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Padres top prospects: No. 9 Joey Cantillo

Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:

No. 9 Joey Cantillo

  • Position(s): Left-handed pitcher
  • Age: 20
  • Team(s): Fort Wayne (A), Lake Elsinore (A+)
  • 2019 stats: 10-4, 2.26 ERA, 111 2/3 innings, 144 strikeouts, 34 walks, 0.93 WHIP, .179 opponent average (22 starts)
  • Height/weight: 6-foot-4, 220 pounds
  • Bats/throws: Left / Left
  • How acquired: 16th round in 2017 (Kailua HS, Hawaii)

NEED TO KNOW

  • Cantillo spent back-to-back summers in rookie ball before a complete breakthrough in 2019.