IBC

As we approach the start of 2025 IBC season, here is a look at the IBC Padres current situation. During the off season I attempted to bolster an aging rotation by acquiring Jordan Montgomery and "Nasty" Cortes only to see them both succumb to devastating injuries which lead to the outright...

Yankees trade Nolan Jones, Luis 0-Ortiz to Padres for Ryan 22-Clifford, Walker 24-Janek Z gets younger and adds raw potential ... Walker Janek was deemed to be the best Catcher available in the 2024 draft. I had 2 good "24" Catchers so I could afford to trade him. Clifford is powerful 1B/...

Kyle Karros , 3B, Rockies The son of former Dodgers star Eric Karros, Kyle is following in his father’s footsteps, as he’s enjoyed a successful professional career to date. After hitting .311/.390/.485 over 123 games with High-A Spokane in 2024, Karros was sent to Double-A Hartford to begin 2025. O...

Ethan O’Donnell , OF, Cincinnati Reds 23, AA You might have seen O’Donnell take a pretty significant leap in my prospect rankings that dropped earlier this week. Games like Wednesday are why. O’Donnell was a player that I got some good feedback on this offseason, and once again, I am seeing why. He...

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Name Position Start Date List Type Return Date Clarke Schmidt SP 3/24...15 day.....4/08 Slade Cecconi SP 3/24....15 day Alex Cobb SP 3/24.........15 day Eric Swanson RP 3/24.....15 day Josh Sborz RP 3/27........60 day Nestor Cortes SP 4/04.....60 day Austin Slater OF 4/11.....10 day Tyler O'Neil OF ...

Carolina Mudcats catcher Marco Dinges was named the Carolina League Player of the Week on Monday. Dinges is coming off a monster opening weekend in which he hit .471 (8-for-17) with two extra base hits including a home run. The 21-year-old also drove in seven against Columbia last week. Drafted by t...

Padres created Marco 24-Dinges

Padres released Tyler 22-Schweitzer

Padres signed Allan Winans

Padres released Casey 24-Saucke

Brooks Baldwin doesn’t profile as a future star, but that doesn’t mean he won’t have a long and productive major league career. Versatility is a big reason why. A poor man’s Ben Zobrist, the 24-year-old switch-hitter has played every defensive position besides first base, catcher, and pitcher since...

Padres signed Eli 24-Serrano III

Marlins trade Jordan Romano, Jeremy Pena, Calvin Faucher to Padres for Geraldo Perdomo, Jacob 22-Melton, Blake 24-Burke Nils got some good young talent. Perdomo, a 25 year young switch hitter who projected to have a .340 OBP, is a solid SS who would have been the Padres lead off hitter in 2025. Mel...

Padres released David Robertson

Everyone understands that the team innings leader has a value that can outpace their pure stuff, or even their results. In an occupation defined by injury, pacing the club in innings means they were healthy enough to take the ball, and that they remained enough of a credible option to be repeatedly ...

Padres signed Tyler 22-Schweitzer

Padres released Jordan Montgomery

Twins: OF Harrison Bader Bader has done it on both sides of the ball, showing some surprising power and driving in runs while also playing an outstanding outfield. For a player who appeared to be signed as a fourth outfielder and insurance against a Byron Buxton injury, he’s been just about an every...

White Sox: RHP Shane Smith Smith was the top pick in the 2024 Rule 5 Draft and really a testament to the entire White Sox organization for researching and selecting the right player. Through his first three starts, the right-hander had allowed the fourth-lowest batting average against offspeed pitch...

Kyle Karros , 3B, Rockies Karros strung together an impressive series against a Double-A Portland pitching staff featuring two rehabbing big leaguers in Brayan Bello and Lucas Giolito, plus several other interesting arms. He worked walks against both Bello and Giolito despite falling behind in coun...

White Sox Shane Smith has a new sinker. He broke it out today, exclusively versus Alex Bregman the second and third time he faced him. The shape looks good—93.5 mph with ~7.5” vertical break 17” arm-side movement, more arm-side than the average sinker at slightly below average velocity. I’d expect t...

William Bergolla , MI, Chicago White Sox, 20, AA Bergolla is one of the better pure hitters in the minors and does not get much love. The White Sox assigned him to Double-A Birmingham despite not turning 20 years old until last offseason. Bergolla has hit the ground running and had four hits on Sun...

Shane Smith Is a Gleaming Beacon of Hope in a Land of Sorrow by Michael Baumann April 10, 2025 If White Sox fans hadn’t already been inured to calamity by now, surely the ending of Tuesday afternoon’s game would’ve sent them into an incoherent, frothing rage. Having made it to the bottom of the nin...

8. Kyle Karros , 3B, Rockies Team: Double-A Hartford (Eastern) Age: 22 Why He’s Here: .300/.500/1.000 (3-for-10), 5 R, 1 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 2 RBIs, 2 BB, 1 SO The Scoop: Last summer, Karros reached heights unseen by someone from Spokane since Adam Morrison two decades ago. Karros’ name was at or near t...