Notes:

2017: 9 | 2016: 25 | 2015: 14 | 2014: 6 | 2013: 15





9 Top 100 Prospects: SS Fernando Tatis (2), LHP MacKenzie Gore (21), LHP Adrian Morejon (24), C Francisco Mejia (25), 2B Luis Urias (30), RHP Chris Paddack (59), LHP Logan Allen (70), RHP Michel Baez (73), 1B Josh Naylor (83).

State of the System: It’s hard to find many weaknesses in a system loaded in pitching at nearly all levels, that has an elite shortstop prospect who played in Double-A this season as well as a smattering of talented hitters at nearly all levels of the minors. The Padres have the kind of prospect depth that should help them weather the attrition that always occurs when a loaded system switches from accumulating talent to producing big league wins. Beyond the eight prospects in the Top 100, there are another wave of prospects who could crack next year’s Top 100 (Luis Patino, Jacob Nix, Anderson Espinoza, Austin Allen, Buddy Reed, Xavier Edwards and others). Now, Padres general manager A.J. Preller’s biggest task is sorting out which prospects are keepers and which ones should be traded to speed the big league club’s rebuild.