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| Padres Send Kyle Blanks to San Antonio for Rehab Assignment |
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| On the Farm - San Antonio | |||
| Written by Administrator | |||
| Wednesday, 13 April 2011 11:06 | |||
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San Antonio – The San Diego Padres have sent infielder/outfielder Kyle Blanks to the San Antonio Missions for a rehabilitation assignment. Blanks will join the Missions April 14 from an extended Spring Training stint in Peoria, AZ and will be with the team at least through the homestand.
Blanks will not count against the San Antonio roster since he is on the Major League disabled list.
Blanks, a 6-6, 270 pound native of Moriarty, New Mexico, was drafted by San Diego in the 42nd round of the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of Yavapai (AZ) Junior College. Blanks appeared in 132 games for San Antonio in 2008 and hit .325 with 20 home runs and 107 RBI. He recorded nine RBI in a game on August 25, 2008 at Corpus Christi, which is tied for the fifth-most RBI in a single game in Texas League history.
In 2008 Blanks was named the Padres Minor League Player of the Year and the Topps Texas League Player of the Year.
Blanks made his Major League debut on June 19, 2009 against the Oakland A’s as a pinch-hitter. He appeared in 54 games for San Diego that year and hit 10 homers in only 148 at-bats.
Blanks played in just 33 games for the Padres in 2010 before being placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 18 with a strained right elbow. After a rehab assignment with Class A Lake Elsinore and AAA Portland, he was transferred to the 60-day disabled list on July 29 and had season-ending surgery on his right elbow.
Kyle Blanks career batting record:
YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI 2005 Peoria (R) .299 48 164 33 49 10 1 7 30 2006 Ft. Wayne (A) .292 86 308 41 90 20 0 10 52 2007 Lake Elsinore (A) .301 119 465 94 140 31 4 24 100 2008 San Antonio (AA) .325 132 492 75 160 23 5 20 107 2009 Portland (AAA) .283 66 233 35 66 9 1 12 38 SAN DIEGO (ML) .250 54 148 24 37 9 0 10 22 2010 Lake Elsinore (A) .270 10 37 3 10 3 0 0 4 Portland (AAA) .333 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 SAN DIEGO (ML) .157 33 102 14 16 6 1 3 15
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .303 396 1,469 246 450 87 10 61 293 MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS .212 87 250 38 53 15 1 13 37
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