In a game against West Michigan earlier this month, TinCaps slugger Joshua Mears got a fastball on the outside corner, extended his arms and pulverized the pitch 390 feet on a line to a spot well ...

Early in the season, there was no hotter hitter in the Midwest League than Joshua Mears. The Padres' No. 8 prospect, according to MLB.com, slugged seven home runs in his first 13 games in High-A, ...

LANSING, Mich. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps triumphed over the Lansing Lugnuts (Oakland Athletics affiliate), 10-3, on Tuesday evening at Jackson Field in Lansing, Michigan. Five RBIs from Brandon ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Fort Wayne TinCaps outfielder Joshua Mears has been awarded the High-A Midwest League’s Player of the Week for April 18-24, Minor League Baseball announced Monday. The 21-year-old ...

Joshua Mears homered twice in high Single-A Fort Wayne’s second game of the season. He added a second two-homer game nearly two weeks later and a third two days after that. The path back to being that ...

Joshua Mears took a step back before taking a step forward. The Padres’ 21-year-old outfield prospect homered in his second game with Double-A San Antonio in an 11-10 walk-off win over Midland on ...

Mears is slashing .267/.365/.711 with five home runs, five doubles, 13 RBI and a stolen base in 12 games with High-A Fort Wayne. Mears is striking out too much -- he has fanned 19 times in 45 at-bats ...

The Padres promoted Mears from High-A Fort Wayne to Double-A San Antonio on Tuesday. He's gone 3-for-13 with a home run and a stolen base through his first three games at San Antonio. Prior to ...

A total of 1,217 players were chosen in the 2019 MLB Draft. Only 47 were selected before Joshua Mears, the outfielder from Federal Way (Wash.) High School whom the Padres drafted in the second round.