On the farm: Corner infielders breakdown

A ceiling-based, positional look at the prospects to know in the Padres' minor league system.

In the last 33 years, just four homegrown players – drafted or signed as an undrafted free agent – have started on Opening Day at a corner infield spot for the Padres: Chase Headley, Sean Burroughs, John Kruk and Tim Flannery.

As dire as that sounds, the Padres can take some comfort in knowing that they control their current corner men – 25-year-old first baseman Wil Myers and 28-year-old third baseman Yangervis Solarte – through 2019. Beyond those two, the Padres ought to feel some pressure to develop assets at positions that generally fortify offenses as the decision to sign the likes of James…