The El Paso Chihuahuas infielder had a home run and 11 RBIs in 20 at-bats with the Padres' Triple-A affiliate last week.
San Diego Padres prospect Nate Mondou made quite an impression on the Pacific Coast League last week.
The El Paso Chihuahuas' infielder was named the PCL Player of the Week after going 9-for-20 with four doubles, a triple, a home run, 11 RBIs, two walks and six runs. Mondou, 29, is hitting .285 on the season with a .384 on-base percentage and .469 slugging percentage. He has five home runs and 37 RBIs in 55 games with the Padres' Triple-A affiliate.
The Padres signed Mondou to a minor league free agent contract on Dec. 8, 2023, following his only year in the Chicago White Sox system. The 5-foot-7, 205-pound infielder got into five Cactus League games with the Padres, going 0-for-7 with a walk. So far this season Mondou has played first, second, third and designated hitter for the Chihuahuas. He isn't eligible forby virtue of his age, but is playing his way into position to be promoted should injuries arise on the infield.
All of Mondou's scant major league experience came in 2022 with the Oakland A's, the team that drafted him out of Wake Forest in 2016. His next major league hit will be his first.J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content for Halos Today and Inside the Padres, and is the author of 'The 50 Greatest Dodger Games Of All Time.' He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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