting a chance with the San Diego Padres. Rengifo, a second baseman-third baseman, has signed a minor-league contract with the San Diego Padres, Dennis Lin of The Athletic reported Friday. Rengifo was released by the Brewers after putting up a .205/.280/.254 slash line with no homers and 19 RBIs in 57 games while starting at third base. Rengifo will report to Triple-A El Paso. The Brewers signed Rengifo to a one-year, $3.5 million contract just before spring training following the trade of Caleb Durbin to the Boston Red Sox. The Brewers are on the hook for the remainder of the contract, except for the prorated minimum that the Padres will be paying Rengifo. View full rumor

I admit our Padres Mission Top 20 prospects are a work in progress, with a couple names I like still missing from this list or not as high as they should be. I'm left scratching my head at where fans have placed a couple others (is the fan base in Fort Wayne stuffing the ballot box???). Anyways, we didn't have a lot of movement in this update as we did last month, which is why I consider it progress as we rank San Diego Padres prospects. Thanks to everyone who voted! (Scroll past the two new players to see the full list.) We have two new entries with this update and, up until a few days ago, they were teammates. No. 15: Jesus Castro, RHP, Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm Bats-throws: Left-Right Age: 19 Acquired: Signed as international free agent in January 2025 (Mexico). He just turned 19 at the beginning of the month, yet the 5-foot-11 right-handed starter has proven to be very reliable in his brief time in the Padres' system. Last year in the Dominican Summer League, Castro pitched 43⅓ innings over 11 games (eight starts) with a 5.9% walk rate and 27.1% strikeout rate to go along with a .194 opponent average. Going up to full-season ball this year at Low-A Lake Elsinore, Castro has already made 11 starts and is at 48 innings, with his walk rate up a bit at 8.1% and strikeouts rate at a very similar 26.8%. His opponent average has also climbed to .265. He had a career-high 12 strikeouts June 10 vs. Ontario. Castro won't blow you away, as he makes a living by generating a lot of movement on his pitches. His four-seamer sits at 92 mph, yet has 19 inches of arm-side run, and a 77 mph slider that moves 17 inches to the glove side with a low arm slot. Castro is the younger brother of another Padres prospect, Manuel Castro, who is on the injured list at Double-A San Antonio. No. 20: Winyer Chourio, RHP, High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps Bats-throws: Right-Right Age: 22 Acquired: Signed as international free agent in May 2024 (Venezuela). The 6-foot-2 right-handed starter was the ace of a Storm team that won the first-half South Division championship in the California League, which earned him a promotion to High-A Fort Wayne. In 12 appearances, the last 11 bing starts, Chourio pitched 51⅔ innings with an 11.7% walk rate and a robust 34.6% strikeout rate. His 74 punchouts rank second in the Cal League. He had a career-high 10 strikeouts May 10, then followed that up with nine more punchouts in his next start. This season is a total breakout after he put up a combined 6.34 ERA in 21 games (five starts) in 2025 between the Arizona Complex League and Lake Elsinore (nine games, two starts). Chourio has improved the quality of his pitches in 2026, which is reason for his improved performance. His fastball is up a tick to 93 mph and has more life, while his curveball is at 75 mph and has more purpose after utilizing a loopy breaker previously. He also has a nice changeup in the mid-80s that should help him remain a starter as he climbs the ladder. New Padres Mission Top 20 Prospects (June 2026) Ethan Salas, C Kash Mayfield, LHP Miguel Mendez, RHP Ryan Wideman, CF Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP Jorge Quintana, SS Ty Harvey, C Kale Fountain, OF Braedon Karpathios, OF Jagger Haynes, LHP Lamar King Jr., C Tucker Musgrove, RHP Truitt Madonna, C Alex McCoy, OF Jesus Castro, RHP Rosman Verdugo, SS Garrett Hawkins, RHP Eric Yost, RHP Michael Salina, RHP Winyer Chourio, RHP View full article