{"id":6864,"date":"2023-01-12T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/2023-san-diego-padres-top-mlb-prospects\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T13:17:04","slug":"2023-san-diego-padres-top-mlb-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/2023-san-diego-padres-top-mlb-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 San Diego Padres Top MLB Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Padres were aggressive at the trade deadline, selling off some of the team&#8217;s best prospects to acquire Josh Bell, Juan Soto and Brandon Drury. The team was reloaded into the draft by getting the best prep pitching prospect in right-hander Dylan Lesko.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we are announcing the Padres System&#8217;s 10 best prospects going into 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Padres chat will be held at 2pm ET. You can submit your questions in advance here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-spot\"\/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how we predict the 2026 lineup, with 2026 ages in parentheses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2026 lineup forecast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>catcher:<\/strong> Luis Campsano (27)<br \/><strong>First base:<\/strong> Jake Cronenworth (32)<br \/><strong>Second base:<\/strong> Jackson Merrill (23)<br \/><strong>Third base:<\/strong> Manny Machado (33)<br \/><strong>shortstop:<\/strong> Xander Bogaerts (33)<br \/><strong>left:<\/strong> Samuel Zavala (21)<br \/><strong>Center field:<\/strong> Trent Grisham (29)<br \/><strong>Right Fielder:<\/strong> Fernando Tatis Jr. (27)<br \/><strong>Designated hitter:<\/strong> Juan Soto (27)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1st starter:<\/strong> Blake Snell (33)<br \/><strong>No. 2 Starter:<\/strong> Joe Musgrove (33)<br \/><strong>No. 3 Starter:<\/strong> Adrian Molejon (27)<br \/><strong>No. 4 Starter:<\/strong> Dylan Lesko (22)<br \/><strong>No. 5 Starter:<\/strong> Robbie Snelling (22)<br \/><strong>Closer:<\/strong> Josh Hader (32)<\/p>\n<p>Listed below are prospects using the best tools within their organization. Click here for direct access to San Diego&#8217;s Top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>best tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best hitters batting average:<\/strong> Jackson Merrill  <br \/><strong>Best Power Hitter:<\/strong> Joshua Mears<br \/><strong>Best Strike Zone Discipline:<\/strong> Jacob Mercy<br \/><strong>Fastest Baserunner:<\/strong> Cory Howell<br \/><strong>Best Athlete:<\/strong> Robbie Snelling<br \/><strong>Best Fastball:<\/strong> Angel Felipe<br \/><strong>Best Curveball:<\/strong> Robbie Snelling<br \/><strong>best slider:<\/strong> Adam Mather<br \/><strong>Best changeup:<\/strong> Dylan Lesko<br \/><strong>Best control:<\/strong> Victor Lizaraga<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Catcher:<\/strong> Luis Campusano<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Infielder:<\/strong> Jackson Merrill<br \/><strong>Best Infielder:<\/strong> Eggy Rosario<br \/><strong>Best Defensive Outfielder:<\/strong> Jacob Mercy<br \/><strong>Best Outfielder: <\/strong>Joshua Mears<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-article stories\">\n<div class=\"image-col\"><picture><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1905\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=storyListing1280 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=storyListing1280@2x 2x\" media=\"--laptop-small\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1905\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=storyListing1024 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=storyListing1024@2x 2x\" media=\"--tablet-landscape\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1905\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=storyListing768 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=storyListing768@2x 2x\" media=\"--tablet-portrait\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1905\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=standardPhone414 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=standardPhone414@2x 2x\" media=\"--medium-phone\"><source data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1905\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=standardPhone375 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=standardPhone375@2x 2x\" media=\"--small-phone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazyload\" data-aspectratio=\"2700\/1905\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=standardPhone360 1x, https:\/\/news.google.com\/media\/eiidu5ra\/padres.jpg?preset=standardPhone360@2x 2x\" alt=\"Padres\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1905\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-col\">\n<h3>2023 San Diego Padres Top 10 Prospect Chat<\/h3>\n<p>Jeff Sanders will host a chat to discuss the Padres system at 2pm ET. You can submit your question here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiUGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJhc2ViYWxsYW1lcmljYS5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy8yMDIzLXNhbi1kaWVnby1wYWRyZXMtdG9wLW1sYi1wcm9zcGVjdHMv0gEA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Padres were aggressive at the trade deadline, selling off some of the team&#8217;s best prospects to acquire Josh Bell, Juan Soto and Brandon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jackson-merrill-photo-by-matt-thomas_san-diego-padres_getty-images-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}