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#71 · March 29, 2025, 9:10 am
If Friday night was any indicator, former top prospect Luis Campusano took his demotion to El Paso in stride. The former second-rounder had three hits – all singles, each with impressive exit velocities. Campusano’s three hits registered at 107.8, 105.9, and 109.3 mph respectively. Behind the dish, Campusano also fired a dart, throwing out a runner attempting to steal second. Campusano has little to prove offensively at the Triple-A level, but the Padres clearly want to see his work behind the dish improve. In 175 games at the Triple-A level, Campusano has hit .301/.368/.513
#72 · April 7, 2025, 9:58 pm
From today's DFR ...
Luis Campusano stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. In the lineup as the designated hitter, Campusano scorched a 112 mph double to center and even his out was a 109 mph grounder. Through seven contests, he’s hitting .280/.400/.480 with five walks against four strikeouts.
#73 · April 7, 2025, 10:02 pm
Quote from LynchMob on April 7, 2025, 9:58 pmFrom today's DFR ...
Luis Campusano stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. In the lineup as the designated hitter, Campusano scorched a 112 mph double to center and even his out was a 109 mph grounder. Through seven contests, he’s hitting .280/.400/.480 with five walks against four strikeouts.
Luis Campusano is the perfect example of a SD 4A player of the early 2000's. Too good for AAA, and cant hang in SD and ML baseball. We should have traded him 3 years ago when he actually had value.
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#74 · April 8, 2025, 10:37 am
Quote from BoosterSD on April 7, 2025, 10:02 pmQuote from LynchMob on April 7, 2025, 9:58 pmFrom today's DFR ...
Luis Campusano stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. In the lineup as the designated hitter, Campusano scorched a 112 mph double to center and even his out was a 109 mph grounder. Through seven contests, he’s hitting .280/.400/.480 with five walks against four strikeouts.
Luis Campusano is the perfect example of a SD 4A player of the early 2000's. Too good for AAA, and cant hang in SD and ML baseball. We should have traded him 3 years ago when he actually had value.
Maybe ... Probably ... Hopefully Not!
#75 · April 8, 2025, 11:41 am
Quote from LynchMob on April 8, 2025, 10:37 amQuote from BoosterSD on April 7, 2025, 10:02 pmQuote from LynchMob on April 7, 2025, 9:58 pmFrom today's DFR ...
Luis Campusano stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. In the lineup as the designated hitter, Campusano scorched a 112 mph double to center and even his out was a 109 mph grounder. Through seven contests, he’s hitting .280/.400/.480 with five walks against four strikeouts.
Luis Campusano is the perfect example of a SD 4A player of the early 2000's. Too good for AAA, and cant hang in SD and ML baseball. We should have traded him 3 years ago when he actually had value.
Maybe ... Probably ... Hopefully Not!
You are assuming anyone wanted to trade for him AND give any kind of worthwhile return.
Not high on Campusano's future but going back a couple of years and his "potential" stemming from his bat as a catcher was too much to dismiss when the team had (and still has) little near term behind the plate. (Salas in the future but the future is not now or then).
Worth the gamble on holding on him ... plus don't dismiss his bat being useful maybe as DH/1B ... few like his catching. A so-so Campusano seems a lot better than a 41 year old Gurriel!
2026 Maldonado is a FA (and very old) and Diaz is on a club option ($7MM vs a $2MM buyout) ... Salas may not be ready. So, better Campusano is around even if just the #2 Catcher / DH.
Finding good catchers is just flat out difficult ... and need more than one over a season ... probably good Campusano is still around even if just fill.
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#76 · April 13, 2025, 9:03 pm
From today's DFR ...
Luis Campusano continues to punish Triple-A pitching, reaching base three times with a pair of hits. In his first 11 games, he had a 1.057 OPS with four extra-base hits and a .478 on-base percentage, with seven of his 11 games at catcher.
AND ...
... he went 3-for-5 today (with 2 Ks, to be sure) ... to up his AVG to .395 and OPS to 1.164. At some point, that becomes significant ...
#77 · April 14, 2025, 2:45 am
Seems as though he has been around forever but Campusano is still only 26 and has a history of injuries keeping him out of the line-ups. His bat has been his calling card in the minors (actually had a good ML spell in 2023), so maybe a AAAA player or maybe a decent ML bat IF heathy.
Not expecting him to become a plus catcher and with Salas coming soon and Shildt sees catcher as a defensive first position ... maybe the 2nd catcher but just maybe his bat could carry him as the DH/1B/ 2nd C. If they let Arraez, Maldonado, and Diaz go ... Sheets is a poor defender at 1B (and can't hit LHP) ... Campusano may get a decent run in 2026 (or sooner). He is out of minor league options in 2026.
Campy is cheap ... still has long control ... can at least fill in at a difficult to fill catcher position with no near term internal options. Actually that can be said for 1B/DH too as a RHH.
All boils down to hitting ML pitching and staying heathy ... combined with lack of alternatives.
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#78 · April 18, 2025, 9:58 am
Today's DFR sez ...
Thursday afternoon’s slugfest between El Paso and Albuquerque was a classic PCL game. There was plenty of hitting, and balls somehow left the building despite registering exit velocities below 95 mph. … With wind speeds above 10 MPH blowing straight out, the two teams combined for six home runs. Two of those came off the bat of Luis Campusano, but neither was cheap. He logged exit velocities of 101.1 and 101.8 mph. For good measure, he also laced a 107 mph single in the fourth inning. Campusano’s baseline numbers on their own are impressive, even by PCL standards: His .407 batting average, 1.304 OPS and .796 slugging percentage all lead the league. Still, the batted ball data may even be more impressive, as the backstop owns a 15.4% barrel rate, 95.3 mph average exit velocity, and a 112.3 max exit velocity. All rank in the 90th percentile or better.
#79 · April 18, 2025, 12:38 pm
Quote from BoosterSD on April 7, 2025, 10:02 pmQuote from LynchMob on April 7, 2025, 9:58 pmFrom today's DFR ...
Luis Campusano stayed hot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a pair of walks. In the lineup as the designated hitter, Campusano scorched a 112 mph double to center and even his out was a 109 mph grounder. Through seven contests, he’s hitting .280/.400/.480 with five walks against four strikeouts.
Luis Campusano is the perfect example of a SD 4A player of the early 2000's. Too good for AAA, and cant hang in SD and ML baseball. We should have traded him 3 years ago when he actually had value.
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Also, special shout outs to Tagg Bozied and Jake Gautreau!
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#80 · April 18, 2025, 2:10 pm
I can understand no wanting Campusano as a catcher and am somewhat concerned about his history of injuries plus not playing to his hype BUT ...
at age 26, his bat still has potential to help the Padres ... ignoring his EP stats and just looking at his ML stats.
In 565 ML PA (not a small sample size) he has a 92 wRC+ ... so just 8% below average ... some of that time was playing through injury and part-time use. In 2023 with 174 PA he delivered a 133 wRC+. He makes contact (Padres like that).
If he evolves as a 1B/DH he is already better than Gurriel, Lockridge, Gonzales, Joe for a RHH option. Plus when Arraez is gone via FA ... he could have a legit shot at 1B and deliver an "average" offense hitting both RH and LH pitching. Low cost with still long control.
Not looking for him to be an All-Star but just a serviceable player for the bottom of the line-up to complement the "core" of Tatis, Machado, Bogaerts, Merrill, Cronenworth.