Padres MiLB July 23 & 24, Players of the Day

Ground-rules: you won’t see a too-old-for-his-league non-prospect get an award. The award may not go to the best performance of the previous night, but what I deem the most significant performance of the night…

July 23rd games:

Minor League Hitter(s) of the Day

Blake Tekotte (SS): 2-4, R, RBI, SO, SB
Lance Zawadzki (Low-A): 3-4, RBI
Eric Sogard (High-A): 1-3, 2 R, 2 BB, SO, SB
Kellen Kulbacki (High-A): 4-5, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI, SO
Jose Lobaton (AA): 2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SO

Minor League Pitcher(s) of the Day

Pedro Hernandez (DSL): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR
Steve Garrison (AA): 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 0 HR

July 24th games:

Minor League Hitter(s) of the Day

Blake Tekotte (SS): 2-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 5 RBI
Kellen Kulbacki (High-A): 2-5, HR, R, RBI, SO

Minor League Pitcher of the Day

N/A

Other Commentary

Kellen is a stud. If you look at his High-A numbers, you will see he is hitting .326/.429/.568. But really, that is not fair. He has not been quite that good. He sucked in Low-A. In 18 games in Fort Wayne, Kellen hit only .164/.260/.295... And in his first month of High-A he hit .221/.361/.309. Overall (between both levels) Kellen is hitting .293/.394/.512 - Dude is on fire! Do I smell a #1 Padres' Prospect ranking?