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Top Prospect Cruises Into Fort Wayne

Published on April 23, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


Fort Wayne, IN - Right-hander Mat Latos, one of the San Diego Padres top prospects in their minor league system, will join the Fort Wayne Wizards pitching staff today. The addition of Latos comes as the Wizards close out their six-game homestand with an 11:00 AM contest against the Clinton Lumber Kings (Texas Rangers affiliate).

Latos entered the 2008 season as the third-best minor league prospect in the Padres organization, as ranked by Baseball America. He spent the 2007 season with the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League, where he was ranked as the top prospect in the league, also by Baseball America.

Latos went 1-4 with a 3.83 earned run average last season after being drafted in 2006 by the Padres in the 11th round. In 16 games, including 13 starts, he allowed 58 hits, walked 22 and struck out 74 over the span of 56.1 innings. His 74 strikeouts were tied for third in the Northwest League.

Over his final six starts last year, Latos was 1-0 with a 1.57 ERA, allowing five earned runs in 28.2 innings.

Right-hander Steve Delabar, a three-year veteran of the Wizards, has been placed on the disabled list. Delabar spent the entire 2006 season with the Wizards split the 2007 season between the Wizards and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the California League.

Delabar is currently 1-1 on the season with a 4.15 ERA in 7 relief appearances. Over the span of 8.2 innings, he has allowed 10 hits, walked two and struck out eight.

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