Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 24 Esteban Quiroz
- Position(s): Second base
- Age: 28
- Team(s): El Paso (AAA)
- 2019 stats: .271 avg., .384 OBP, .539 SLG, 19 HRs, 66 RBIs, 64 runs, 3 steals, 52 walks, 82 strikeouts (96 games, 306 at-bats)
- Height/weight: 5-foot-7, 175 pounds
- Bats/throws: Left / Right
- How acquired: Via trade with the Boston Red Sox (November 2018)
NEED TO KNOW
- In need of 40-man spots, the Padres traded right-handed reliever Colton Brewer to the Red Sox for Quiroz in November 2018, roughly a year after he signed out of the Mexican League.