It's been a tough year on the pitching front for the Padres. With more than half a dozen starters already on the injured list, and now Matt Waldron joining them, their depth is being tested. But down on the farm, some prospect performances suggest there are sunnier times ahead. Most

Ethan Salas jogged out onto the field at Nelson Wolff Stadium for his pregame routine Tuesday night, looked up into the stands and saw a pair of visitors he wasn't expecting -- his parents. The reason for the surprise visit? Taking the field opposite him was older brother Jose Salas.

For many Top 100 talents, they travel on a prospect hype train. For Ethan Salas, it’s been closer to a hype roller coaster. Signed for $5.6 million in January 2023, the Padres prodigy ranked as high as No. 8 overall on MLB Pipeline’s preseason Top 100 rankings a year later

It's easy to forget sometimes that Padres No. 2 prospect Ethan Salas is still just 19 years old.

• Get tickets to a Minor League game He was the No. 1 international prospect in 2023 and a top 10 prospect in MLB in 2024. The lefty-hitting catcher appeared to be

Two years ago, Ethan Salas began the season as MLB’s No. 8 overall prospect. Then a 17-year-old wunderkind who commanded a $5.6 million signing bonus on the international market in January 2023, the hype train was in full force. It may have taken a bit longer than expected, but that

Don’t look now, but Ethan Salas is starting to heat up. A day after launching his first roundtripper of the season, Salas connected on his second home run in as many nights. Crushing a no-doubter in the bottom of the third during San Antonio's 5-4 loss to Amarillo on Saturday,

Hitting two home runs in the same game, while impressive, isn’t exactly rare. But delivering both an inside-the-park home run and an over-the-wall roundtripper on the same night? Now we’re talking. Ryan Wideman, the Padres’ No. 9 prospect, notched the feat during Single-A Lake Elsinore's 17-7 victory over Visalia at

Padres No. 4 prospect Kash Mayfield has been nearly unhittable to start the 2026 season. San Diego's first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft took the mound in High-A Fort Wayne's 1-0 victory at Classic Auto Group Park over Lake County on Friday afternoon and worked five scoreless innings, allowing

With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the Padres’ Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

MESA, Ariz. -- When the Padres signed Ethan Salas as the top ranked international prospect in the 2023 class, they envisioned nights like this one.

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres insist that -- despite all those recent trades, which have thinned their farm system -- they still have a talented group of prospects. This week, they’ll get to make that case on the field. MLB released the rosters for its third annual Spring Breakout games

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell’s Padres Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

PEORIA, Ariz. – In many Latin American cultures, Christmas gifts don’t come from Santa Claus, but from El Niño Dios – the baby Jesus. For Padres right-hander Bradgley Rodriguez, that tradition lives on through a bat and a ball he received when he was 2 years old in Petare, Venezuela.

PEORIA, Ariz. – Kruz Schoolcraft is hard to miss on the Peoria backfields. For starters, he’s 6-foot-8, a full head and shoulder above many of the other Padres prospects in camp. And then there’s the grunt. Every pitch is delivered with a tennis-style audio effect. The 2025 25th overall pick

Many fans might think more about who's not in the Padres farm system anymore than who still is. After all, last year's aggressive moves at the Trade Deadline, which notably included moving No. 4 overall prospect Leo De Vries to the A's in a deal for all-world reliever Mason Miller,

PEORIA, Ariz. – Last April 23, Garrett Hawkins was summoned out of the bullpen for High-A Fort Wayne. He initially worked out of a jam but eventually yielded four hits and a pair of runs across his outing and was saddled with the loss. He had allowed seven earned runs

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Sure, the Padres’ farm system has thinned significantly with recent trades. But they’ve torn down their farm before, only to build it back up, and they’re confident they’re on their way to doing it again. In the meantime, there are still a handful of intriguing prospects in

The Padres have made history on the international market over the past few years due to the high-ranking nature of their signees. After landing the then-No. 1 players in their respective classes, Ethan Salas in 2023 and Leo De Vries in ‘24, the club was heavily involved in the Roki

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ rotation depth is thin. That’s not exactly a secret. Even with Michael King returning, Dylan Cease signed with the Blue Jays, and Yu Darvish is slated to miss the entire 2026 season following elbow surgery. But the question marks extend beyond that. The Padres have