Padres MiLB April 23, Players of the Day

Minor League Hitter of the Day

Felix Carrasco (High-A): 2-4, 2B, HR, R, RBI, 2 SO
Mitch Canham (AA): 3-4, 2 2B, R, RBI

Minor League Pitcher of the Day

Wynn Pelzer (High-A): 5.0 IP, 1 H , 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR
John Hudgins (AA): 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR
Chad Gaudin (AAA): 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 SO, 0 HR

Commentary

I’m not the only one who thinks that Canham can be a big league catcher, am I? Hello? Bueller?

You remember John Hudgins, right? Hudgins was drafted in the third round of the 2003 draft by the Texas Rangers and their then-scouting director, Grady Fuson. The Padres traded for Hudgins in 2006. He was injured and missed all of 2007 and most of 2008. He’s not a hard-thrower, but he has solid stuff and had at least average velocity… I don’t think he’ll ever be a rotation mainstay, but I think he can have an MLB career. It’s nice to see him have a good performance.

Gaudin (and for that matter Hudgins) is the type of player I usually do not profile here… However, with the big league rotation held together with Band-Aids and bubble gum, combined with Gaudin’s MLB track record make him some to watch – it’s likely he’ll be making starts with the big league club this year at some point.