Ethan Skender was an overslot signee by the Padres in 2016, but injuries have slowed his ability to get on…
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[…] was a feel good story when Ethan Skender, an overslot bonus signee back in 2016, finally made his first professional appearance in June. After tearing the cover off the ball in the AZL, Skender has continued to do the same in Fort […]
[…] pushed his line to .330/.387/.443 in 103 plate appearances since being promoted to Fort Wayne. We profiled the 22-year-old’s remarkable journey last week. … RHP Efraín Contreras picked up his fifth win with another solid start. The […]
[…] the feel-good story of the season in the Padres’ organization was the return of infielder Ethan Skender, 22. A series of injuries […]
[…] who missed more than two years with serious knee issues that ultimately required a procedure to transplant ligaments from a cadaver, seemed a good bet to grab a roster spot in Lake Elsinore. His .275/.347/.366 line in Fort Wayne […]
[…] the evening, including a double and run scored. Although Skender is 24 and was drafted in 2016, injuries and the pandemic have led to this being his first full season of pro ball. So far, he’s […]
[…] start August. His overall slash-line of .247/.350/.367 is right at league average. Skender’s two-plus year journey to overcome knee injuries and start his career was one of the feel-good stories of the 2019 season. The 24-year-old has been […]
[…] been a joy to watch Ethan play, going back to his time in Fort Wayne at the Low-A level in 2019. As you allude to, he’s an easy player to root for in part because of the adversity he’s overcome with multiple […]
[…] Prospect Watch: Yorman Rodriguez plated the winning run with a leadoff sacrifice fly after a passed ball advanced the Manfred Man in the 10th inning to help the Missions clinch a series victory. The Missions once again rolled with a bullpen game, getting two innings of one-run ball from Kevin Kopps as the opener. The 25-year-old righty struck out four without issuing a free pass and now has a strong 16:4 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 11.2 innings this month. After walking 11 batters in his first 14.1 frames of the year, he’s cut his rate by more than 50 percent through the last two months. … Fred Schlichtholz and Lake Bachar were the other pitchers to go move than one inning as each turned in two scoreless frames. With the strong performance, Schlichtholz dropped his ERA to 1.98 on the year. … Kelvin Melean drove in the Missions first two runs with a double then came around to score on the first of Ethan Skender‘s two hits in the game. Melean, 23, has a .710 OPS in 24 Double-A games and a .659 mark overall at three stops in the system this year. Skender came off the IL earlier this month after a wrist injury kept him out of action for the first four months of the season. The 25-year-old infielder has posted a strong .333/.442/.417 line through his first 11 games of action. The Illinois native has played just 154 games since the Padres drafted him out of junior college in 2016 thanks to a long series of injuries. […]