Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 13 Javy Guerra
- Position(s): Right-handed pitcher
- Age: 24
- Team(s): Lake Elsinore (A+), Amarillo (AA)
- 2019 stats: 0-0, 3.38 ERA, 1 save, 21 1/3 innings, 30 strikeouts, 10 walks, 1.17 WHIP, .197 opponent average (21 starts)
- Height/weight: 5-foot-11, 155 pounds
- Bats/throws: Left / Right
- How acquired: Trade with the Red Sox in November 2015
NEED TO KNOW
- Once viewed as potentially the biggest piece in the return for Craig Kimbrel (Manuel Margot, Logan Allen and Carlos Asuaje were also in that trade), Guerra debuted in September 2019 a shortstop and even competed at the position all last spring.