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Padres prospect countdown: No. 1 MacKenzie Gore

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.