Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 22 Tirso Ornelas
- Position(s): Outfielder
- Age: 20
- Team(s): Lake Elsinore (A+), AZL Padres (R)
- 2019 stats: .217 avg., .303 OBP, .279 SLG, 1 HR, 41 RBIs, 40 runs, 7 steals, 53 walks, 113 strikeouts (120 games, 420 at-bats)
- Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 200 pounds
- Bats/throws: Left / Right
- How acquired: International free agent in July 2016 (Mexico)
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- The Mexico Red City Devils produced both Luis Urias and Andrés Muñoz and Ornelas’ physicality as a 16-year-old led the Padres to invest $1.