The Padres introduced their energetic roster for the upcoming Seoul Sequence in opposition to the Dodgers. As was beforehand reported, San Diego formally chosen the contracts of prospects Jackson Merrill and Graham Pauley. The Friars additionally added minor league signee Tyler Wade to their 40-man roster, which is as much as 39 gamers.
San Diego positioned a trio of gamers on the injured listing. Infielder Tucupita Marcano landed on the 10-day IL. He tore his ACL final August and is nowhere close to prepared. Pitchers Luis Patiño and Glenn Otto every went on the 15-day injured listing. Otto has a teres main pressure in his throwing shoulder; Patiño is battling elbow irritation. San Diego additionally optioned reliever Woo-Suk Go to Triple-A El Paso. He gained’t be on the roster for the workforce’s sequence in his house nation after permitting six runs in 4 1/3 innings this spring.
Merrill, 20, will open the 12 months as San Diego’s beginning heart fielder. The highest prospect earned that project with a .351/.400/.595 exhibiting in 13 Spring Coaching contests. Merrill hit .277/.326/.444 with 15 homers in 511 plate appearances between Excessive-A and Double-A a season in the past. That’s spectacular manufacturing given his youth, and Merrill was thought to be one of many higher pure hitters within the minors.
There’s however loads of danger with the transfer. Merrill didn’t log a single inning in heart discipline in his minor league profession and has but to play above Double-A. San Diego hasn’t been afraid of aggressively selling its prime minor league skills lately. Merrill ought to slot between Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jurickson Profar within the Opening Day lineup. San Diego remains to be wanting into the potential for a left discipline improve, as they had been reportedly in touch with Tommy Pham over the weekend.
Wade, 29, will get again to the majors for what’ll be the eighth straight season. The lefty-hitting utilityman has primarily labored off the bench over his profession with the Yankees, Angels and A’s. He appeared in 26 video games with Oakland final season, hitting .255/.309/.314. Wade has a middling .217/.293/.300 batting line in simply over 700 main league plate appearances.
He earned a season-opening roster spot with a formidable exhibiting this spring. Wade hit .294/.351/.471 over 14 exhibition contests. The Padres aren’t relying on him to make a lot of an impression offensively, however he gives a pace and protection factor off the bench. Wade can play just about wherever apart from catcher. He’ll provide a complement to Pauley at third base and Merrill in heart discipline late in video games. Wade is out of choices, so now that he secured a 40-man spot, the Padres would want to show him to waivers in the event that they wished to take him off the main league roster.
Rule 5 choose Stephen Kolek nabbed a spot within the Opening Day bullpen. He ought to quickly get a possibility to make his main league debut, maybe in opposition to the workforce that drafted him. Kolek was an Eleventh-round choose of the Dodgers in 2018. L.A. dealt him to the Mariners for money early within the 2021 marketing campaign. Kolek turned in a 3.76 ERA over 69 1/3 innings of reduction between the highest two minor league ranges final season. He tossed 5 2/3 scoreless frames this spring, albeit with 4 walks.