Salas is a consensus top-30 prospect in all of baseball and represents San Diego’s future at the position. However, despite a promotion to Double-A this year, Salas is batting just .188 with a .544 OPS and zero home runs through 10 games. That is a small sample size, but he is also a career .221 batter in the minors.

The Durham Bulls had just given up a two-run lead in the eighth inning Saturday night, falling behind by one run at Vystar Ballpark in Jacksonville, Fla. They were coming to hit in the top of the ninth inning when the whole team started cheering in the dugout.

Ray matched his season-best strikeout total, passed Paul Skenes on the National League leaderboard and powered the Giants to a split in their four-game series with the Padres on Thursday. In his first start since being named the National League’s pitcher of the month, Ray struck out nine over seven innings in a 3-2 win.

John Romano | Tampa Bay beats Baltimore with yet another complete offensive effort for an MLB-best 19 wins in the last 25 games.

Robbie Ray ponchó el jueves a nueve en siete entradas y se convirtió en el primer lanzador de la Liga Nacional en alcanzar ocho victorias

A MLB analyst urged the San Diego Padres to make an outfield addition to pair with Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr.

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