Padres selected the contracts of RHP Garrett Hawkins and RHP Miguel Mendez from Triple-A El Paso.
San Diego clearly didn’t want to risk losing either Hawkins or Mendez in next month’s Rule 5 Draft so they opted to add both to their 40-man roster. Hawkins is the closest to the big leagues after looking extremely sharp with a 1.50 ERA across 60 innings between High-A Fort Wayne and Double-A San Antonio last season.
