Now is as good a time as any to revisit our preseason Top 20 prospect list. If you’ve been following along at all, it will come as no surprise that the hitters are way ahead of the pitchers. Given the current state of the Padres offense, that’s not necessarily a bad thing…
Hitters
Rnk Player Age Pos Lvl PA BA OBP SLG BB SO Comment 1. Jaff Decker 21 LF AA 82 .348 .476 .833 15 22 Leads TL in HR, TB 4. James Darnell 24 3B AA 78 .459 .564 .770 16 4 Leads TL in 2B, BB, OBP 6. Anthony Rizzo 21 1B AAA 83 .432 .494 .797 8 14 Leads PCL in HR, TB 7. Drew Cumberland 22 SS AA DL, vertigo 8. Jedd Gyorko 22 3B A+ 81 .406 .481 .623 11 13 Top 10 in CAL in many categories 9. Donavan Tate 20 CF A 23 .316 .435 .421 4 3 DL, left knee 13. Logan Forsythe 24 2B AAA 79 .292 .405 .538 12 18 7 E in 16 G @ 2B/3B 15. Edinson Rincon 20 3B A+ 72 .349 .417 .508 8 13 5 E in 9 G @ 3B 16. Jonathan Galvez 20 2B A+ 68 .276 .368 .379 7 18 Converted SS has 2 E in 14 G @ 2B 17. Jason Hagerty 23 C A+ 64 .305 .344 .508 4 16 Plate discipline MIA 18. Reymond Fuentes 20 CF A+ 70 .303 .333 .379 2 13 Speedster has 3 SB, 3 CS 19. Everett Williams 20 LF A 23 .300 .391 .300 2 3 DL, leg (?) 20. Blake Tekotte 24 CF AA 81 .373 .475 .642 10 14 Top 10 in TL in many categories
Pitchers
Rnk Player Age Pos Lvl IP ERA H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 Comment 2. Simon Castro 23 RHP AAA 20.0 8.55 11.70 1.35 5.85 7.20 8.31 ERA in 6 career AAA GS 3. Casey Kelly 21 RHP AA 21.1 4.64 8.86 0.84 2.95 6.33 Still not striking batters out 5. Cory Luebke 26 LHP MLB 12.0 6.00 9.00 0.75 3.75 10.50 Working in big-league bullpen 10. Keyvius Sampson 20 RHP A 16.0 1.69 2.81 0.00 2.25 11.81 Top 10 in MWL in SO 11. Adys Portillo 19 RHP A 7.0 9.00 14.14 2.57 6.43 7.71 Still working on command 12. Matt Lollis 20 RHP A+ 21.1 5.06 6.33 1.69 3.38 9.28 Top 10 in CAL in SO 14. Jerry Sullivan 23 RHP A+ 13.0 3.46 10.38 2.08 5.54 8.31 Allowed 8 UER in 3 GS
There you go. We’ll check back on these guys in… oh, whenever…