The San Diego Padres are a team in waiting. They are waiting for their catcher of the future, Ethan Salas, to get the experience and show the growth that will allow San Diego to add him to the big league roster. The Padres are left to plug in placeholders and hope for the best until that happens. To this point in the spring, San Diego has not seen the best from its catching candidates.
The four catchers remaining in big league camp after Salas was reassigned to minor league camp have struggled to get anything going. As of their loss to the Texas Rangers on Thursday, Elias Diaz, Luis Campusano, Martin Maldonado and Brett Sullivan have combined for 46 at bats and only six hits total.