Luis

Campusano

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.

Campusano is now up to 11 home runs and 38 RBI on the season while hitting .316 with a 1.035 OPS at Triple-A. Meanwhile, Elias Diaz is slashing .206/.278/.313 in 177 MLB plate appearances with a 26 percent strikeout rate and a -2 framing grade behind the plate.

Campusano heads back to the minors with San Diego needing to bring up some extra outfield depth while Jackson Merrill is on the concussion injured list. The 26-year-old backstop has made some serious noise this season at the Triple-A level, but he’s gone hitless in 18 at-bats over nine games in the big leagues.

Campusano has gone hitless in six at-bats over three games in the majors this season, but he’s put up some ridiculous numbers at the Triple-A level. He’ll get another look with San Diego while veteran Jason Heyward (oblique) is on the injured list.

Campusano heads back to the minors with superstar Jackson Merrill coming back from the injured list for Tuesday’s game against the Yankees. the 26-year-old backstop went 0-for-6 with four walks in three games over the last few days with the big-league club.