Potential Padres September Call-ups

There are many young prospects the Padres will want to bring up this September but can they?

It is no secret that the San Diego Padres have the best prospects and the overall best farm system in all of baseball. Some of these prospects will see the major leagues before the 2018 season is finished.

Each year in September major league rosters are expanded to 40 players instead of the regular 25 player roster. This allows every team to have everyone on the 40-man roster to be on the major league club.

Of course, there will need to be changes to the 40-man roster in order for the Padres to promote the prospects that they want to see in September. They would have to make room by designating a player for assignment, placing a player on the 60-day disabled list, making a waiver trade, or simply releasing a player. Then the Padres can place a prospect on the 40-man so that they can join the major league club.

Players who could get the ax in favor of a young prospect include Walker Lockett, Kazuhisa Makita, Bryan Mitchell, Clayton Richard, Craig Stammen (waiver trade), Kirby Yates (waiver trade), A.J. Ellis, Raffy Lopez, Carlos Asuaje, and Jose Pirela.

The Padres are in a point of their “rebuild” when they have players that are ready for the promotion to the major leagues. Fans have seen some of these high-profile prospects already this year in Eric Lauer, Joey Lucchesi, Franmil Reyes, Brett Kennedy, and most recently Jacob Nix.

The Padres are not scared to promote these prospects, it is just a matter of making room on the 40-man roster in order for them to be able to see a major league diamond.

Here are the most probable players that the Padres will promote come September.