Maldonado was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 27th round of the 2004 amateur entry draft. He played his first professional season for the rookie-level Arizona League Angels that season. In 2005, he again played for Arizona and the rookie-level Orem Owlz. After playing one more season for the Arizona Angels in 2006, he was released.
The Padres are 11 games over .500 at home so far to start 2025 ...First pitch is at 10.10 a.m. on Padres.TV ... Second basemanJose Iglesias will hit seventh, followed by center fielder Tyler Wade and catcher Martín Maldonado in the nine-hole ... .
McCoy, however, is not in Monday’s lineup, as Gavin Sheets will draw the start at first base. First pitch is at 3.40 p.m. (3.40 p.m ...Tyler Wade will serve as the center fielder and bat eighth and catcher Martín Maldonado will bat ninth. Monday in Motown.
Their left fielder (Oscar Gonzalez) and catcher (Martín Maldonado) signed before spring training this year and their second baseman (Jose Iglesias) and first baseman (Yuli Gurriel) arrived after camp had begun ...So far, so good. 1 ... 1) ... 2 ... 3) ... Great. 3 ... 5).
As for the other four players who began this year on minor league deals, Oscar Gonzalez is in left field and in the five-hole, followed by first baseman Yuli Gurriel, second baseman Jose Iglesias, Wade and catcher Martín Maldonado ...Happy Easter!. ... ... ... ... .
So … ... He is not here now, but the Padres have other veterans with similar backgrounds who need to either start producing (Yuli Gurriel) or continue producing (Gavin Sheets) or produce a little more (Jose Iglesias, Elias Díaz, Martín Maldonado) ... .
Friday’s first pitch is at 5.10 p.m ...Behind the plate, 38-year-old Martín Maldonado gets a second straight pairing with left-hander KyleHart in a homecoming. Maldonado won a World Series with the Astros in 2022 and played six years in Houston ... ... ... ... ... .
... major leagues, and it is noticeable how seldom opposing baserunners take a big lead out of respect for the arms of Díaz and Martín Maldonado and how effectively Padres pitchers are holding runners.
... C Martin Maldonado. Heyward will hit eighth in Tuesday’s lineup, between second baseman Jose Iglesias, the de facto starter with Jake Croneworth (rib) on the injured list, and catcher Martín Maldonado.
They entered the game 14-3, same as the 1998 club, which lost its 18th game as well ...Twice ... He got the second out when Arraez sure-handedly fielded a grounder by pinch-hitter Jon Berti and threw home, where Martín Maldonado tagged out Hoerner ... .
... from Triple-A El Paso and Tyler Wade got the start in center field, batting eighth between left fielder Jason Heyward and catcher Martín Maldonado to start a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs.
For the record — and maybe for those wondering why catcher Martín Maldonado was bunting with runners at first and third in the fifth inning — Maldonado laid down a pretty good bunt Saturday and in 2023 led the American League with 12 sacrifice bunts.
He is hitting .395/.490/.674 with nine RBIs in 12 games since he was optioned to the minors, leaving EliasDiaz and Martín Maldonado to serve as the catchers in San Diego. Díaz is hitting .233/.343/.267, while Maldonado is hitting .292/.292/.417 ... .
Some two weeks into the season, Martín Maldonado is hitting .333/.333/.476 with a homer as the No ...It’s also another reason to expand his palate as Maldonado will catch left-hander KyleHart for the first time this season.
Last night was one of the games that explains why the Padres put 38-year-old Martín Maldonado on their roster when he came into the season batting .178 since 2021 ... Maldonado never caught Hart in spring training.