The San Diego Padres are just days away from opening 2023 spring training at their Cactus League headquarters at the Peoria Sports Complex in the Phoenix area.
The current San Antonio Missions roster, which will see changes between now and their Texas League opener on April 6, shows five players listed as Padres prospects:
Top 30 prospects (with 2022 rankings):
No. 9 Korry Howell OF/INF
No. 13 Jackson Wolf LHP
No. 14 Joshua Mears OF
No. 24 Kevin Kopps RHP
No. 25 Alek Jacob RHP
The Padres also have four players listed on their Class A+ (High A) roster. These players could make their way up to Double-A San Antonio in the near future:
Hailey Atwood is a 5-foot-8 guard for the UTSA women’s basketball team.
The senior from Austin Bowie High School averaged 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds through 20 games of this season. She scored a season-high 12 points on Thursday against Western Kentucky.
Atwood played in 27 games as a junior at UTSA after spending two seasons at Blinn Junior College.
Kyra White is a 5-foot-9 guard for the UTSA women’s basketball team.
The junior from Converse Judson High School in the San Antonio area was a three-time all-state player.
Now a junior, White went to USC out of high school and transferred to UTSA ahead of this season. She averages 6.9 points per game and leads the Roadrunners with 4.3 assists per game. White is one of only two UTSA players to start in all 20 games so far this season.