Catching prospect who debuted with Lake Elsinore Storm at age 16: 'This is my life. This is all I do all day ... I'm a man.' The Padres are banking on his elite skills, maturity as he eyes the big leagues.
It’s truly starting now for Ethan Salas, the teen catcher with a $5.6 million international signing bonus inked by the Padres, the largest among Major League Baseball’s 2023 class.
The Padres are banking — literally, given that he received 96.1 percent of the franchise’s signing pool cash — on the player who blossomed in Venezuela with more tools than a Home Depot.first 16-year-oldThere’s a real-world measure of the future taking shape now, though, for the teen and Padres, an organization starved for a well-rounded weapon of a catcher.“Yeah, a couple times,” Salas said of being recognized in public despite only blowing out cake candles for his 17birthday two weeks ago.
“This is my life,” said Salas, when asked why he’s where he is so soon. “This is all I do all day. Baseball isn’t only skills. You have to have a good makeup and be a professional. A lot of 16-year-olds are either in the Dominican or rookie ball in Arizona. I think I’m here because I’ve shown that, like, I’m a man. I know how to behave, on the field, off the field. I’m a leader.
Ethan Salas, left, and fellow catcher Victor Duarte watch the action from the bench during Tuesday’s game. Salas served as the Lake Elsinore Storm’s designated hitter.
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