Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 1 MacKenzie Gore
- Position: Left-handed pitcher
- Opening day age: 21
- Team(s): Lake Elsinore (A+), Amarillo (AA)
- 2019 stats: 9-2, 1.69 ERA, 101 innings, 135 strikeouts, 28 walks, 0.83 WHIP, .164 opponent average (20 starts)
- Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 195 pounds
- Bats/throws: Left / Left
- How acquired: First round in 2017 (Whiteville HS, N.C.)
NEED TO KNOW
- Gore signed for $6.7 million as the third overall pick in the 2017 draft, dazzled in his pro debut that summer in the rookie-level Arizona League and then largely spun his wheels in 2018 due to a bothersome blister on his left middle finger.