Believe it or not, we are less than two months away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training. Yesterday might have been the first day of winter, but baseball is right around the corner. On Friday afternoon, the San Diego Padres announced that eight players have been signed to minor league deals and received an invitation to spring training. This is just the first wave of non-roster players to receive invites to spring, with more to be announced at a later date.
Left-handed pitchers Ryan Bollinger and Dietrich Enns, RHP Tyler Higgins, IF Seth Mejias-Brean, Allen Craig, and Aderlin Rodriguez, and outfielders Jacob Scavuzzo and Alex Dickerson will all make their way to Peoria in the coming weeks.