Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 11 Ronald Bolaños
- Position(s): Right-handed pitcher
- Age: 23
- Team(s): Lake Elsinore (+), Amarillo (AA)
- 2019 stats: 13-7, 3.66 ERA, 130 1/3 innings, 142 strikeouts, 53 walks, 1.24 WHIP, .226 opponent average (25 games, 23 starts)
- Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 220 pounds
- Bats/throws: Right / Right
- How acquired: International free agent in August 2016 (Cuba)
NEED TO KNOW
- Originally signed for $2 million in the same class as fellow Cubans Adrián Morejon and Michel Baez, Bolaños finished 2019 in San Diego, striking out 19, walking 12 and posting a 5.