The Padres are going to promote right-hander , reports Craig Mish of the Miami Herald . The righty will be making his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game. Hes already on San Diegos 40-man roster but the club will need to open an active roster spot. Reynolds, 26, was a fourth-round pick of the
Richie Palacios Jersey Marlins back in 2016. He was drafted as a hitter but never did much hitting. In over 1,000 minor league plate appearances, he struck out at a 43.8% clip and slashed .178/.287/.344, never getting higher than Single-A. He moved to the mound in 2021 and has been having more succe s in that role. He to sed 84 1/3 innings on the farm over 2021 and 2022 with a 3.74 earned run average and 27.7% strikeout rate. The 12.6% walk rate was a bit high but understandable for a guy fairly new to pitching. The Marlins were intrigued enough to add him to their 40-man roster at the end of 2022, keeping Reynolds out of that years Rule 5 draft. He to sed another 48 2/3 innings in Miamis farm system last year, between Double-A and Triple-A. In that time, he had a 2.77 ERA, 26.3% strikeout rate and 11.2% walk rate. He was also briefly promoted to the majors but didnt get into a game. The Padres were impre sed enough to acquire Reynolds alongside in that sent to the Marlins. Reynolds struggled with the move, allowing 24 earned runs in 16 innings after the deal last year. Hes been in better form this year, though with the underlying numbers being more impre sive than the surface ones. He has to sed 45 1/3 Triple-A innings this year with a 6.55 ERA, 28.3% strikeout rate and 14.6% walk rate. His .365 batting average on balls in play and 57.2% strand rate are both on the unlucky side, so perhaps his 4.62 FIP is a better indicator of how hes pitched in the Pacific Coast League this year. Control is clearly still a work in progre s but Reynolds seems to have strikeout stuff, so the Padres will give him a shot to mi s major league bats.
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