Nick Ahmed’s tour of the Nationwide League West continues in San Diego as the previous Los Angeles shortstop signed a minor league contract Sunday with the Padres.
The Padres grew to become the fourth NL West group to make use of the previous Gold Glove infielder up to now two years. Final 12 months, Arizona launched Ahmed with three weeks remaining within the season after he performed in 888 video games for the Diamondbacks from 2014-23.
Ahmed signed together with his second NL West squad, San Francisco, earlier than this season. He was launched on July 10 after batting a .232/.278/.303 slash line with one house run in 172 plate appearances.
The third workforce, the , pounced on Ahmed when Miguel Rojas joined Mookie Betts on the injured checklist. His firt massive second with Los Angeles got here in opposition to the Giants, when he hit a house run.
Ahmed ended up beginning 14 video games at shortstop earlier than Rojas and Betts got here again, solely to be designated for task Aug. 19. He posted a line of .229/.245/.292 over 49 plate appearances.
For the season, combining his stints in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Ahmed has a .232/.271/.300 slash line throughout 221 plate appearances.
Ahmed has at all times been often known as a defense-first infielder. That’s what earned him the beginning job in San Francisco to start this season.
Signing with San Diego retains Ahmed in California and with one other workforce that’s lacking its beginning shortstop. Ha-Seong Kim has been on the IL since Aug. 19 with shoulder irritation, and supervisor Mike Shildt advised MLB.com and different reporters that Kim hasn’t but been cleared to throw throughout the diamond.
The Padres have turned to Tyler Wade and Mason McCoy in Kim’s absence. Signing Ahmed offers the workforce some insurance coverage if both of the others don’t pan out.
On a optimistic notice for Ahmed, he’s eligible to play for San Diego within the postseason as a result of he signed earlier than Sept. 1.
Chosen by the Atlanta Braves within the second spherical of the 2011 MLB Draft from UConn, Ahmed was traded to Arizona and went on to develop into the primary participant in franchise historical past to spend 10 seasons with the workforce.
It was throughout his tenure with Arizona that he snagged his two Gold Gloves in 2018 and 2019. His peak offensive efficiency got here in 2019, when he posted profession highs with a slash line of .254/.316/.437/.753, together with 19 house runs and 82 RBIs.
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