A healthy MacKenzie Gore has reminded everyone just why the Padres selected him third overall in 2017.
The 20-year-old left-hander headlines seven high Single-A Lake Elsinore players named to the California League’s all-star game after fanning 77 batters in 55 2/3 innings to start the year. Gore is 5-1 with a 1.13 ERA and 11 walks and he’s held opposing hitters to a .145 batting average a year after blister issues had limited him to just 60 2/3 innings last year in the Midwest League.
This year, Gore – who leads the California League in ERA and WHIP (0.