Kansas City Royals 2024 3rd round draft pick out of the University of Tennessee, Drew Beam 9/3/24. The Royals went to the College World Series Champions in round 3 with Beam and in the 5th rd with A.J. Causey. Both worked an inning vs the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Suffered heat exhaustion 8/17 so I backed off my normal baseball chase and took care of myself to recover fully. I will be pushing it a bit today as something Ive been waiting for is finally happening! More to come later today!

San Diego Padres 2024 1st and 2nd rounders Kash Mayfield and Boston Bateman will debut today. Humberto Cruz will start, Nick Wissman and Tanner Smith will also throw. Its 110 but its what Ive been waiting for.

San Diego Padres Humberto Cruz strikes out the side in the 1st. He did walk the 3 hole batter but looked as good as Ive seen him so far. Not sure if he's going 1 or 2 today.

San Diego Padres 2024 1st rd draft pick Kash Mayfield strikes out the first batter he faces, ground ball in the infield (didnt see Hit or Error was shooting Kash). Had this 9 pitch at bat which ended in a BB, inning rolled.

San Diego Padres 2024 2nd rd draft pick Boston Bateman looks like a WWE wrestler in a baseball uniform. Walks his first batter, F8, runner caught stealing, this ground out.

Ive stayed calm about San Diego Padres Humberto Cruz. The 17 yr old who wont turn 18 until December is special. He was 97 today striking out 3 of 4 he faced. It will be intetesting to see what the Padres do with him going forward. I try to stay level headed about young arms but..

San Diego Padres 2024 1st round draft pick out of Elk City HS, Kash Mayfield first professional appearance 9/5/24 vs the Cleveland Guardians.

San Diego Padres 2024 2nd rd draft pick out of Adolfo Camarillo HS, Boston Bateman made his professional debut tossing an inning 9/5/24 vs the Cleveland Guardians.

For every Jackson Merrill, who is drafted early and rockets to success in the big leagues, the minor leagues feature hundreds of players working slowly toward their goal. John Conniff talked with slugger Kaden Hollow about his journey so far. madfriars.com/2024/09/06/kad…

San Diego Padres 2024 15th rd draft pick out of Harvard, Tanner Smith 9/5/24.

San Diego Padres Humberto Cruz 9/5/24. 3 K's one BB in an inning of work vs the Guardians.

San Diego Padres 2024 8th rd draft pick out of Dayton, Nick Wissman 9/5/24.

San Diego Padres Bodi Rascon hasnt pitched since 2023 in high A Fort Wayne where he tossed 62.2 innings allowing 25 ER and striking out 63. It was good to see him back in action 9/5/24 working an inning. The 6'5 14th rounder from the 2019 draft is on the road back.

Milwaukee Brewers 2024 3rd rd pick out of Dallas Baptist University, Jaron DeBerry 9/5/24, he was in total control in his 2 innings vs the Dodgers.

Back on March 21 I was texting one of my guys from MadFriars - The source for Padres Prospects news. After watching spring training this is how I felt. I know the chatter was San Antonio but I was all in on Elsinore. 1st half champs, 2nd half champs, Cal League Playoffs start Tuesday. Best of luck Lake Elsinore Storm

This is awesome.

The top two players in the Padres' 2024 draft class saw their first game action on Thursday, then got a visit to Petco Park. madfriars.com/2024/09/09/may…