Bill Center, longtime sportswriter for U-T San Diego, is an employee of the Padres.
Center fielders are the hot topic in the Padres farm system at the moment.
Travis Jankowski with Double-A San Antonio was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run scored Thursday to extend his hitting streak to 16 straight games. That is the longest hitting streak in the Texas League this season and the second longest in Jankowski's career. The lead-off hitter is 26-for-60 (.433) during his 16-game hitting streak with 10 steals to raise his batting average on the season to .