{"id":401841,"date":"2026-08-09T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401841\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:00:13","slug":"padres-minors-david-morgan-continues-rehab-with-el-paso-organizational-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401841\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres minors: David Morgan continues rehab with El Paso; organizational leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reliever David Morgan took a significant step toward returning from the injured list, recording four outs in his latest rehab appearance in Triple-A El Paso\u2019s 9-5 win<\/a> on Saturday at Reno.<\/p>\n

Morgan struck out two and allowed two hits. He is rehabbing left knee inflammation, which has \u2014 combined with trap tightness \u2014 sidelined him since his last appearance in the majors on June 27.<\/p>\n

Saturday was Morgan\u2019s fourth rehab appearance.<\/p>\n

Ethan Salas (1.034 OPS) served as the DH and went 1-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored.<\/p>\n

Right fielder Bryce Johnson (.745 OPS) drove in two runs on three hits, including a double.<\/p>\n

Center fielder Dustin Harris (.968 OPS) went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, a walk and a run scored.<\/p>\n

El Paso is 46-66.<\/p>\n

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Saturday\u2019s scoreboard<\/p>\n

DOUBLE-A SAN ANTONIO (48-59)<\/p>\n

Missions 3, Springfield 2:<\/a> LHP Jamie Hitt (2-1, 5.87 ERA) struck out seven and allowed a run on four hits and a walk in six innings in the win. DH Braedon Karpathios (.752 OPS) went 2-for-3 and drove in all three runs on his 12th homer.<\/p>\n

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HIGH SINGLE-A FORT WAYNE (46-59)<\/p>\n

W.Michigan 14, TinCaps 6:<\/a> RHP Bryan Balzer (1-2, 5.40 ERA) allowed six runs on four hits, four walks and two hit batters in two innings in the start. 3B Bradley Frye (1.052 OPS) drove in two runs on two hits, including his first homer. DH Luke Cantwell (.917 OPS) went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored.<\/p>\n

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LOW SINGLE-A LAKE ELSINORE (57-50)<\/p>\n

Storm 5, Ontario 1:<\/a> RHP Tyler Schmitt (7-6, 5.05 ERA) struck out six and allowed a run on three hits and five walks in 5\u2153 innings in the win. RHP Rordy Mejia (4.70 ERA) earned his second save with 3\u2154 scoreless innings. RF Jesmaylin Arias (.917 OPS) went 1-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. LF Alex Conover (.950 OPS) doubled in two runs and 2B Jose Verdugo (.683 OPS) went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.<\/p>\n

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ROOKIE DSL BROWN (9-38)<\/p>\n

Royals 6, Padres 5 (8):<\/a> The Padres had three hits, a single from each of 1B Gabriel Teran (1.015 OPS), C Sebastian Maldonado (.579 OPS) and CF Jhostin Fuentes (.560 OPS).<\/p>\n

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ROOKIE DSL GOLD (35-14)<\/p>\n

Padres 5, Astros 4 (7):<\/a> A double from 2B Endy Rios (.884 OPS) was his second hit of the game and walked off the win. DH Sebastian Nadales (.988 OPS) went 1-for-1 with a double, an RBI and two walks.<\/p>\n

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\"Surprise,Surprise, AZ \u2013 February 21: Nick Solak #15 of the San Diego Padres bats during a spring training game against the Kansas City Royals on February 21, 2026 in Surprise, AZ. (K.C. Alfred \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)
\nFarm system leaders<\/p>\n

(Through Friday; Minimum 200 plate appearances, 50 innings)<\/p>\n

AVG: .325 \u2013 1B Nick Solak\u00a0 (AAA)
\nOBP: .456 \u2013 1B Luke Cantwell (A \/ A+)
\nSLG: .600 \u2013 OF Jase Bowen (AAA)
\nHRs: 19 \u2013 OF Jake Cunningham (A+ \/ AA)
\nRBIs: 62 \u2013 Solak
\nSBs: 61 \u2013 OF Ryan Wideman
\nWins: 8 \u2013 RHP Sean Boyle (AAA)
\nERA: 2.60 \u2013 RHP Jhony Brito (R \/ AA \/ AAA)
\nKs: 98 \u2013 RHP Winyer Chourio (A \/ A+)
\nWHIP: 1.14 \u2013 Brito
\nK\/BB: 3.11 \u2013 RHP Jesus A. Castro (A)
\nSaves: 11 \u2013 RHP Clay Edmondson (A+ \/ AA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reliever David Morgan took a significant step toward returning from the injured list, recording four outs in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,3607,7677,23603,154],"class_list":["post-401841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}