Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 7 Gabriel Arias
- Position(s): Shortstop
- Age: 20
- Team(s): Lake Elsinore
- 2019 stats: .302 avg., .339 OBP, .470 SLG, 17 HRs, 75 RBIs, 62 runs, 8 steals, 25 walks, 128 strikeouts (120 games, 477 at-bats)
- Height/weight: 6-foot-1, 201 pounds
- Bats/throws: Right / Right
- How acquired: International free agent in July 2016 (Venezuela)
Need to know
- A $1.9 million investment during the Padres’ 2016-17 international spending spree, Arias tapped into his power potential in his first exposure to the advanced California League.