Matt Antonelli #10

Matthew Antonio Antonelli...Graduated from St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, MA where he was a three-sport standout in football, hockey and baseball...Earned Massachusetts High School Player of the Year honors in football and hockey his senior year...Attended Wake Forest University...Started all 163 games the Demon Deacons played during his three years there...Set the school record with 128 career walks...Finished with a .324 batting average, 18 home runs, 110 RBI and 46 stolen bases...Named a first team All-ACC selection in 2006 and became the fourth Demon Deacon in school history to be chosen in the first round of the draft.

2011

Split the season between Double-A Harrisburg (5G) and Triple-A Syracuse (86G) in the Washington system ... Went 5-for-15 for Harrisburg to begin the season before being promoted to Syracuse ... Batted .297/.393/.460 in 300 at-bats for Syracuse ... Hit safely in his first six games at Triple-A, batting .333/.385/.500 ... Had season-high 11-game hit streak, June 18-29 ... Hit .340/.396/.638 in 12 day games ... Batted .354/.454/.646 in 79 at-bats in August (23G) ... Collected 26 multi-hit games with the Chiefs, including a season-high four on June 1 vs. Louisville ... Drove in season-high four on August 2 vs. Toledo.

2010

Had surgery on April 29 to repair a broken hamate bone in his left hand...Appeared in one game with the rookie level Arizona League Padres on July 26.

2009

Spent the entire year at Triple-A Portland, appearing in 59 games for the Beavers. Recorded two walks in three straight games, 5/31-6/2, reaching base a total of eight times with one home run, three runs scored and four RBI...Posted a .989 fielding percentage in 54 games at second base...committed just three errors in 261 total chances...tallied 45 double plays.

2008

Played in 21 games with the Big League club...made 15 starts at second base and appeared in 18 games overall at the position... committed two errors in 74 total chances, tallying a .973 fielding percentage...Went 1-for-3 (.333) as a pinch-hitter...Finished the season batting .278 (10-for-36) over his last 13 games, beginning 9/10...Knocked his first Major League home run 9/15 at COL, a two-run shot off Jason Hirsh...Spent most of the season at Portland, appearing in 128 games... made 125 appearances at second base...Ranked tied for third in the Pacific Coast League with 76 walks. ..Batted .290 (27-for-93) with four home runs and 11 RBI in 29 August contests...Hit an inside-the-park home run 8/23 vs. Tacoma...Teamed with shortstop Brett Dowdy to turn five double plays 8/14 vs. Fresno.

2007

2007: Split his 2007 season between Single-A Lake Elsinore and Double-A San Antonio...combined to hit .307 (164-for-534) and posted a .491 slugging percentage in 131 games...named San Diego's No. 3 prospect heading into the 2007 season by Baseball America...recognized as the Padres best athlete and possessing the best strike-zone discipline in Baseball America's annual Best Tools survey. 2006: Made his professional debut with Short-A Eugene, batting .286 (54-for-189) with 12 doubles, one triple and 22 RBI in 55 games...ranked second in the Northwest League in walks (46), on-base percentage (.426) and stolen base percentage (.900), and 10th in batting...named Northwest League Batter of the Week for 6/26-7/2 after hitting .476 (10-for-21) with three RBI in six games during the period of selection...hit safely in a season-best nine straight games (13-for-25) 8/17-25...promoted to Single-A Fort Wayne 8/28.