San Diego Padres Daily Farm Report: May 14

Chihuahuas 3, Salt Lake Bees 2

Key Stats: Pablo Reyes 2-for-5, 2B, SB (10), E; CF Jase Bowen 1-for-4, 2B, SB (5); LHP Fernando Sanchez 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R (1 ER), 4 K, 3 BB; RHP Sean Boyle 3 IP, 2 K; RHP David Morgan IP, 2 H, K; RHP Ethan Routzahn (S, 4) IP, 2 H, K

Prospect Watch: The first three batters Fernando Sanchez faced in his Triple-A debut collected a double and two walks, but then the lefty bounced back for a double-play ball and a grounder that should have ended the inning, if not for a throwing error. The 25-year-old wound up surrendering two runs – one earned – in that first frame, but then he settled down and retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced, striking out three and getting four of nine balls in play on the ground. Working almost exclusively with his change and slider, the Sonora, Mexico, native threw 58 pitches, 34 for strikes. After opening the year in the Missions bullpen, Sanchez – who last worked regularly in the rotation – stretched out to start for the Missions and was then brought up to bolster a Chihuahuas rotation that could use the innings. He finished his first outing in the PCL having thrown four innings, allowing only two hits and striking out four. … Righty David Morgan, who was sent down to work on his command, worked around a pair of hits while landing 50% of his 18 pitches in the zone. Encouragingly, his slider landed for a called strike twice, which encouraged Salt Lake hitters to chase when it darted out of the zone. The righty, whose fastballs sat 97-98, was looking to bounce back after giving up three runs without getting through an inning in his last appearance. … Pablo Reyes, whose error in the first extended the inning and added a run to the Bees’ total, put El Paso ahead to stay with an RBI double as part of another two-hit game. The versatile infielder has now reached in all 30 games in which he has played in his first season in the Padres organization. He also swiped his tenth base in as many tries in the contest.

Wichita Wind Surge 7, Missions 0

Key Stats: C Ethan Salas 0-for-3, BB, SB (7); 1B Romeo Sanabria 1-for-4, 2B; RHP Ian Koenig 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

Prospect Watch: The Missions offense managed only four hits on the evening as Wichita blew to a victory Wednesday. San Antonio has scored more than a run per game less than the next-lowest scoring team in the Texas League. … Romeo Sanabria had the club’s only extra-base hit on the night with his third double of the series and fourth of the month. After a brutal April, the big third baseman is getting things back on track. He’s hit in eight of his last nine games and has a .333/.422/.513 line since the start of the month. Encouragingly, he’s only struck out four times in his last 45 plate appearances. … Ethan Salas drew a walk and struck out while going 0-for-3 on the day. He swiped his seventh base of the season. Over 217 career games, he’s converted on 24 of 31 attempts.

TinCaps 11, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3

Key Stats: DH Zach Evans 2-for-5, 2B; C Lamar King Jr. 2-for-5; LF Alex McCoy 1-for-4, HR (7), 3 RBI, BB; CF Kasen Wells 2-for-4, 2B, BB; RHP Carson Montgomery 5 IP, 2 H, 4 K, 3 BB

Prospect Watch: Fort Wayne plated five runs in the second inning and never looked back as the offense went 6-for-13 with runners in scoring position and starter Carson Montgomery turned in another strong outing. Seven different TinCaps hitters reached base at least twice in the game. Alex McCoy crushed a line drive three-run homer to left and drew a walk as he continued to bounce back from his first cold stretch dating back to last July. It was his second blast in as many days and he’s now one of nine Midwest League hitters tied for third on the circuit with seven home runs. He’s slugging .575 on the year while exactly matching last year’s 8.1% walk rate and 24.3% strikeout rate. … Lamar King Jr. added two more hits to his tally, pushing his OPS for the year up to .807. After starting the year with an awful 1-for-24 stretch, he’s hitting .342. The 22-year-old has dropped his strikeout rate back down to 20.9% on the season, though his .132 isolated power rate isn’t yet in line with his above-average raw power. King has only made 13 of his 31 starts behind the plate this year, seeing more time at DH early in the season. He’s coming off a 2025 campaign in which he caught a career-high 509 innings and then reported to the Arizona Fall League. … Spotted the big lead, Montgomery shut down Cedar Rapids for his third consecutive five inning shutout appearance. The 23-year-old righty, who was limited to only seven innings in his first two-plus seasons after the Padres drafted him in the 11th round in 2023, is off to a strong start in the Midwest League, posting a 1.33 ERA across 27 innings in his first six starts. While he’s benefited from stranding runners at an unfathomable 97.1% rate, he has induced a lot of weak contact while working with a lively fastball at the top of the zone. Montgomery will need to improve on his 20.6% strikeout rate and 10.3% walk rate, opponents are hitting just .198 against him.

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 7, Storm 4

Key Stats: 1B Ty Harvey 1-for-4, 2B, CS (1), E; C Truitt Madonna 1-for-2, 2 BB; 3B Kerrington Cross 1-for-3, 2B, BB; LF/RF Qrey Lott 3-for-4; RHP Bryan Balzer 4.2 IP, 9 H, 7 ER, 4 K, HBP

Prospect Watch: Righty Bryan Balzer limped through his toughest start of the year, giving up a season-high seven runs while laboring through 86 pitches. The talented righty, who had given up only two homers through his first 28 innings of the year, was tagged for two more Thursday. Rancho got to him for five extra-base hits among the nine that he gave up, though he did avoid surrendering a walk. On the year, the 21-year-old has bumped up his strikeout rate to 24.5% while cutting his walk rate to 7.9%. … Ryan Wideman slid back into the leadoff spot and collected an RBI single in his third trip to the plate. He’s continued to put up impressive results, hitting .357/.400/.500 this month after posting a .921 OPS in April. The 22-year-old has continued to see his strikeout rate trend in the right direction, punching out only eight times in 46 trips to the plate this month. … The middle of the Storm lineup looked the way the Padres hoped after last year’s draft as Ty Harvey and Truitt Madonna hit back-to-back. Harvey, playing at first base, had a double and drew a walk while Madonna got the start behind the dish and collected a hit and drew two free passes in the cleanup spot. … Perhaps less predictable last July, Qrey Lott had three hits while starting in the outfield. He’s one of three undrafted free agents from the 2025 class who is hitting north of .300 on the season.

ACL Cubs 10, ACL Padres 9

Key Stats: SS Yimy Tovar 1-for-4, HR (1), SF, 3 RBI; RF Jesmaylin Arias 2-for-5, 2B, 3B; 1B Isaac Ponce 2-for-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI; 3B Santiago Vargas 2-for-4, 3B; LHP Adler Cecil 1.1 IP, 2 H, 5 ER, 4 K, 3 BB; RHP Erick Batista 3 IP, 3 H, ER, 6 K, BB

Prospect Watch: There’s a common refrain in minor league baseball that players have to control what they can and not worry about the things they can’t. Infielder Yimy Tovar could be forgiven if he assumed he deserved the chance to open the year in Lake Elsinore after hitting .301 in the desert last summer and showing well in a late-season cup of coffee with the Storm. Instead, he was sent back to the desert. Since the season started, he’s done everything in his power to make sure he doesn’t finish the season in the desert. Tovar connected on his first first homer of the year Thursday, pushing his line to .323/.389/.645 through his first nine games. After tallying only eight extra-base hits in 38 ACL contests last year, he already has six this year. … Switch-hitting infielder Santiago Vargas, who signed in the 2025 international free agent class but didn’t log any playing time in the DSL, collected his first professional two-hit game as he had a single and triple. The 18-year-old from Colombia is 4-for-17 in the early going. … After a rough outing for rehabbing lefty Adler Cecil, righty Erick Batista turned in three strong innings for the brown and gold. Batista, 20, signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2023 and spent two years pitching in the DSL before coming stateside last year. After struggling mightily to throw strikes in his first three professional seasons, he’s punched out 11 and walked four in his first seven innings of work this season. He’ll likely be asked to throw more innings than just about anyone on the roster in Peoria this spring before the organization decides whether to send him to full-season ball after the draft.