A ceiling-based, positional look at the prospects to know in the Padres' minor league system.
In the last 33 years, just four homegrown players – drafted or signed as an undrafted free agent – have started on Opening Day at a corner infield spot for the Padres: Chase Headley, Sean Burroughs, John Kruk and Tim Flannery.
As dire as that sounds, the Padres can take some comfort in knowing that they control their current corner men – 25-year-old first baseman Wil Myers and 28-year-old third baseman Yangervis Solarte – through 2019. Beyond those two, the Padres ought to feel some pressure to develop assets at positions that generally fortify offenses as the decision to sign the likes of James Loney and Mike Olt this year is indicative of just how barren the upper levels of the system is at the corners.