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Campusano took Jaden Hill for a ride with a solo shot in the seventh inning. That’s the second homemr of the campaign for the backstop, and he is already up to six doubles to go with the roundtrippers. IT’s very early, but Campusano has played well in his limited time with a slash of .333/.385/.667 in his 36 at-bats.

Fermin was replaced by Luis Campusano behind the plate after taking a foul tip off his catcher’s mask. The 30-year-old will undergo evaluation for a possible concussion. There should be an update on his status following the game.

The Padres went out and got Nick Castellanos, Miguel Andujar and Ty France in part because they didn’t want to look at Campusano as more than their backup catcher. Campusano, though, still might well wind up as their best option as a DH against lefties. He’s 6-for-17 with a homer and four doubles in the early going. He’s second on the team in extra-base hits and 11th in at-bats, with one-third as many as the top three.

Campusano hasn’t played since Monday, but he’ll be in the lineup with Freddy Fermin getting the day off. Ferming has gone just 1-for-14 with four strikeouts to start the season, which may be opening the door for Campusano to get more at-bats.

He’ll get $900,000, according to The Athletic’s Dennis Lin. It sure seems to us like Campusano is a player who would have benefitted from accepting the non-tender and taking his chances elsewhere. After all, the Padres gave him all of 21 major league plate appearances last season and wouldn’t put him behind the plate even once. Campusano’s glove is a major issue, but he did hit .336/.441/.595 in 105 games for Triple-A El Paso last season. At least he’s out of options now, so if the Padres decide against carrying him, he’ll go on waivers and find out if someone else wants him.

Even with Freddy Fermin entrenched as the starter, the Padres will roster both Luis Campusano and Martín Maldonado as backups for this series. It remains to be seen who will catch Game 2.

San Diego could turn to Luis Campusano on their postseason roster if Díaz isn’t ready to go in a couple days. It’ll presumably be Freddy Fermin handling the catching duties in his absence. The 34-year-old veteran suffered an oblique injury during Saturday’s win over Arizona.

It was his second straight two-homer game. We were hoping Campusano would get thrown into one of the Padres’ deadline deals, but it didn’t happen. Since his defense just hasn’t come along and he’s already arbitration eligible, he’s not all that attractive as trade bait at the moment. However, he has hit .321/.431/.617 with 21 homers and a 63/53 K/BB in 348 plate appearances in Triple-A this season.

Campusano was summoned for Sunday’s first-half finale with Gavin Sheets away from the club on paternity leave. The 26-year-old backstop has done some serious damage at the Triple-A level this season, but it hasn’t carried over into the big leagues during limited opportunities.

Campusano joins San Diego’s bench for Sunday’s first-half finale against the Phillies with Gavin Sheets heading out on paternity leave. The 26-year-old backstop has crushed Triple-A pitching this season, but hasn’t been able to make a dent in the big leagues during limited chances.