Baseball Writer/Analyst & Prospect Evaluator Padres minor league Staff Writer for @EVT_News Co-Host of Padres @EVTPodcast In Focus
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My Updated Padres Top 32 Prospects as of August 24, 2026.
Yes, most of the 2026 draft is missing, I will be updating the list after the season. Really wanted to rank Lascelles though.
Questions/comments/etc are welcomed, always down to explain the reasoning.
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If you're ever curious what someone means when they say take an aggressive swing when you're in a hitter's count...just watch Blanton's HR swing on the 2-1 middle/middle fastball
10-26-2008- Joe Blanton hits a no way homer in game 4 of the World Series @2008Philz
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Winyer spins three no-hit innings!
The @Padres No. 15 prospect strikes out three along the way. This past MiLB season, Chourio struck out a career-high 122.
If Ty France signs elsewhere in FA, I would like to see San Diego consider Alec Bohm as a replacement.
Bohm, 30, delivered above-average chase%, whiff%, K%, and a 95th-percentile squared-up% despite underperforming his xSLG and a career-low .269 BABIP.
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Ethan Salas made his long-awaited MLB debut this season after returning to form as one of the game’s best prospects. He was the only non-DSL Padres prospect under 21 years old to own a K% under 15% on the year.
Salas’ swing decisions and whiff avoidance is elite, especially for his age. His 16% K% at Double-A ranked him in the 90th percentile, while his 15.4% Whiff% put him in the 97th percentile. A remarkable bounce-back season.
San Diego Padres MiLB Team Of The Year is out now on my Substack. Features:
- Ethan Salas
- Braedon Karpathios
- Alex McCoy
+ More free to read below.👇👇
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Padres No. 9 prospect Alex McCoy clobbered two home runs in the Peoria Javelinas' 12-11 win over the Surprise Saguaros in the @MLBazFallLeague today.
McCoy is slashing .256/.348/.641 for a .989 OPS in 39 AB's, while going 4-for-5 on the base paths. @EVT_News
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MCCOY CALLS BALLGAME!
The @Padres No. 26 prospect walks it off for the Javelinas with his second homer of the game! McCoy went 2-4 with a walk and two homers today
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Alex McCoy rips into the Surprise lead!
The @Padres No. 26 prospect blasts his third homer, a two-run shot and pulls the Javelinas within a pair!
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The leagues WORST org just sold for $4B after not being in the Postseason for the last 12 years and consistently getting worse in that time
This is a lockout, not a strike because the owners don't care if baseball doesn't get played. It doesn't matter to the value of their owned entity...
The coming labor Armageddon is much more about the owners’ desire to raise their franchise values than it is about competitive balance, per @Ken_Rosenthal
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Alex McCoy rips a 110.9 mph double in Arizona Fall League action
This comes after McCoy -- the 6-foot-5, 260-pound @Padres prospect -- belted the fourth-hardest-hit ball (118.2 mph) in the AFL since 2016 last week.
An excellent piece from @SamDykstraMiLB on a Padres prospect you may not have heard of.
DeCriscio has thoroughly impressed me this season, and I can see him being an MLB contributor in 2027.
"That's just a big thing for me ... to show that I can go out there and pick it no matter where I am."
#Padres prospect Justin DeCriscio is becoming even more versatile with the glove while working on his bat in the Fall League: atmlb.com/4eqkVbx
ALT An action shot of Justin DeCriscio in the field. He is wearing a tan Padres uniform and black cap
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Justin DeCriscio joins the home run party!
The Padres prospect brings home Vance Honeycutt and extends the Javelinas lead with his three-run shot
Ethan Salas has arrived, and Luis Campusano has proven himself as an MLB regular.
With a weak catching marked in FA, could the Padres move a Gold Glove-caliber catcher on the trade market?
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Could Padres deal Gold Glove finalist Freddy Fermin this offseason?
Story by @StatNerd_Base #Padres
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In the next week, you’ll hear way too much about small markets and TV ratings. Give it a rest and appreciate this:
The 2026 World Series: the team with the best record in the National League vs. the team with the best record in the American League.
Just found this offseason's obscure SP targets for the Padres that I'll be writing on in the coming weeks.
Any guesses?
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Freddy Peralta is the first pitcher to win the League Championship Series MVP Award since Justin Verlander (2017, HOU).
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Kannon Kemp fires four no-hit innings for Peoria!
The @Padres No. 13 prospect has eleven strikeouts to three walks across three starts this Fall.
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Morning podcast: It's a Padres story with Kevin Plawecki, who lived the life of a first-year major league coach this past season.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…