{"id":876022,"date":"2026-09-01T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876022\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:58:13","slug":"reports-padres-to-call-up-catching-prospect-ethan-salas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/876022\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Padres to call up catching prospect Ethan Salas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ESPN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/origin-espn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, September 1, 2026 5:03AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/sd\/san-diego-padres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Diego Padres<\/a>will be calling up catching prospect <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/5124004\/ethan-salas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ethan Salas<\/a> when rosters expand on Tuesday, according to multiple reports Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The No. 13 prospect in ESPN&#8217;s Kiley McDaniels&#8217; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/49659961\/2026-mlb-prospect-rankings-update-top-100-jesus-made-franklin-arias-kade-anderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">latest prospect rankings<\/a>, Salas has been in the Padres organization since he signed as an international free agent when he was 16 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Now 20, Salas would be the youngest player to appear at catcher since Hall of Famer Ivan Rodriguez (19) in 1991, according to <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SlangsOnSports\/status\/2094637869260210598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">MLB researcher Sarah Langs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">After struggling some in High-A in 2024 and missing much of the 2025 season with injury, Salas got back on track as an elite prospect this season in the minors. He had a .949 OPS in 24 games at Triple-A El Paso with 14 walks to 10 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Salas will join a Padres team currently battling the<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/ari\/arizona-diamondbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>for the final wild card spot in the National League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/08\/31\/padres-to-call-up-20-year-old-catcher-ethan-salas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The San Diego Union-Tribune<\/a> first reported Salas being called up.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, September 1, 2026 5:03AM The San Diego Padreswill be calling up catching prospect Ethan Salas when rosters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[445668,64,63,794,315789,591,44,1189,85],"class_list":["post-876022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-445668","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-espn","tag-ethan-salas","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}