By Bill Center

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By Bill Center

Two prospects who earned “player of the week” honors in their respective leagues and a product of San Diego State head this week’s list of top producers in the Padres’ minor league system.

Right-hander Dinelson Lamet was named the Pitcher of the Week in the Double-A Texas League. Lamet, 24, started two shutouts for the Missions last week, pitching six scoreless innings in both wins. For the week, the Dominican Republic native allowed five hits and a walk with 16 strikeouts in 12 scoreless innings.

Third baseman Carlos Belen was named the Player of the Week in the Single-A Midwest League. Belen, 20, was 10-for-25 and finished the week with three homers and six RBIs while on a six-game hitting streak for the TinCaps.

At Lake Elsinore, corner infielder Ty France, a 34th-round draft pick out of San Diego State in 2015, went 12-for-26 (.462) with two homers and six RBIs last week. Here’s more on them and the rest of the best Down on the SD Farm.

EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS (AAA)

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Center fielder Manuel Margot, 21, finished the week on an eight-game hitting streak. Margot was 12-for-35 (.343) for the week and made a throw for his Pacific Coast League-leading 17th assist. Margot is 17-for-45 with two homers over his last 10 games and is hitting .312 on the season while leading the PCL in triples (11) while ranked third in hits (138) and runs (85) and sixth in steals (25).

SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS (AA)

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Lamet is a combined 12–7 on the season between Advanced Single-A Lake Elsinore and the Missions with a 2.96 earned run average in 25 starts. He has 138 strikeouts in 134 innings. He has gone 5–6 with a 3.52 ERA in 13 starts at San Antonio and is 5–4 with a 2.83 ERA over his last 10 starts for the Missions. He was the pitcher of record in two, 4–0 wins last week.

LAKE ELSINORE STORM (HIGH-A)

France, 21, has played first and third for the Storm. He has hit .327 with nine doubles and seven home runs and 23 RBIs in 40 games since being promoted from Fort Wayne on June 30. He also has a .413 on-base percentage with Lake Elsinore. Overall this season, France has hit .274 at Single-A with 17 doubles and 12 homers with a.405 on-base percentage in 108 games.

FORT WAYNE TINCAPS (LOW-A)

The 6-foot-1, 213-pound Belen is a native of the Dominican Republic. He is hitting .232 on the season with 22 doubles, seven triples and 10 homers for 58 RBIs and 45 runs scored in 95 games. Belen is tied for fourth in the Midwest League in triples and tied for 11th in RBIs and tied for 15th in home runs.

TRI-CITY DUST DEVILS (SHORT-SEASON)

Right-hander Cal Quantrill, the eighth overall pick in June’s draft, allowed two hits and no walks with eight strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings in his start last week with the Dust Devils. He retired 13 straight hitters at one point and has allowed three hits and two walks with 12 strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings in two Northwest League outings.

ARIZONA LEAGUE PADRES

Seventeen-year-old infielder Fernando Tatis Jr. finished the week on a seven-game hitting streak during which he was 11-for-33 with two homers, five steals, five runs scored and eight RBIs. Tatis is hitting .270 with 12 doubles, a triple, 20 runs scored, 13 steals and 30 runs scored since joining the Padres on June 4 as part of the package received from the White Sox for James Shields.

DOMINICAN PADRES

Infielder Eguy Rosario, who turns 17 on Aug. 25, was 12-for-25 with a home run, five RBIs and seven runs scored last week. He is hitting .349 (the sixth-highest mark in the Dominican Summer League) with 18 doubles (tied for second in the DSL) and 20 steals (tied for ninth) with 40 runs scored and 24 RBIs.