Padres catching prospect Ethan Salas joining full-season affiliate two days before his 17th birthday, a rarity in minor league baseball
professional career, as it pertains to the back-of-the-baseball-card stats, begins Tuesday.th
birthday. He is in the starting lineup as the designated hitter and batting second as one of the youngest players to join a full-season affiliate in recent history.was 16 years old when he began his career in the low Single-A Midwest League in 2016.The Dodgers paid a $450,000 signing fee to reel in Urias from the Mexico City Red Devils’ youth academy.
The Padres’ investment in Salas is quite a bit more as his $5.6 million signing bonus in January was the in July 2016, before the hard-cap era. Hailing from notable Venezuelan baseball family, Salas was so advanced — bat-to-ball skills, power potential, arm strength and leadership qualities behind the plate — that the Padres used him in a big-league Cactus League game this spring.
Salas might have already started his career with the Storm if it weren’t for a shoulder injury that delayed the assignment to Lake Elsinore until Tuesday, less than a week before rookie ball leagues begin in Arizona and the Dominican Republic.started his career in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League months after signing for $700,000.and right-hander, who is rehabbing Tommy John surgery and likely to make his pro debut this summer in Arizona.
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