#Lake Elsinore

The San Diego Padres used to boast MLB's richest farm system. After years of offseason and trade deadline wheeling and dealing, though, only one crowned jewel remains in the pipeline: budding shortstop Jackson Merrill. Between MacKenzie Gore, CJ Abrams, Taylor Trammell and Robert Hassell, general manager A.J. Preller has cut bait with several…

The TinCaps concluded their season Sunday with a 50-80 record. It was the team's worst mark in the 13 seasons since moving into Parkview Field, and it had fewer victories in a 132-game schedule (there were two rainouts) than it had in a 120-game slate last year. It was Fort Wayne's second consecutive last-place finish in the Midwest League East…