Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
Right-handed reliever Nick Monroe became the first member of the Padres' 2015 draft class to be promoted to low Single-A Fort Wayne Thursday, while prospects Michael Gettys and Ruddy Giron each had four hits as the TinCaps earned a 7-1 win at Lake County.
Center fielder Gettys, the Padres second-round pick in the 2014 draft, was 4-for-6 with a double and three runs scored to raise his batting average to .235.
Giron, 18, the second-youngest player in the Midwest League, was 4-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored to raise his batting average to .