SAN ANTONIO — After three seasons of trading prospects to open a window of contention, the Padres’ farm system needed…
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[…] Connor Hollis (who Mark profiled for our subscribers over the weekend) was sent back to San Antonio after an 18-game stint with the Chihuahuas. In those […]
[…] was driven offensively by Connor Hollis, who has returned from a brief promotion to El Paso with two goals in mind: a batting title, and a championship. His performance last week, batting .474 in 19 at-bats with a home run and seven runs batted in has […]
[…] Hollis signed with the Padres in April of 2022 after coming up through the Tampa Bay Rays system. The former undrafted free agent showed what perseverance and hard work could do, winning his second professional batting title and first in a full-season league by batting .333 in […]
[…] Infielders: The infield is led by the returning Connor Hollis, who led Texas Leaguers with a .333 average in 403 at-bats in 2022. The 28-year-old Hollis also slashed .310/.389/.440 in 84 at-bats for El Paso, so depending on what happens with the infield logjam on the Chihuahuas roster, Hollis may not be long for San Antonio this season. … Ripken Reyes also returns to the Alamo City, where he slashed .241/.376/.288 in 191 at-bats in 2022 while playing second base and all three outfield positions. The University of San Diego product was drafted in the 30th round in 2019, the last draft to run that deep. … Journeyman infielder Luis Aviles Jr. joins the Padres organization in 2023 after splitting 2022 between the Marlins’ Double-A and Triple-A affiliates, batting a combined .256 with 14 home runs in 363 at-bats. Aviles, a Miami native, was drafted by the Brewers in the 30th round in 2013, and has spent time in the Angels organization as well. … Like Brandon Dixon before him, Brantley Bell plans to make a return to affiliated baseball with the Missions, hoping to show a similar transition into a capable professional hitter. Unlike Dixon, Bell hasn’t cracked the big leagues in the past, nor has he seen much success at the plate, returning from independent ball with a career high of seven home runs in High-A in 2018, and a career-best OPS of .715 in rookie ball in 2015. … The youngest member of the infield is Pedro Castellanos, a 6-foot-3 righty from Carora, Venezuela. The 25-year-old Castellanos, a first baseman by trade, hit .274 with 13 home runs and 71 RBIs in 467 at-bats split between the Red Sox Double-A and Triple-A affiliates in 2022. … Evan Mendoza, selected from the Cardinals organization in the minor league phase of this winter’s Rule 5 draft, hit .247 with a .673 OPS for Triple-A Memphis in 2022, his second consecutive season with the Redbirds. […]
[…] infielder managed only 244 at-bats in 2023, disrupted heavily by injury, but when healthy, can play nearly any position on the field and hit with contact to all fields. … Like Martorella, Marcos Castañon finished the 2023 season in San Antonio after thriving […]