Padres Press Clips Monday, November 19, 2018
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Padres Press Clips Monday, November 19, 2018 Article Source Author Pg. Padres' Franmil Reyes remains hot in winter ball SD Union Tribune Sanders 2 Padres release game start times for 2019 SD Union Tribune Sanders 4 Baseball Prospectus goes deep into Padres farm system SD Union Tribune Sanders 5 3 prospects from '18 Draft starting strong Padres.com Center 9 Diaz strikes out five in AFL championship MLB.com Callis 11 Padres super-prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a massive home run and Cut4 Clair 13 flipped his bat with impunity 30 ROY candidates for 2019 -- 1 for each team MLB.com Callis/Mayo 14 Rosenbaum Sod Poodles a Hit with Amarillo’s Baseball Fans FriarWire Center 19 Post-2018 Farm System Rankings FanGraphs Edwards 22 Padres Pedal the Cause unites against cancer: One survivor's story SD Union Tribune Fikes 26 MadFriars’ Player of the Year: Fernando Tatis, Jr. FSSD.com Conniff 29 1 Padres' Franmil Reyes remains hot in winter ball Jeff Sanders The Padres have too many outfielders for two few spots, a conundrum they could solve on the trade market this winter. One asset – Franmil Reyes – isn’t hurting his stock one bit in the Dominican Republic. Fresh off an eye-opening rookie campaign, the 23-year-old Reyes is continuing to trend in the right direction in winter ball as he’s homered three times in first 13 games with Escogido. Over that span, the 6-foot-5, 275-pound Reyes is hitting .444/.510/.689 with six homers and 11 strikeouts against six walks. He was 1-for-3 Saturday after collecting two or more hits in his previous five games. Reyes started the 2018 campaign at Triple-A El Paso before pairing 16 homers with a 1.042 OPS in 58 games to force his way to San Diego. In the majors, Reyes hit .280/.340/.498 with 16 more homers, 31 RBIs and 80 strikeouts against 24 walks in 87 games. Reyes is vying for playing time in San Diego with Wil Myers, Hunter Renfroe, Manuel Margot, Travis Jankowski and Franchy Cordero, who has returned from his season- ending elbow surgery to join Reyes with Escogido. The Dominican Republic league’s MVP last year, Cordero is hitting .238/.238/.429 with one homer and nine strikeouts against zero walks in his first five games. ROUNDUP Arizona Fall League • RHP Miguel Diaz (San Diego) started Peoria’s 3-2, 10-inning win in Saturday’s Arizona Fall League championship, striking out five over 3 2/3 innings. He allowed two runs – one earned – on three hits and two walks. He’d posted a 4.87 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings before the start. • CF Buddy Reed (San Antonio) was 1-for-4 with a walk in the game and 3B Hudson Potts (San Antonio) was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and a walk. Reed paired a .333/.397/.485 batting line with five homers and a steal in the regular season and Potts hit .228/.330/.367 with two homers and 13 RBIs. • Austin Allen (San Antonio) served as the DH in the game, going 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Allen hit .263/.358/.421 with two homers and 13 RBIs. 2 Dominican winter league • SS Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Antonio) has homered twice in his first four games with Estrellas, in his first at-bat and again in Sunday’s game. The latter was a three-run shot. Tatis, coming off a season-ending thumb injury, is hitting .231/.412/.692 with two homers, four RBIs and two steals. He has struck out three times and walked twice. • Also with Estellas, C Francisco Mejia (San Diego) is 5-for-15 with two RBIs, three strikeouts and no walks in his first four games. • C Manuel Margot (San Diego) is 2-for-8 in his first two games with Este. • RHP Eric Yardley (El Paso) bounced back from allowing four runs in an inning last week with a scoreless frame on Sunday. He has a 3.38 ERA in 13 1/3 innings with Cibao. Venezuelan winter league • OF Edward Olivares (Lake Elsinore) is hitting .340/.404/.479 with two homers, five steals and 14 RBIs in 26 games for Aragua. Olivares was acquired from the Blue Jays in the Yangervis Solarte trade last winter and is eligible for next month’s Rule 5 draft. • C Luis Torrens (Lake Elsinore) is 2-for-12 through his first four games with Magallanes. Torrens spent all of 2018 in the California League after sticking in the organization as a Rule-5 selection. • SS Gabrial Aras (Fort Wayne) is hitting .263/.333/.298 with 14 strikeouts and six walks in 22 games for La Guaira. He is 2-for-2 in steal attempts. Mexican winter league • 3B Christian Villanueva (San Diego) is hitting .188/.297/.313 with one homer, four RBIs and seven strikeouts against five walks in nine games for Obregon. • RHP Gerardo Reyes (San Antonio) is up to 13 scoreless innings for Obregon. He has struck out 16, walked five and scattered seven hits over 14 relief appearances. • RHP Chris Huffman (El Paso) has allowed 10 earned runs over his last 9 1/3 innings, raising his ERA to 5.23 in 31 innings this winter with Los Mochis. Puerto Rican winter league • RHP Colby Blueberg (El Paso) has turned in three scoreless innings, striking out two and walking two in his two appearances with Mayaguez. • OF Aldemar Burgos (Fort Wayne) is 5-for-15 with a double in his first four games with Carolina. 3 Padres release game start times for 2019 Jeff Sanders The regular start times for Padres home games, outside a handful of exceptions, will remain unchanged in 2019. Friday games will start at 7:10 p.m., Saturdays at 5:40 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 1:10 p.m. Weekday games will start at 7:10 p.m. while Wednesday day games and Thursday getaway days will start at 12:40 p.m. The Padres’ home opener on March 28 against the Giants will start at 1:10 p.m. The start times for home dates with the Pirates (May 18) and Cardinals (June 28) and road games at the Rockies (June 15), at the Dodgers (July 6-7 and Aug. 3-4), at the Cubs (July 20-21) and at the Giants (Aug. 31) have not been determined. Visit Padres.com for full details for both home and away games. 4 Baseball Prospectus goes deep into Padres farm system Jeff Sanders Baseball Prospectus generally reviews an organization’s top-10 prospects each offseason. The Padres’ system is so deep that they doubled the size of the overview released Friday. As you’d expect, Fernando Tatis Jr. leads a contingent of usual suspects at the top. Real movers include right-hander Luis Patino and third baseman Hudson Potts cracking the top-10, 2018 first-rounder Ryan Weathers debuting at No. 12 and the Rule 5-eligible Edward Olivares rounding out the list. A subscription is required for the full, lengthy write-up but here’s a taste while we await the first significant moves of the offseason. 1. SS Fernando Tatis Jr. • “With a plus bat and average defense, Tatis should be an all-star caliber shortstop, with a real chance at superstardom if he can refine his approach.” 2. INF Luis Urias • “He might walk less if pitchers think they can challenge him. He’s not gonna offer a ton of athletic/defensive value. We think he’s really gonna hit though.” 3. C Francisco Mejia • “(The) projection for Mejia is ‘major league catcher.’ Not a plus one by any means, but a perfectly adequate backstop. He has quite a good arm, and his receiving has improved. He’s a bit on the slight side, so durability back there is a fair concern.” 4. LHP MacKenzie Gore • “Gore made three trips to the DL during his first full professional season. He has top-shelf ingredients but the blisters could hinder his progress.” 5 5. RHP Chris Paddack • “He’s got TJ on his resumé, and three-and-a-half years after he got drafted he hasn’t proven that he’ll hold up over the long rigor of a full season. The heater’s not overpowering and he still needs to develop some consistency with the hook.” 6. LHP Adrian Morejon • “There are some health question marks here, as his two-year stateside career now includes multiple minor-but-nagging injuries, including a hip issue that sidelined him for a couple weeks over the summer. His delivery is still inconsistent, and he struggles with his timing enough to suggest that he’ll always have much better control than command.” 7. RHP Luis Patino • “His change-up is his best present pitch. Although it can be a bit firm at times, it shows swing-and-miss potential with good tumble.” 8. LHP Logan Allen • “Allen dispatched his upper minors assignments without issue, but has had vague elbow problems in the past and it’s not exactly plus stuff across the board here.” 9. RHP Michel Baez • “While he indeed flashed better-than-most ability to repeat, the sheer length of his delivery combined with a top-heavy frame lead to periodic struggles maintaining balance and timing through his delivery.” 10. 3B Hudson Potts • “While his swing was relatively flat and compact this year, he’ll take his lift-and-separate hacks in turn, and there’s reason to think he could hit for more power than he’s shown down the line.” 11.