SAN DIEGO PADRES 2017 SPRING TRAINING NOTES SAN DIEGO PADRES (1-3) VS. OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2-2) Wednesday,March 1, 2017 • Peoria Sports complex • peoria, AZ rhp Trevor cahill (0-0, -.-- ERA) vs. Rhp sonny gray (0-0, -.-- ERA) Game 5 • home Game 3 • HD2/Padres.com FIRST ONE OUT OF THE WAY: The Padres took home their fi rst Cactus League win yesterday with a 9-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Peoria Stadium...RHP Kyle PROBABLE PITCHERS McGrath earned the victory, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings while allowing just one hit while striking out two. Wednesday, March 1 vs. Athletics (1:10pm) • Austin Hedges’ hot start to the Spring continued yesterday, going 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored...he’s now 6-for-8 (.750) at the plate with three doubles. RHP Trevor Cahill RHP Sonny Gray • Jabari Blash also put together a two-hit effort yesterday, going 2-for-2 with fi ve RHP Logan Bawcom RHP Chris Smith RBI, including a game-tying three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to RHP Carlos Fisher LHP Daniel Coulombe square things up at 5-5...he followed with a go-ahead RBI single in his next at-bat in the sixth frame. RHP Craig Stammen RHP Michael Brady RHP Jose Torres RHP Tucker Healy SQUAD UP: The fi rst set of four split squad games take place today, with the Padres RHP Phil Maton RHP Aaron Kurcz serving as hosts to the Oakland Athletics at the Peoria Sports Complex, while the other squad will hit the road to play the Colorado Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. RHP Christian Bethancourt • The other split squad action takes place on March 26, with the Padres hosting the Colorado Rockies at Peoria Stadium while the rest of the Friars will head over to Wednesday, March 1 at Rockies (1:10pm) Sloan Park in Mesa to take on the Chicago Cubs. RHP Paul Clemens RHP Tyler Chatwood BIRTHDAY BOY ON THE BUMP: Trevor Cahill will make his Padres debut and his fi rst RHP Cesar Vargas LHP Harrison Musgrave Cactus League action of the Spring today on his 29th birthday against his former team, LHP Buddy Baumann RHP James Farris the Oakland Athletics. RHP Jason Jester LHP Mike Dunn • From 2009-12 with the A’s, he became just the second pitcher since 1990 to record at least 10 wins and 30 starts in his fi rst four Major League seasons (also, CC Sa- RHP Jason Motte bathia, 2001-04). RHP Chad Qualls • In his fi rst full season with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, he appeared in 50 games, all but one as a reliever, posting a career-best 2.74 ERA (20 ER, 65.2 IP) while limiting opposing hitters to a .201 (49-for-244) average. Thursday, March 2 at Diamondbacks (1:10pm) • Posted a 1.62 ERA (3 ER, 16.2 IP) in 10 May outings after a 4.91 ERA (4 ER, 7./1 LHP Christian Friedrich RHP Archie Bradley IP) in nine April contests...beginning 4/28, he recorded a 1.67 ERA (6 ER, 32.1 IP) RHP Zach Lee RHP Fernando Rodney in his next 23 games through 7/1. • Posted a 2.19 ERA (6 ER, 24.2 IP) in 17 games in the season’s second half and led all RHP Kevin Quackenbush RHP J.J. Hoover Cubs relievers in innings pitched (41.0) and strikeouts (46) prior to the All-Star Break. RHP Jon Edwards LHP Josh Taylor • Allowed one or fewer runs in 45 of his 50 outings, including 35 scoreless outings. RHP Miguel Diaz RHP Joey Krehbiel • Allowed just two earned runs in 19 games (21.0 IP) when pitching on zero or one day of rest. RHP Walker Lockett RHP Erik Davis • Placed on the disabled list on 7/15 (retroactive to 7/9) with patellar tendinitis in his RHP Miller Díaz right knee...made six rehab appearances with Triple-A Iowa beginning 7/18 and was activated 8/16. • He did not pitch in the postseason during the Cubs’ World Series title run. BABIES ON BOARD: Two Padres have welcomed new additions to their families this PADRES RECORD Spring. • Infi elder Ryan Schimpf and his wife had their son, Reed Michael Schimpf, on Sun- Overall ............................................................................1-3 day, February 26. Peoria Sports Complex...................................................1-2 • Right-handed pitcher Ryan Buchter and his wife had their daughter, Antonella Val- Home Record .................................................................1-1 entina Buchter, on Sunday, February 19. Road Record ..................................................................0-2 HELLO, PEORIA: The Padres 2017 Spring Training campaign kicked off Saturday at the Day .................................................................................1-3 Peoria Sports Complex and showcased the debut of the stadium’s most recent addition, Night ...............................................................................0-0 the largest high-defi nition scoreboard in any Major League Spring Training stadium. vs. National League ........................................................1-0 • The Padres and Mariners partnered with the City of Peoria to fund the 2,100 square- foot video board, which measures at 35-feet high by 61-feet wide. It is the fi rst time vs. American League ......................................................0-3 that 13HD LED technology has been used in a Spring Training facility. Current Streak ................................................................W1 • Peoria Stadium underwent a $9.5 million renovation starting in the summer of 2014, including new, expanded ticket windows, a 2,400 square foot team store, new seats in the seating bowl and a new upper level terrace down the third base line for group functions. PADRES ATTENDANCE • Saturday’s game kicked off the Padres’ 49th Spring Training as well as their 24th Home Total ................................................................. 9,417 season at the Peoria Sports Complex. • The Padres will play a total of 197 scheduled games this season, including 33 Cactus Home Average ............................................................4,709 League contests and two exhibition games...a home exhibition game against Team Road Total ................................................................. 8,229 Mexico on March 7, ahead of the World Baseball Classic, and a pre-season exhibi- Road Average ............................................................. 4,115 tion contest against the organization’s Single-A affi liate, the Lake Elsinore Storm, on March 31 in Lake Elsinore. Total .........................................................................17,646 Average ...................................................................... 4,412 PADRES PROSPECTUS: Four of the Padres’ top 10 prospects, according to Baseball America, are in camp this Spring. • That list includes OF Manuel Margot (2), OF Hunter Renfroe (3), INF Luis Urias (6), STARTS BY POSITION and RHP Dinelson Lamet (9). • According to MLB.com, three of the Padres’ top 10 prospects are in camp, including Pos. Player two of the top three: OF Manuel Margot (2), OF Hunter Renfroe (3), and INF Javier Guerra (7). C: Cruz (1), Hedges (2), Torrens (1) • By ESPN.com’s ranking, four of the Padres top 10 prospects are in camp, including: 1B: Myers (2), Wallace (1), Romak (1) OF Manuel Margot (2), OF Hunter Renfroe (7), INF Javier Guerra (8), and INF Luis 2B: Asuaje (2), Spangenberg (2) Urias (9). • In addition, ESPN.com ranked four Padres in the top 50 prospects in all of baseball SS: Aybar (1), Sardiñas (2) with RHP Anderson Espinoza (21), RHP Cal Quantrill (23), OF Manuel Margot (24) 3B: Solarte (3), Spangenberg (1) and INF Fernando Tatis Jr. (47)...LHP Adrian Morejon also ranked 80th on the list, LF: Cowgill (1), Jankowski (1), Blash (1), Pirela (1) and he, along with Espinoza, Quantrill, and Tatis Jr., are all in minor league camp. • Baseball America included fi ve Padres prospects in their Top 100 prospects in all CF: Margot (2), Cowgill (1), Ortega (1) of baseball with RHP Anderson Espinoza (21), OF Manuel Margot (24), OF Hunter RF: Jankowski (1), Renfroe (2), Blash (1) Renfroe (44), RHP Cal Quantrill (97), and Adrian Morejon (98). DH: Blash (1), Pirela (1), Bethancourt (1), Hedges (1) P: Clemens (1), Lee (1), Jenkins (1), Chacin (1) ROSTER ROUND-UP: The Padres have 68 players in Major League camp...with a full 40-man roster and 28 non-roster invitees, the Padres squad features 36 pitchers (10 left- handers), seven catchers, 16 infi elders and nine outfi elders. STARTS BY BATTING ORDER • Entering camp, the Padres have 22 players on the current 40-man roster that were not there at the beginning of 2016 Spring Training. Pos. Plaer • Of those 22 players on the current 40-man roster that were not at the beginning of 1st: Margot (1), Jankowski (1), Spangenberg (1), Sardinas (1) 2016 Spring Training, 15 were not in the Padres organization at all at the begin- ning of last Spring. 2nd: Aybar (2), Margot (1), Spangenberg (1) 3rd: Myers (2), Solarte (2) LIGHTS, CAMERA, BASEBALL: 32 of the Padres’ 35 Spring Training games will feature 4th: Renfroe (2), Wallace (1), Hedges (1) broadcast coverage, including 14 televised games on Fox Sports San Diego. • Padres play-by-play broadcaster Don Orsillo returns to the booth for all spring tele- 5th: Solarte (1), Asuaje (2), Romak (1) casts...splitting time in the analyst seat will be former Padres starting pitcher Mark 6th: Spangenberg (1), Blash (1), Hedges (1), Pirela (1) Grant and former Padre Mark Sweeney. 7th: Jankowski (1), Sardinas (1), Cowgill (1), Torrens (1) • FOX Sports San Diego’s coverage also will include the Padres vs. the Mexican national 8th: Hedges (1), Cowgill (1), Blash (2) team on Tuesday, March 7, ahead of the World Baseball Classic. 9th: Pirela (1), Cruz (1), Bethancourt (1), Ortega (1) PADRES ON THE RADIO: In the fi rst year as the Padres’ new radio partner, FM 949 will broadcast 10 Cactus League games in 2017...FM 949’s sister stations, KSON 97.3 HD2 and KSOQ 92.1 HD2, will air an additional 14 games throughout the Spring.