Don’t look now, but Ethan Salas is starting to heat up. On Friday night, the Padres' No. 2 prospect went 2-for-3 from the leadoff spot, headlined by swatting his first home run of the season for Double-A San Antonio in its 8-7 loss to Amarillo. Salas went to one of

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

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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

SAN DIEGO -- In need of pitching anywhere they can find it, the Padres made sure on Tuesday that two of their most promising young arms would not be left exposed to next month’s Rule 5 Draft. San Diego added right-handers Miguel Mendez and Garrett Hawkins to its 40-man roster

PEORIA, Ariz. – Baseball has a way of writing a family’s story. This one begins with James Passilla, a right-handed-hitting shortstop who started his professional career in the Cincinnati Reds' system in Moultrie, Ga., in 1956. Stints in New York, New Mexico, Washington, Florida, Illinois and South Carolina were to

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Braedon Karpathios’ path to the Arizona Fall League has been one of the most unique in this year’s class, but it’s led him to the same destination as some of the game’s top prospects. Soon, it could lead him to San Diego. Hailing from Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County,