San Diego Padres


Farm System (Click the team name to view statistics)
Class Team League Manager Coach Pitching Coach
AAA Portland Pacific Coast Rick Renteria Jose Castro Gary Lance
AA San Antonio Texas Randy Ready Tom Tornincasa Glenn Abbott
High A Lake Elsinore California Carlos Lezcano Max Venable Steve Webber
Low A Fort Wayne Midwest Doug Dascenzo Bob Skube Wally Whitehurst
Short-Season Eugene Northwest Greg Riddoch Jose Flores Tom Bradley
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona Tony Muser Manny Crespo Dave Rajsich
Rookie DSL Padres Dominican Luis Quiñones Jose Mateo Efrain Valdez

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Correspondent: John Maffei, North County Times, San Diego
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Top Prospects
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Year Top Prospect Position
1992 Joey Hamilton rhp
1993 Ray McDavid of
1994 Joey Hamilton rhp
1995 Dustin Hermanson rhp
1996 Ben Davis c
1997 Derrek Lee 1b
1998 Matt Clement rhp
1999 Matt Clement rhp
2000 Sean Burroughs 3b
2001 Sean Burroughs 3b
2002 Sean Burroughs 3b
2003 Xavier Nady of
2004 Josh Barfield 2b
2005 Josh Barfield 2b
2006 Cesar Carrillo rhp
2007 Cedric Hunter of
2008 Chase Headley 3b
 
Draft History
(Click the year to view the picks)
Year Top Pick
1992 *Todd Helton
1993 Derrek Lee
1994 Dustin Hermanson
1995 Ben Davis
1996 Matt Halloran
1997 Kevin Nicholson
1998 Sean Burroughs
1999 Vince Faison
2000 Mark Phillips
2001 Jake Gautreau
2002 Khalil Greene
2003 Tim Stauffer
2004 Matt Bush
2005 Cesar Carrillo
2006 Matt Antonelli
2007 Nick Schmidt
* did not sign
Front Office
General Manager:
Kevin Towers
Farm Director:
Grady Fuson
Scouting Director:
Bill Gayton