The San Diego Padres positioned outfielder/designated hitter Gavin Sheets on the paternity checklist previous to Sunday’s dwelling recreation towards the Philadelphia Phillies.
San Diego recalled catcher Luis Campusano from Triple-A El Paso in a corresponding transfer.
Campusano is batting seventh and serving because the designated hitter towards the Phillies.
Sheets can miss as much as three video games whereas on the paternity checklist. He’ll doubtless simply miss Sunday’s recreation with the All-Star break starting Monday.
Sheets, 29, has been a shock robust contributor after the Padres signed him as a free agent shortly earlier than the beginning of spring coaching.
He has 14 homers and 50 RBIs in 92 video games along with his profession bests being 15 and 53, respectively, for the Chicago White Sox in 2022. Sheets’ .265 common is also on monitor to be a profession excessive.
Sheets is now a fixture in left subject after the Padres had hassle getting manufacturing from the spot earlier this season.
Total, Sheets is batting .237 with 60 homers and 225 RBIs in 527 profession video games with the White Sox (2021-24) and Padres.
Campusano, 26, was hitless in 18 at-bats with 9 strikeouts in 9 video games with the Padres earlier this season. All seven of his begins throughout that stint had been at designated hitter.
Campusano was rated the No. 4 prospect within the San Diego group in 2020.
However he skilled troubles on the defensive aspect and there have been reviews claiming many Padres’ pitchers had been lower than enamored with the way in which he known as a recreation and along with his general catching talents.
Campusano’s bat confirmed life in 2023 when he batted .319 in 49 video games however he threw out simply one among 30 base stealers.
He bought a extra prolonged shot final season. However he batted simply .227 with eight homers and 40 RBIs in 91 video games and threw out simply eight of 49 base stealers.
San Diego has obtained little or no offensive manufacturing from the catching place this season. Elias Diaz is batting .198 with 4 homers and 12 RBIs in 75 video games and Martin Maldonado is hitting .178 with 4 homers and 10 RBIs in 56 video games.
–Discipline Degree Media
