Credit, Baseball America wrote, goes to scouting director Chris Kemp and Pete DeYoung, who manages the Padres’ pro scouts. But A.J. Preller said some has to go to the loss of Peter Seidler ...

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It definitely makes it a special day all around for me and my family." Padres scouting director Chris Kemp noted that De Vries would spend the next few weeks training in his native Dominican Republic ...