Padres prospect could be up soon

The San Diego Padres are 19-28 on the season. This would be the worst record in baseball if not for the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. I never thought I’d say this, but thank God for Houston and Minneapolis. In any case, the Padres and their fans are in full “who gives a crap?” mode for the season. There’s no way this is ending well, so screw it, bring up the prospects and let’s see what happens. The Marlins seem to get away with it all the time. Why shouldn’t the Padres? The first prospect on every Padres fan’s mind is first-baseman Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo was acquired from the Red Sox as part of the Adrian Gonzalez deal, and is essentially major-league ready as we speak, though he’s very young (he’ll be 22 in August). He’s got all kinds of power and has been white-hot from the start of the season until now for triple-A Tucson Padres. My favorite stat is the insane 1.193 OPS through 40 games. Ridiculous. Aside from hi...