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El Paso Chihuahuas Announce Opening Day Roster
Team Opens 2015 Season on Thursday, April 9th vs. Tacoma
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tim Hagerty
915-242-2028
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EL PASO – April 5, 2015 – The San Diego Padres and El Paso Chihuahuas have announced the 2015
Triple-A Opening Day roster. The group of 25 players includes 13 pitchers, two catchers, six infielders
and four outfielders.
Fifteen members of the 25-man roster have Major League experience. Twelve members of the team
played for the Chihuahuas at some point last year.
"With the Padres’ added depth at the big league level and Pat Murphy leading our solid returners and
some promising up-and-coming prospects, we appear to be poised for an exciting season," said
Chihuahuas General Manager Brad Taylor.
The Chihuahuas first home game is on Thursday, April 9th. There are still standing room tickets available
for Opening Night. Also, there are seats available for the other seven games of the first homestand.
Pitchers
Leonel Campos: The 27-year-old was on the inaugural Chihuahuas roster in 2014 and also spent time
with Double-A San Antonio and San Diego last season.
Scott Elbert: The 29-year-old enters his 12th professional season and his first away from the Los Angeles
Dodgers organization. Elbert spent parts of six seasons in the Major Leagues with the Dodgers.
Robbie Erlin: The 24-year-old is entering his seventh professional season. Erlin spent parts of 2013 and
2014 in the Major Leagues with San Diego.
Casey Kelly: The 25-year-old is entering his eighth professional season. Kelly missed most of 2013 and
2014 recovering from Tommy John surgery. He was originally acquired by the Padres from the Boston
Red Sox in the 2010 Adrian Gonzalez trade.
Stephen Kohlscheen: The 24-year-old is entering his sixth professional season. Kohlscheen joined the
Padres organization in July of 2014 after a trade with the Seattle Mariners.
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Jason Lane: The 38-year-old is entering his 17th professional season. He played six seasons in the Major
Leagues as an outfielder with Houston and San Diego before converting to pitching. He appeared in three
games with the Padres as a pitcher in 2014, posting a 0.87 ERA.
Marcos Mateo: The 30-year-old is entering his 10th professional season. Mateo pitched in the Major
Leagues with the Chicago Cubs in 2010 and 2011.
Brandon Maurer: The 24-year-old is entering his eighth professional season. He was acquired by San
Diego on December 30, 2014 from Seattle in the deal that sent OF Seth Smith to the Mariners.
Cory Mazzoni: The 25-year-old enters his fifth professional season and his first in the Padres
organization. Mazzoni was traded from the Mets on March 30, 2015 in the deal that sent LHP Alex Torres
to the New York Mets.
James Needy: The 24-year-old is entering his sixth professional season. This will be his first stint in
Triple-A. Needy was a Double-A Texas League All-Star in 2014.
Aaron Northcraft: The 24-year-old enters his seventh professional season. He joined the Padres
organization with Justin Upton on December 19, 2014 in a trade with the Atlanta Braves.
Chris Rearick: The 27-year-old is entering his sixth professional season. Rearick had a 2.72 ERA in 33
games with the 2014 Chihuahuas.
Kevin Quackenbush: The 26-year-old is entering his fifth professional season. Quackenbush had a 2.48
ERA in 56 games with San Diego in 2014.
Catchers
Rocky Gale: The 27-year-old enters his sixth professional season. Gale was with El Paso in 2014 and hit
.303 in 77 games for the inaugural Chihuahuas.
Austin Hedges: The 22-year-old is entering his fifth professional season. Hedges is regarded as one of
the top catching prospects in all of Minor League Baseball. He was originally selected in the second round
of the 2011 draft by the Padres.
Infielders
Cody Decker: The 28-year-old is entering his seventh professional season, all in the Padres organization.
Decker led the 2014 Chihuahuas in home runs (27) and RBIs (79).
Alex Dickerson: The 24-year-old is entering his fifth professional season. Dickerson’s first game with El
Paso will be his Triple-A debut. He was acquired by the Padres in November of 2013 in a trade with the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Taylor Lindsey: The 23-year-old is entering his sixth professional season. He was acquired by San Diego
in July of 2014 in the trade that sent RHP Huston Street to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Lindsey
split last season between Salt Lake and El Paso.
Mike McCoy: The 34-year-old is entering his 13th professional season. McCoy has Major League time with
the Colorado Rockies and Toronto Blue Jays.
Ramiro Pena: The 29-year-old from Monterrey, Mexico is entering his 11th professional season. Pena has
spent parts of six years in the Major Leagues with the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves.
Brett Wallace: The 28-year-old is entering his eighth professional season and first in the Padres
organization. Wallace played in the Major Leagues with the Houston Astros from 2010-2013. Chihuahuas
manager Pat Murphy coached Wallace in college at Arizona State.
Outfielders
Abraham Almonte: The 25-year-old enters his first full season in the Padres organization after being
traded from the Seattle Mariners in July of 2011. Almonte has reached the Major Leagues with both
Seattle and San Diego.
Jake Goebbert: The 27-year-old is entering his seventh professional season. He joined the 2014
Chihuahuas in a midseason trade with the Oakland Athletics and later made his Major League debut with
San Diego, playing in 51 games with the Padres.
Rymer Liriano: The 23-year-old is entering his seventh professional season, all in the Padres
organization. Liriano went from Double-A San Antonio to El Paso to San Diego in 2014.
Tommy Medica: The 26-year-old is entering his sixth professional season. Medica was one of the Padres
best Spring Training hitters, delivering a .421 batting average.
More detailed player bios will appear soon on www.epchihuahuas.com.
For Chihuahuas season seats or Paw-tial Plan packages, fans can call (915) 533-BASE. For team news,
single game tickets and more, fans can visit www.epchihuahuas.com.