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.