San Diego Padres minor league players

Lake David Bachar (born June 3, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Bachar attended Wheaton North High School in Wheaton, Illinois, where he played baseball and football.[1] After graduating high school in 2013, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on a football scholarship.[2]

After his freshman year at UW-Whitewater, Bachar joined the baseball team in addition to still playing football.[3] In 2015, his sophomore year and first as a member on the baseball team, he appeared in ten games (making seven starts) in which he went 7–1 with a 2.24 ERA and 46 strikeouts.[4] That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the Lakeshore Chinooks.[5] As a junior in 2016, he went 8–6 with a 2.53 ERA over 92+2⁄3 innings.[6] Following the season, he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.[7][8] He signed for $350,000.[9]

After signing, Bachar made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Padres before earning promotions to the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League. Over 15 games between the three clubs, he went 2–2 with a 3.19 ERA.[10] In 2017, he began the year back in the Arizona League before being promoted back to Fort Wayne.[11] Over 13 games (seven starts), he pitched to a 5–1 record, a 3.38 ERA, and 47 strikeouts over 50+2⁄3 innings. Bachar began the 2018 season with Lake Elsinore and was promoted to the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League in May.[12] He went 5–9 with a 4.68 ERA over 27 games (18 starts), pitching a total of 115+1⁄3 innings between the two teams.[13] In 2019, he appeared in 24 games (19 starts) for the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Class AA Texas League, going 8–4 with a 3.98 ERA and 126 strikeouts over 126+2⁄3 innings.[14][15] Bachar did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season, and he missed the whole 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[16][17][18] He played the 2022 season with San Antonio.[19] Over 27 games (seven starts), he went 5-3 with a 6.15 ERA, 44 strikeouts, and 18 walks over 45+1⁄3 innings.[20]

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Ryan Michael Bergert (born March 8, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Bergert attended GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2019, he went 4-2 with a 3.19 ERA and 66 strikeouts over 37 innings.[21] After graduating, he enrolled at West Virginia University where he played college baseball.

As a freshman at West Virginia in 2019, Bergert pitched to a 2-0 record and a 1.85 ERA over 34 innings.[22] As a sophomore in 2020, he posted a 2.92 ERA over 24+2⁄3 innings.[23] That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.[24] He did not play a game with West Virginia in 2021 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[25] Bergert was then selected by the San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[26]

Bergert signed and made his professional debut near the end of the 2021 season with the Arizona Complex League Padres, giving up no earned runs over 11 innings. He played the 2022 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps, starting 24 games and going 4-10 with a 5.84 ERA and 129 strikeouts over 103+1⁄3 innings.[27] He returned to Fort Wayne to open the 2023 season.[28][29] He was promoted to the San Antonio Missions in mid-July.[30] Over 23 games (twenty starts), Bergert went 6-4 with a 2.73 ERA and 126 strikeouts over 105+2⁄3 innings.[31]

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Korry Howell (born September 1, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Howell attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, and Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[32] Following his freshman year at Kirkwood, he was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[33] As a sophomore at Kirkwood, he hit .401 with forty stolen bases over sixty games.[34] He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, and signed for $210,000.[35]

Howell made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Brewers, batting .311/.398/.350 over 28 games.[36] In 2019, he played with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League with whom he hit .235 with two home runs, 22 RBIs, 12 doubles, and 19 stolen bases over 91 games.[37] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 after the cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and spent the summer playing with the Joliet Slammers of the independent Frontier League.[38] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned back to the Timber Rattlers, now members of the High-A Central.[39][40] He was promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers of the Double-A South in early August.[41] Over 107 games between the two clubs, he slashed .244/.349/.455 with 16 home runs, 51 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases.[42]

On April 6, 2022, Howell was traded to the San Diego Padres along with Brett Sullivan in exchange for Victor Caratini.[43] He was assigned to the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Texas League to open the season.[44] He batted .248 with six home runs, twenty RBIs, and 12 stolen bases over 48 games before suffering a season-ending injury.[45] Howell returned to San Antonio to open the 2023 season.[46]

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Jairo Alejandro Iriarte (born December 15, 2001) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Iriarte signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent on July 2, 2018, for a $75,000 signing bonus.[47] He made his professional debut in 2017 with the DSL Padres of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, going 1–2 with a 3.31 ERA and 21 strikeouts over 35+1⁄3 innings.[48] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Iriarte split the 2021 season between the AZL Padres of the Rookie-level Arizona League and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Low-A West, going a combined 0–5 with an 11.40 ERA and 34 strikeouts over 30 innings. He returned to Lake Elsinore for the 2022 season, going 4–7 with a 5.12 ERA and 109 strikeouts over 91+1⁄3 innings.[49] Iriarte opened the 2023 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Midwest League, going 3–3 with a 3.10 ERA and 77 strikeouts over 61 innings.[50][51][52] He was promoted to the San Antonio Missions of the Double-A Texas League on July 14.[53]

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Jakob Joseph Marsee (born June 28, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Marsee attended Allen Park High School in Allen Park, Michigan and played college baseball at Central Michigan University. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[54] He signed with the Padres and started his professional career that year with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm.

Marsee played 2023 with the Fort Wayne TinCaps.[55]

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Nathan Adam Martorella (born February 18, 2001) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the San Diego Padres organization.

Martorella attended Salinas High School in Salinas, California, and played college baseball for the California Golden Bears baseball team. During the summer of 2021, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Cotuit Kettleers.[56][57] As a junior in 2022, he hit .333 with 11 home runs and 46 RBIs over 55 starts.[58] He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round with the 150th overall pick in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[59]

Martorella signed and split his first professional season between the Arizona Complex League Padres and the Lake Elsinore Storm, hitting .322 over 28 games. He opened the 2023 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps.[60][61][62][63] In mid-August, he was promoted to the San Antonio Missions.[64] Over 135 games, he slashed .255/.361/.437 with 19 home runs, 88 RBIs, and thirty doubles.[65] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Peoria Javelinas after the season.[66]

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Joshua Livingstone Mears (born February 21, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Mears was born in Kirkland, Washington and attended Federal Way High School. He batted .509 with ten home runs as a senior.[67] Mears had committed to play college baseball at Purdue University prior to being drafted.[68]

Mears was selected in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and received a $1 million signing bonus.[69][70] After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League Padres and batted .253 with seven home runs, 24 RBIs, and thirty runs scored in 166 at-bats.[71] Mears was named to the Padres' 2021 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee and entered the season as the organization's 10th-ranked prospect by MLB.com.[72] He was assigned to the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm for the 2021 season.[73] Over 71 games, he slashed .244/.368/.529 with 17 home runs, 48 RBIs, and ten stolen bases. He missed time during the season due to injury.[74]

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Graham Austin Pauley (born September 24, 2000) is an American professional baseball infielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Pauley attended Milton High School in Milton, Georgia and played college baseball at Duke University. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 13th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Padres and started his professional career that year with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm.

Pauley played 2023 with Lake Elsinore, Fort Wayne TinCaps and San Antonio Missions.[75] He was named the Padres minor league player of the year.[76] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[77]

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Sean William Reynolds (born April 19, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is currently a phantom ballplayer, having spent three days on Miami's active roster without appearing in a major league game.

Reynolds attended Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.[78] After spending his first four years as a first baseman and outfielder, he converted into a pitcher in 2021.[79]

On November 10, 2022, the Marlins added Reynolds to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[80] Reynolds was optioned to the Double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos to begin the 2023 season.[81] In 31 appearance split between Pensacola and the Triple–A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, he registered a cumulative 2.66 ERA with 47 strikeouts and 11 saves in 40+2⁄3 innings pitched. On July 7, 2023, Reynolds was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[82] He went unused out of the bullpen and was optioned back to Jacksonville on July 10, becoming a phantom ballplayer.[83]

On August 1, 2023, Reynolds and Garrett Cooper were traded to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Ryan Weathers.[84]

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Ethan Gabriel Salas (born June 1, 2006) is an American-born Venezuelan professional baseball catcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Salas played for the Águilas del Zulia of the Venezuelan Winter League in 2022/2023.[85][86]

Considered the top international free agent in the 2023 class and "one of the top catching prospects in recent history,"[87] Salas signed with the San Diego Padres in January for a record $5.6 million bonus.[88][89][90][91]

He was promoted to Class AA at age 17, a nearly unprecedent rise through the team's farm system.[92] A.J. Preller, the Padres president of baseball operations, said that the promotion was "aggressive" but that Salas was "up to the challenge."[93]

As of August 2023, Salas was ranked near the top of most top prospect lists.[94][95]

His brother, José Salas, plays in the Minnesota Twins organization.[96][97]

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Samuel Elias Zavala (born July 15, 2004) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Zavala signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in January 2021.[98] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Padres.

Zavala played 2022 with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm.[99][100] He started 2023 with Lake Elsinore.

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