By Bill Center

California League Player of the Week Austin Allen and two players selected in the June draft lead this week’s list of Players of the Week in the Padres’ minor league system.

The Advanced Single-A Lake Elsinore catcher made the Padres’ list for the second straight week and the third time this season.

Outfielder Robbie Podorsky (short-season Single-A Tri-City) and left-handed starting pitcher Nick Margevicius (Arizona Rookie League) also made the list that includes four position players and three pitchers.

The Padres’ Players of the Week include Triple-A outfielder Nick Buss, Double-A second baseman Noah Perio and pitchers Michel Baez (Single-A Fort Wayne) and Martin Carrasco (Dominican Summer League).Triple-A El Paso — Outfielder Nick Buss:

Nick Buss

After going 1-for-2 for the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A All-Star game, the 30-year-old was 6-for-14 for the Chihuahuas with two homers, three walks and three RBIs. Buss’s .386 batting average is the highest in the PCL, although he is 15 plate appearances shy of qualifying for the lead. He has 14 doubles, four triples, eight homers, 22 walks and 35 RBIs with a .440 on-base percentage and 1.040 OPS.

Double-A San Antonio — Second baseman Noah Perio:

Noah Perio

The 6-foot, 170-pound left-handed hitter was 9-for-18 last week with two doubles, three runs scored and a RBI. Perio, 25, who was signed as a minor league free agent last December, is hitting .271 on the season with 13 doubles, two triples, four homers, 22 walks and seven steals for 37 runs scored and 30 RBIs. He has a .330 on-base percentage and a .369 slugging percentage for a .698 OPS.

Advanced Single-A Lake Elsinore — Catcher Austin Allen:

Austin Allen

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound, 23-year-old was 11-for-26 last week with two doubles, two homers, seven runs scored and five RBIs to win the California League honor. Over the past two weeks, Allen has a 1.138 OPS and is 22-for-56 (.393) with three doubles, five homers (.714 slugging percentage), three walks (.424 on-base pct.) for 15 runs scored and 17 RBIs. Allen is hitting .273 on the season.

Single-A Fort Wayne — Right-handed starter Michel Baez:

Michel Baez

The 6-foot-8, 210-pound Cuban allowed one run on three hits and two walks with 15 strikeouts over 13 innings in two starts last week. The 21-year-old is 2–0 with a 0.50 earned run average in three starts for the TinCaps. He has given up one run on five hits and two walks with 24 strikeouts with Fort Wayne. On Monday, Baez went 5 2/3 innings before he allowed a hit.

Short-Season Single-A Tri-City — Outfielder Robbie Podorsky:

Robbie Podorsky

The Padres 25th-round pick in the June draft started the week in the Arizona Rookie League, where he was hitting .400 in 45 at-bats. In his first five games after being promoted to the Dust Devils, the 5-foot-8 Podorsky went 9-for-20 with a double, a triple, two walks, five stolen bases, five runs scored and two RBIs. That’s a .500 on-base percentage and a .600 slugging percentage for a 1.100 OPS.

Arizona Rookie League — Left-handed starter Nick Margevicius:

Nick Margevicius

The Padres’ seventh-round pick in the June draft out of Rider University went 1–0 last week while allowing two runs on 10 hits and two walks with 14 strikeouts in two starts. In four games (three starts) in the Arizona Rookie League, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Margevicius has allowed three runs on 16 hits and three walks with 24 strikeouts in 16 innings for a 1.69 ERA with a 1.19 WHIP.

Dominican Summer League — Right-handed starter Martin Carrasco:

Martin Carrasco

The 17-year-old native of Tijuana opened the week by allowing one run on four hits and no walks with four strikeouts in his sixth start for the Padres. He finished it by being the winning pitcher in the Dominican Summer League All-Star Game. Carrasco has a 1.69 ERA, allowing eight runs (six earned) on 26 hits and three walks with 13 strikeouts in 32 innings.