The Padres have selected the contract of left hander Tom Cosgrove and added him to the 40-man roster.
A 12th round pick in 2017, Cosgrove initially worked as a starting pitcher in the Padres system, but was moved to a relief role last year. He split time this season between Double-A and Triple-A. His promotion to the top level of the minor leagues came after he tossed 25 2/3 innings of 2.45 ERA ball, striking out 38.2% of batters and walking 12.7%. While the strikeout rate was impressive, he certainly benefited from an 88.2% LOB rate and a .205 BABIP.
He struggled a bit at Triple-A, although he still managed to strike out 33.6% of batters faced. However, his walks remained an issue and he gave up a home run every five innings. On the whole, he finished with a 4.80 ERA across 30 innings at the higher level.
While Cosgrove hasn’t exactly dominated the minor leagues, the Padres 40-man roster stands at 34 after this addition, so it certainly didn’t hurt to add Cosgrove and avoid losing him in the Rule 5 draft. As a lefty with strong strikeout numbers, Cosgrove could provide some helpful bullpen depth next season.
Jacob Nix’s doggy-door trekking buddy?
Jacob got Nixed. Drinking and doggie doors don’t mix.
Since the Padres farm system has been torched, they’ll be adding the ball boys to the 40-man.
Preller has absolutely destroyed their farm system. Every other team has at least 3 players to protect. And all they have is some old relief pitcher. Two more years of Juan Soto control to win a championship.
Name a Padres prospect we traded thats going somewhere? Besides AAAA
Everyone in the Soto trade but Abrams, Victor Acosta, Owen Caissie, Reginald Preciado, Hudson Head, Robert Gasser, Matt Brash and the plethora of players that he traded to the Mariners and Guardians
Each one is a suspect until they establish themselves in the major leagues
@VegasSDfan Do you just not realize you just described every prospect ever? Even Juan Soto circa 5 years ago?
@VegasSDfan Are you serious? Tons of prospects Preller has traded have done well, made All Star games, etc.
So if the extend Soto does that mean they would have over a decade window?
The padres farm will be fine. If there is one thing preller has shown the ability to do its build a farm.
Still have campusano, Merrill and once the 2 pitchers they drafted last year are healthy they will shoot up the charts. Also reports are they have agreed to sign the number 1 international prospect. Not worried in the slightest about the padres minor league system.
The real question is how high and for how long are they willing to push the payroll.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the padres push this year tax payroll above 260m this year. Seidler seems to have a formula that says if you spend money to win and bring in stars you will make money. People keep trying to put a limit on the padres spending yet they keep proving people wrong.
@Simm Difference is this time Preller doesn’t get to draft in the top 10 and has to trade any prospects that come in to prop up a contender. Don’t think for a second Merrill and Lesko will make their major league debuts as Padres.
He has traded the top 10 guys as well. BTW Merrill was pick 27, he doesn’t need a top 10 pick. If you are good at scouting you can fund real players down in the draft just look at the dodgers.
Point is it’s easier if you draft in the top 10 and you get the truly elite dudes like MacKenzie Gore and CJ Abrams. Merrill is alright, but he’s not on the level of those guys. Dylan Lesko could be if he comes back and looks like he did before he got hurt.
Everything I’ve heard recently about Merrill is he has a chance to be the best prospect in baseball. While that may not happen, he will go up the boards to start next season and if he continues to progress he could be a top 20 guy by this time next year. Kid is 19 years old and has time to continue to move up.
Prospects are prospects until their not so who knows. You add him with campy, last years draft, the top international prospect who the padres are signing in Jan. Seidler has there are two commodities…cash and prospects. They will continue to use both to improve the team. The padres advantage is most teams aren’t willing to trade their better prospects but Preller will for the right player.
Trading all your prospects away isn’t a good thing. And the Padres’ farm won’t recover if they keep doing it.
My Cosgrove got caught in my Musgrove so I gave it to Lefty Grove.
Talk all the crap you want. I like it that the Padres took the Dodgers down and made it to the NLCS. There’s a lot of baseball fans out there that can’t say their team made it into October, but I can. Hush up you haters.