Tirso Ornelas #8

Originally from Tijuana, Mexico...As a young child, his uncle would take him to Padres games in San Diego...Won a Colt League World Championship with Tijuana and had various teammates from that team watch him play in the 2016 Padres On Deck game at Petco Park...Was a member of the Mexico City Red Devils youth academy that also produced big leaguers Luis Urías and Andres Muñoz.

2024

In his seventh Minor League season and his first full season with Triple-A El Paso, was named the 2024 Padres' Minor League Player of the year, setting career highs in AVG (.297), games played (128), hits (144), home runs (23), RBI (89), runs scored (76), SLG (.497) and OPS (.864)...Led the Chihuahuas in games played, hits, RBI, HR, total bases (243) and XBH (50)...In a 19-game span from April 30-May 29, hit .347 (26-for-75) with five doubles, three home runs, 17 RBI and five walks...Had a career-high five RBI on June 25 @ Round Rock...Had 13 games with at least three hits, including a season-high four-hit effort on July 6 vs. Albuquerque...Was added to the Padres' 40-man roster on July 17 and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso that same day...In El Paso's final game of the season on Sept. 22 @ Las Vegas, hit two home runs for his first multi-homer game of the season...The left-handed batter had slight reverse splits, hitting .301 (37-for-123) against southpaws and .296 (107-for-362) against righties...Ornelas went 5-for-12 (.417) with the bases loaded, and he hit .262 (38-for-135) with RISP...Finished 2024 ranked as the Padres' 17th-ranked prospect (MLB Pipeline), including the second-highest ranked outfield prospect behind just Kavares Tears...Following the 2024 season, played in the Mexican Pacific League with Charros de Jalisco...Entered 2025 rated by as SD's top OF prospect (No. 12 overall) by Baseball America and SD's second-best OF prospect (No. 11 overall) by MLB Pipeline, trailing only 2024 fourth-round pick OF Kavares Tears out of the University of Tennessee. 

2023

Split the 2023 season between San Antonio (AA) and El Paso (AAA), earning his 1st-career MiLB.com Organization All-Star honor...posted career highs in a variety of categories, including AVG (.285), OBP (.371), OPS (.823), HR (15), XBH (48), RBI (75), total bases (216), runs scored (72), walks (67) and games played (127)...Began the year with the Missions, hitting .284 (75-for-264) with a .473 SLG in 72 Double-A games...was promoted to ELP in late June, and in 55 games with the Chihuahuas, he slashed .285/.358/.425 with 14 doubles, two triples, four homers, 24 RBI and 34 runs scored...His 15 homers between San Antonio and El Paso (hit 11 with SA and four with ELP) more than doubled his home run total in all of 2022 (hit 7 home runs)...Named Texas League Player of the Week on June 18 with SA.. after the month, was named June's Texas League Player of the Month, his 1st-career monthly honor...in 21 June games for the Missions, he hit .378 (34-for-90) with a 1.090 OPS...Finished '23 ranked as the Padres' 30th-ranked prospect (MLB Pipeline)...ranked as SD's fifth-highest ranked OF prospect...Following the minor league season, played for the Mayos de Navojoa in the Mexican Winter League.

2022

Spent the majority of the 2022 season in San Antonio (AA) before earning a late-season promotion to El Paso (AAA)… between both stops, batted a combined .286 with 29 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 53 RBI and 64 runs... For the Missions, hit .317 in 16 April games, .188 in 17 May games, .347 in 19 June games, .330 in 22 July games, .272 in 26 August games and .250 in 12 September games... Registered a career-high five hits, including three doubles, on July 31 in a 13-12 loss against the Midland RockHounds... Promoted to ELP on Sept. 23 where he went 3-for-14 at the dish (.214) in his three games with the Chihuahuas... Was the designated hitter and batted eighth for the Chihuahuas in the Pacific Coast League Championship game at Reno, going 1-4 for with an RBI in ELP's 6-2 defeat... Participated in the Arizona Fall League and hit .293 (17-for-58) with four doubles, a home run, five RBI, nine runs scored and five walks for a .369 OBP and a .414 SLG…he went 1-for-5 in the Peoria Javelinas’ 6-3 loss to the Glendale Desert Dogs in the AFL Semi-Final game.