Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 27 Joshua Mears
- Position(s): Outfield
- Age: 19
- Team(s): AZL Padres (R)
- 2019 stats: .253 avg., .354 OBP, .440 SLG, 7 HRs, 24 RBIs, 30 runs, 9 steals, 23 walks, 59 strikeouts (43 games, 166 at-bats)
- Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 230 pounds
- Bats/throws: Right / Right
- How acquired: Second round in 2018 (Federal Way HS, Wash.)
NEED TO KNOW
- A late bloomer on the draft circuit, Mears’ imposing frame offered plenty of reason to dream on a middle-of-the-order hitter.