San Diego Padres minor league players

Below are select minor league players of the San Diego Padres organization and the rosters of their minor league affiliates:

Ryan Bergert
Ryan Michael Bergert (born March 8, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Bergert attended GlenOak High School in Canton, Ohio, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2019, he went 4–2 with a 3.19 ERA and 66 strikeouts over 37 innings. After graduating, he enrolled at West Virginia University where he played college baseball.

As a freshman at West Virginia in 2019, Bergert pitched to a 2–0 record and a 1.85 ERA over 34 innings. As a sophomore in 2020, he posted a 2.92 ERA over $24 2⁄3$ innings. That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. He did not play a game with West Virginia in 2021 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Bergert was then selected by the San Diego Padres in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.

Bergert signed and made his professional debut near the end of the 2021 season with the Arizona Complex League Padres, giving up no earned runs over 11 innings. He played the 2022 season with the Fort Wayne TinCaps, starting 24 games and going 4–10 with a 5.84 ERA and 129 strikeouts over $103 1⁄3$ innings. He returned to Fort Wayne to open the 2023 season. He was promoted to the San Antonio Missions in mid-July. Over 23 games (twenty starts), Bergert went 6–4 with a 2.73 ERA and 126 strikeouts over $105 2⁄3$ innings. Bergert was assigned back to San Antonio to open the 2024 season.

Homer Bush Jr.
Homer Bush Jr. (born October 13, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Bush was born in Toronto.

Bush Jr. attended Carroll Senior High School in Southlake, Texas and played college baseball at Grand Canyon University. In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the fourth round of the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.

Bush Jr. signed with the Padres and made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League Padres. He was later promoted to the Lake Elsinore Storm and San Antonio Missions.

His father, Homer Bush, was also drafted by the San Diego Padres and played in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Omar Cruz
Omar Alejandro Cruz (born January 26, 1999) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Cruz signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in 2017. He made his professional debut in 2018 with the Rookie-level Arizona League Padres and was promoted to the Tri-City Dust Devils of the Class A Short Season Northwest League in July. Over 11 games (ten starts) with the two clubs, he pitched to a 1–1 record with a 1.91 ERA, striking out 59 batters over $42 1⁄3$ innings. He returned to Tri-City to begin the 2019 season before he was promoted to the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League. He compiled a combined 2–3 record and 2.73 ERA over 12 starts, striking out 76 over 56 innings.

On January 19, 2021, Cruz (alongside David Bednar, Drake Fellows, Hudson Head, and Endy Rodríguez) was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three team deal that also sent Joe Musgrove to the Padres and Joey Lucchesi to the New York Mets. To begin the 2021 season, he was assigned to the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the High-A East. After seven starts in which he went 3–3 with a 3.45 ERA and 38 strikeouts over $28 2⁄3$ innings, he was promoted to the Altoona Curve of the Double-A Northeast. Over 14 starts with Altoona, he went 3–4 with a 3.44 ERA over $70 2⁄3$ innings. He returned to Altoona for the 2022 season. Over 23 games (five starts), Cruz posted a 3–3 record with a 5.03 ERA and 69 strikeouts over $62 2⁄3$ innings.

On December 6, 2023, Cruz was selected by the Padres in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.

Leodalis De Vries
Leodalis De Vries (born October 11, 2006) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the San Diego Padres organization.

De Vries was considered the top international prospect in the 2024 class. He signed with the San Diego Padres in January 2024. He made his professional debut that year with the Lake Elsinore Storm.

Clay Dungan
Anthony Clay Dungan (born June 2, 1996) is an American professional baseball infielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Dungan attended Yorktown High School in Yorktown, Indiana, where he played baseball. He batted .488 with 13 steals as a senior in 2015. After graduating, he enrolled at Indiana State University where he played college baseball and batted .305 with nine home runs, 38 RBIs, and ten doubles over 61 starts as a senior in 2019. He was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the ninth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

Dungan signed with the Royals and made his professional debut with the Idaho Falls Chukars with whom he was named an All-Star. Over 65 games, he hit .357 with two home runs, 38 RBIs, and 19 doubles. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season. In 2021, he played with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals and slashed .288/.357/.405 with nine home runs, 56 RBIs, and 28 stolen bases over 108 games. He was assigned to the Omaha Storm Chasers for the 2022 season. Over 127 games, he compiled a .208/.294/.334 slash line with nine home runs, 52 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases. He returned to Omaha in 2023, hitting .273 with three home runs, thirty RBIs, and 16 stolen bases over 89 games.

On December 6, 2023, the San Diego Padres selected Dungan in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft.


 * Indiana State Sycamores bio

Austin Krob
Austin Michael Krob (born September 20, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Diego Padres organization.

Krob attended Lisbon High School in Lisbon, Iowa and played college baseball at Texas Christian University (TCU). He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.

Krob signed with the Padres and spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League Padres and Lake Elsinore Storm. In 2023, he pitched for Lake Elsinore and Fort Wayne TinCaps.

Joshua Mears
Joshua Livingstone Mears (born February 21, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Diego Padres organization.

Mears was born in Kirkland, Washington and attended Federal Way High School. He batted .509 with ten home runs as a senior. Mears had committed to play college baseball at Purdue University prior to being drafted.

Mears was selected in the second round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and received a $1 million signing bonus. After signing with the team, he was assigned to the Arizona League Padres and batted .253 with seven home runs, 24 RBIs, and thirty runs scored in 166 at-bats. Mears was named to the Padres' 2021 Spring Training roster as a non-roster invitee and entered the season as the organization's 10th-ranked prospect by MLB.com. He was assigned to the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm for the 2021 season. Over 71 games, he slashed .244/.368/.529 with 17 home runs, 48 RBIs, and ten stolen bases. He missed time during the season due to injury.

Tirso Ornelas
Tirso Abraham Ornelas (born March 11, 2000) is a Mexican professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Ornelas signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent on March 31, 2017.

On July 17, 2024, the Padres added Ornelas to their 40-man roster and optioned him to the Triple–A El Paso Chihuahuas.

Nolan Watson
Nolan Michael Watson is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Diego Padres organization. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the first round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.

At the time of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, Watson was 5–1 for Lawrence North High School, with an 0.63 ERA and 70 strikeouts in $44 2/3$ innings. Prior to the draft, he was ranked 56th by Baseball America's annual rankings of prospects. He committed to play college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. After his senior year, the Kansas City Royals selected Watson with the 33rd overall pick in the draft. He signed for $1,825,200.

After signing, Watson was assigned to the Burlington Royals, going 0–3 with a 4.91 ERA in 11 starts. Watson spent 2016 with the Lexington Legends where he posted a 3–11 record, a 7.57 ERA, and a 1.75 WHIP over 24 starts. In 2017, he returned to Lexington, appearing in 15 games (13 starts) where he pitched to a 1–10 record with a 6.78 ERA, and in 2018, he played for both Lexington and the Wilmington Blue Rocks, pitching to a combined 10–10 record with a 5.24 ERA in 24 total starts between both teams.

Watson began the 2019 season with Wilmington, but pitched in only one game due to injury. He underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2019. Watson did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watson returned to action in 2021, splitting the season between the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals and the High-A Quad Cities River Bandits. However, Watson struggled to a 6.30 ERA with 46 strikeouts in 75.2 innings of work. Watson elected free agency after the season on November 7, 2021.

On February 14, 2022, Watson signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.