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San Diego Padres: The Athletic tabs Dinelson Lamet as must-watch player

If not for an error in his documentation, Dinelson Lamet would likely be in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, but, as it stands, the San Diego Padres stepped in and signed him as an international free agent in June 2014. He made his big league debut in 2017 and was on the team’s Opening Day roster in 2018, but suffered an injury to his UCL and required season-ending Tommy John Surgery.

He returned to baseball on July 4 last season and made 14 starts to close out the year. In all, he posted a 4.