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Padres top prospects: No. 27 Joshua Mears

Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:

No. 27 Joshua Mears

  • Position(s): Outfield
  • Age: 19
  • Team(s): AZL Padres (R)
  • 2019 stats: .253 avg., .354 OBP, .440 SLG, 7 HRs, 24 RBIs, 30 runs, 9 steals, 23 walks, 59 strikeouts (43 games, 166 at-bats)
  • Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 230 pounds
  • Bats/throws: Right / Right
  • How acquired: Second round in 2018 (Federal Way HS, Wash.)

NEED TO KNOW

  • A late bloomer on the draft circuit, Mears’ imposing frame offered plenty of reason to dream on a middle-of-the-order hitter.