Padres MiLB April 21, Players of the Day

Minor League Hitter of the Day

Lance Zawadzki (High-A): 2-5, 2 HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Logan Forsythe (High-A): 2-4, 2B, R, RBI, BB, SO
Will Venable (AAA): 2-4, 2 HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, SO

Minor League Pitcher of the Day

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Commentary

Fort Wayne is now 10-1. Keep the kids inside, stock up on bulk items, the sky is falling! If the Padres don't promote half the team in June/July this could be Baseball America's Minor League Team of the Year.

Zawadzki is uniformally overlooked as a SS prospect. However, his defense is reportedly good enough to stick. MadFriars.com said, "A blend of speed, game awareness and power has Zawadzki’s stock soaring within the system..." I'm not saying he's the Padres long-term answer at SS but maybe we shouldn't overlook him.

Repeat after me, "Will Venable is not a prospect." Or is he? Well that's what the national "experts" tell us. When he was with the Padres big league club last year, he surprised a lot of people with his defense in CF. It's early, but he's hitting .347/.418/.694 with 8 XBH (he hit .284/.361/.464 last year in AAA). Sounds like a prospect to me...