Padres minors: Post-deadline promotions, Cardell Thibodeaux walks off Storm win

The Padres shipped out 14 young players on Thursday, including nine prospects ranked inside their top-30 as ranked by Baseball America.

A day later, the chain reaction was felt up and down the system in a moving day of sorts as right-hander Miguel Mendez, ranked No. 4 in MLB.com’s updated assessment of the Padres system moving to Double-A San Antonio headlined a barrage of minor league transactions.

Mendez, 23, is 8-3 with a 1.73 ERA in 72⅔ innings split so far between low Single-A Lake Elsinore and high Single-A Fort Wayne. He has struck out 88 against 28 walks.

Other updated-top-30 prospects on the move include catcher Lamar King Jr. (11) and right-hander Garrett Hawkins (19) moving to high Single-A Fort Wayne and right-hander Eric Yost (22) to Double-A San Antonio.

The newly-acquired Jorge Quintana, a switch-hitting shortstop, is also ranked No. 16 as he joins the Padres system and should join low Single-A Lake Elsinore soon for his full-season debut.

Also, the first 2025 draftees — third baseman Kerrington Cross (seventh round), shortstop Dylan Grego (13th) and outfielder Cardell Thibodeaux (16th) — joined Lake Elsinore on Friday.

Friday’s scoreboard

TRIPLE-A EL PASO (56-49)

Chihuahuas 9, Round Rock 3: LF Tim Locastro (.783 OPS) drove in two runs on a triple. CF Clay Dungan (.819 OPS) went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a walk and two runs scored. SS Mason McCoy (.799 OPS) went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored. 1B Luis Campusano (.957 OPS) drove in two runs on two hits. LHP Jackson Wolf (5.48 ERA) allowed three unearned runs in 4⅔ innings. RHP Manuel Castro (2-0, 3.24 ERA) recorded the first four outs out of the bullpen. RHP Bryan Hoeing (3.55 ERA) turned in two scoreless innings and RHP Sean Reynolds (4.70 ERA) struck out two in a scoreless ninth.

DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (52-48)

Round Rock 3, Missions 1: LHP Jagger Haynes (3.93 ERA) walked three over two scoreless innings before leaving the start with an apparent injury. LHP Austin Krob (0.00 ERA), demoted from Triple-A El Paso on Friday, walked a batter in a scoreless inning in relief. CF Kai Murphy (.608 OPS) went 2-for-4.

HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (48-51)

Great Lakes 9, TinCaps 2: RHP Isaiah Lowe (3-9, 5.54 ERA) allowed four runs on five hits and four walks in five innings in the loss. 2B Rosman Verdugo (.763 OPS), SS Ryan Jackson (.740 OPS) and C Brendan Durfee (.621 OPS) all had two hits.

LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (47-53)

Storm 3, 66ers 2: Thibodeaux drove in two runs on the first two hits of his career, the last a walk-off single. Cross went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. DH Kavares Tears (.699 OPS) and C Carlos Rodriguez (.863 OPS) both went 2-for-4 with a double. RHP Maikel Miralles (3.68 ERA) allowed two runs in 4⅔ innings in the start.

ROOKIE DSL BROWN (17-25)

Astros 13, Padres 0 (7): The Padres managed only one single apiece from CF Sebastian Pena (.569), 1B Abraham Bastidas (.838 OPS) and LF Clay Winklaar (.761 OPS).

ROOKIE DSL GOLD (27-15)

Guardians 4, Padres 3: RHP Raymel Belliard (2-3, 3.06 ERA) allowed three runs in 3⅔ innings in the loss. CF Moises Valdez (.817 OPS) and LF Eduarlin Tejeda (.778 OPS) both had two hits. Tejeda, C Isaac Ponce (.713 OPS) and 3B Kevin Tamburini (.582 OPS) all had doubles.