The Lake Elsinore Storm website has a story by Tyler Zickel that lists former Storm players figuring into the Padres’ plans this spring. From Peoria, Zickel notes 10 former Storm players that have agreed to terms for the upcoming season and goes on to add some perspective on some who have played in LE.
Highlighted in the piece are five former Storm players that are in Arizona with the Padres, and the list features highly notable names. From as far back as 2006 (Chase Headley) and as recently as 2013 (Austin Hedges), Zickel has some tidbits from the desert as the Padres prepare for a tough NL west battle this year.
The Padres are getting to be a trendy pick to surprise in the loaded NL west by many experts, despite the gaudy talent on the Dodgers and the championship pedigree of the Giants, as well as the 2011 division champion Diamondbacks. However the big-league club comes out this year, there are significant players in the mix that came through the minor league pipeline, some of them through LE.
