San Diego Padres minor league players

Lake David Bachar (born June 3, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Bachar attended Wheaton North High School in Wheaton, Illinois, where he played baseball and football.[1] After graduating high school in 2013, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on a football scholarship.[2]

After his freshman year at UW-Whitewater, Bachar joined the baseball team in addition to still playing football.[3] In 2015, his sophomore year and first as a member on the baseball team, he appeared in ten games (making seven starts) in which he went 7–1 with a 2.24 ERA and 46 strikeouts.[4] That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the Lakeshore Chinooks.[5] As a junior in 2016, he went 8–6 with a 2.53 ERA over 92+2⁄3 innings.[6] Following the season, he was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.[7][8] He signed for $350,000.[9]

After signing, Bachar made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Padres before earning promotions to the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League. Over 15 games between the three clubs, he went 2–2 with a 3.19 ERA.[10] In 2017, he began the year back in the Arizona League before being promoted back to Fort Wayne.[11] Over 13 games (seven starts), he pitched to a 5–1 record, a 3.38 ERA, and 47 strikeouts over 50+2⁄3 innings. Bachar began the 2018 season with Lake Elsinore and was promoted to the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League in May.[12] He went 5–9 with a 4.68 ERA over 27 games (18 starts), pitching a total of 115+1⁄3 innings between the two teams.[13] In 2019, he appeared in 24 games (19 starts) for the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Class AA Texas League, going 8–4 with a 3.98 ERA and 126 strikeouts over 126+2⁄3 innings.[14][15] Bachar did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season, and he missed the whole 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.[16][17][18]

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Efraín Contreras (born January 2, 2000) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Contreras signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in July 2017. He made his professional debut in 2018, splitting time during the season between the Arizona League Padres, the Dominican Summer League Padres, and the Tri-City Dust Devils. Over 68+1⁄3 innings pitched between the three teams, he went 2–3 with a 2.11 ERA and 76 strikeouts.[19] He spent the 2019 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps, appearing in 25 games (making 23 starts) and going 6–6 with a 3.61 ERA and 121 strikeouts over 109+2⁄3 innings.[20]

Contreras missed the 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John Surgery. The Padres added him to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season.[21]

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Mason T. Fox (born January 7, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Fox attended Pisgah High School in Canton, North Carolina and played college baseball at Gardner-Webb University. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 21st round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[22]

Fox made his professional debut in 2018 with the Arizona League Padres, going 1–1 with a 3.80 ERA over 21+1⁄3 innings.[23] In 2019, he pitched for the Tri-City Dust Devils, Fort Wayne TinCaps and Lake Elsinore Storm, pitching to a combined 3–0 record, 0.55 ERA, and 56 strikeouts over 32+2⁄3 innings pitched in relief.[24] Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season due to COVID-19, he did not pitch for a team.[25] He spent the 2021 season in the Arizona League along with the San Antonio Missions and El Paso Chihuahuas.[26] Over 33+1⁄3 innings pitched between the three teams, Fox went 3–3 with a 10.53 ERA, 25 walks, and 48 strikeouts.

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Robert Gasser (born May 31, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Gasser grew up in El Dorado Hills, California and attended Oak Ridge High School.[27]

Gasser began his college baseball career at New Mexico. As a freshman, he had a 7.05 ERA over 52 innings pitched.[28] Gasser transferred to San Joaquin Delta College after his freshman year. In his only season with the Mustangs, he went 14-0 with a 2.38 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 102 innings pitched over 18 appearances with 17 starts.[29] Gasser transferred to Houston for his remaining collegiate eligibility. In 2021, Gasser went 6-6 with a 2.63 ERA and 105 strikeouts in 85+2⁄3 innings pitched and was named first team All-American Athletic Conference.[30]

Gasser was selected in the second round by the San Diego Padres in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[31] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Padres to start his professional career, where he made one appearance before being promoted to the Lake Elsinore Storm of Low-A West.[32]

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Grant Gavin (born July 10, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Gavin attended St. Pius X Catholic High School in Kansas City, Missouri and played college baseball at the University of Central Missouri. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 29th round of the 2016 MLB draft.[33]

Gavin made his professional debut with the Arizona League Royals. He pitched 2017 with the Lexington Legends and Wilmington Blue Rocks and 2018 with Wilmington and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.[34][35] After the 2018 season he played in the Arizona Fall League. He spent 2019 with Northwest Arkansas.[36] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 since the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[37] He started 2021 with the Omaha Storm Chasers.

After the 2021 season, the Padres selected Gavin from the Royals organization in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.[38]

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Christopher Jesse Hinojosa (born July 15, 1994) is an American baseball infielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Hinojosa was born in Houston, Texas and attended Klein Collins High School. He was selected in the 26th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft by the Houston Astros, but did not sign with the team.[39] Hinojosa played college baseball for the Texas Longhorns and was a starter for three seasons.[40] In 2013 and 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[41][42]

Hinojosa was selected in the 11th round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants. After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Class A Short Season Northwest League.[43] Hinojosa started the 2016 season with the Class A-Advanced San Jose Giants, where he batted .296 in 69 games before being promoted to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels.[44] He hit .248 with Richmond before suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in the final series of the season. Hinojosa was suspended for the first 50 games of the 2018 season after testing positive for a non-performance enhancing drug for a second time.[45] He returned to Richmond and finished the season with a .261 average with three home runs and 26 RBIs in 67 games played.[46]

Hinojosa was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Erik Kratz on March 25, 2019.[46] He was assigned to the Biloxi Shuckers of the Southern League. Hinojosa batted .280 during the regular season and slashed .400/.393/.800 with four doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs in the Southern League Playoffs. He was transferred to the Triple-A San Antonio Missions at the end of the season.[47] He was released by the Brewers on June 4, 2020.[48]

After the 2020 minor league season was canceled, Hinojosa played in the temporary independent Constellation Energy League for the Sugar Land Lightning Sloths. He was signed by the Houston Astros to a minor league contract on January 25, 2021.[49] Hinojosa spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters and batted .316 with 11 home runs and 67 RBIs in 107 games played.[50]

Hinojosa became a free agent at the end of the season and later signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres on December 16, 2021.[51] Hinojosa was named to the Padres' 2022 spring training roster as a non-roster invitee.[52]

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Korry Howell (born September 1, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Howell attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois, and Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[53] Following his freshman year at Kirkwood, he was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 19th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign.[54] As a sophomore at Kirkwood, he hit .401 with forty stolen bases over sixty games.[55] He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 12th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, and signed for $210,000.[56]

Howell made his professional debut with the Rookie-level Arizona League Brewers, batting .311/.398/.350 over 28 games.[57] In 2019, he played with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League with whom he hit .235 with two home runs, 22 RBIs, 12 doubles, and 19 stolen bases over 91 games.[58] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 after the cancellation of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and spent the summer playing with the Joliet Slammers of the independent Frontier League.[59] To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned back to the Timber Rattlers, now members of the High-A Central.[60][61] He was promoted to the Biloxi Shuckers of the Double-A South in early August.[62] Over 107 games between the two clubs, he slashed .244/.349/.455 with 16 home runs, 51 RBIs, and 24 stolen bases.[63]

On April 6, 2022, Howell was traded to the San Diego Padres along with Brett Sullivan in exchange for Victor Caratini.[64]

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Alek Scott Jacob (born June 16, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Jacob grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended North Central High School.[65]

Jacob played college baseball career at Gonzaga. He was named to the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team.[66] As a senior, Jacob was named the West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year after going 8-1 with three saves, a 2.52 ERA, and 112 strikeouts in 85+2⁄3 innings pitched over 17 appearances with 11 starts.[67]

Jacob was selected in the 16th round by the San Diego Padres in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[68] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Padres to start his professional career before being promoted to the Lake Elsinore Storm of Low-A West.[69] Jacob began the 2022 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the High-A Midwest League, where he won three games and surrendered no earned runs in four appearances before being promoted to the Double-A San Antonio Missions.[70]

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Reggie Lawson
San Diego Padres
Pitcher
Born: (1997-08-02) August 2, 1997 Victorville, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Medals Men's baseball Representing  United States U-18 Baseball World Cup 2015 Osaka Team

Reginald Jefferson Lawson (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Lawson attended Victor Valley High School in Victorville, California.[71] Lawson played in the 2015 Perfect Game All-American Classic.[72] Lawson was a member of Team USA when they won Gold at the 2015 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup.[73][74] He had committed to play college baseball at Arizona State University.[71][75] Lawson was drafted by the San Diego Padres, with the 71st overall selection, in the Compensation Round B of the 2016 MLB draft.[76] He signed with the Padres for a $1.9 million signing bonus.[77]

Lawson made his professional debut in 2016 with the AZL Padres of the Rookie-level Arizona League, going 0–0 with a 8.31 ERA and 7 strikeouts over 8+2⁄3 innings . He spent the 2017 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League, going 4–6 with a 5.30 ERA and 89 strikeouts over 73 innings.[78] Lawson spent the 2018 season with the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League, going 8–5 with a 4.69 ERA and 117 strikeouts over 117 innings.[79][80] In 2019, Lawson played for the Amarillo Sod Poodles of the Double-A Texas League, going 3–1 with a 5.20 ERA and 36 strikeouts over 27+2⁄3 innings .[81] He appeared in just six games due to an elbow injury.[82][83] Following the 2019 season, Lawson played for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League.[83][84]

Lawson did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He underwent Tommy John surgery in March 2020.[85] On November 20, 2020, Lawson was added to the 40-man roster.[86] Lawson missed a large portion of the 2021 season recovering from Tommy John, and pitched only 6+2⁄3 minor league innings, allowing 10 runs. He was outrighted off of the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[87]

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Joshua Livingstone Mears (born February 21, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Mears was born in Kirkland, Washington and attended Federal Way High School. He batted .509 with ten home runs as a senior.[88] Mears had committed to play college baseball at Purdue University prior to being drafted.[89]

Mears was selected in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and received a $1 million signing bonus.[90][91] After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League Padres and batted .253 with seven home runs, 24 RBIs, and thirty runs scored in 166 at-bats.[92] Mears was named to the Padres' 2021 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee and entered the season as the organization's 10th-ranked prospect by MLB.com.[93] He was assigned to the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm for the 2021 season.[94] Over 71 games, he slashed .244/.368/.529 with 17 home runs, 48 RBIs, and ten stolen bases. He missed time during the season due to injury.[95]

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Eguy Rosario (born August 25, 1999) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Rosario signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in 2015.[96] After the 2021 season he played in the Arizona Fall League.[97][98] On November 19, 2021, the Padres selected Rosario's contract and added him to the 40-man roster.

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Brett Sullivan (born February 22, 1994) is an American professional baseball catcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Sullivan played college baseball at the University of the Pacific. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 17th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft. He played in the Rays organization until 2021.

Sullivan signed a major league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers on December 1, 2021.[99]

On April 6, 2022, Sullivan was traded to the San Diego Padres along with Korry Howell in exchange for Víctor Caratini.[100]

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James Irvin Wood (born September 17, 2002) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Wood grew up in Olney, Maryland and initially attended St. John's College High School, where he played baseball and basketball. He transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida after his sophomore season, giving up basketball in order to focus solely on baseball.[101][102] He committed to play college baseball at Mississippi State shortly before transferring to IMG.[103] After playing in the 2020 Area Code Games, Wood entered his senior year as a top prospect in the 2021 MLB Draft.[104][105] Wood batted .258 as a senior, causing him to fall slightly in most draft prospect rankings.[106]

Wood was selected with the 62nd overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres.[107][108] He signed with the team on July 20, 2021, and received a $2.6 million signing bonus.[109] Wood was assigned to the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Padres to start his professional career, batting .372 with three home runs, 22 RBIs, and ten stolen bases over 26 games.[110] He opened the 2022 season with the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Single-A California League.[111]

Wood's father, Kenny Wood, played college basketball at Richmond, where he is a member of the school's athletic hall of fame, and professionally in Europe.[112]

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