Tirso Ornelas

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF

San Diego Padres

2025 Stats

AVG

.000

RBI

Rest-of-Season Projections

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RBI

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2025 Fantasy Outlook

Ornelas took another step forward in 2024, posting the best OPS (.871) of his minor-league career. Though it's fair to attribute some of his power progression to his spending the entire season in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League, it's nonetheless promising that Ornelas belted 23 homers over 549 plate appearances last year after going deep a combined 14 times across 937 PAs in High-A and Double-A ball in 2021-22. Ornelas isn't going to be much of a base stealer, but he's struck out at less than a 20% clip in each stop above High-A and could be a decent source of homers if he can learn to hit the ball in the air more (his GB% has hovered in the upper-40s during his time in the minors). The Padres like Ornelas enough to have added him to the 40-man roster last July, and there's a good chance he'll make his MLB debut sometime in 2025. Read Past Outlooks

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Prospect

#415

ADP

League Majors

Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'3"

Weight 200

DOB 3/11/2000

Born Tijuana, Mexico

College None

Drafted 2017 SD

Recalled by San Diego

OFSan Diego Padres

April 19, 2025

The Padres recalled Ornelas from Triple-A El Paso on Saturday.

ANALYSIS
Ornelas wasn't able to crack the Padres' Opening Day roster despite a strong performance in spring training, but he'll make his way to the big club after Jason Heyward (knee) was placed on the 10-day injured list. Ornelas started the Triple-A season slashing .281/.418/.359 with 13 walks, three stolen bases, 17 runs scored, one home run and seven RBI across 79 plate appearances. With Heyward sidelined, the lefty-hitting Ornelas could see some starts in the outfield in a platoon with Oscar Gonzalez.

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2025

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

vs Right-Handed Pitchers

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vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2023

-100%

OPS vs RHP

2025

-100%

OPS vs RHP

2024

No Stats

2023

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Since 2023vs Right	.143	7	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000
2025vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025vs Right	.143	7	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000
2024vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2023

-100%

OPS on Road

2025

-100%

OPS on Road

2024

No Stats

2023

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2023Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Since 2023Away	.143	7	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000
2025Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025Away	.143	7	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000
2024Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Stat Review

How does Tirso Ornelas compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
Expected BA
Expected Batting Average.
Expected SLG
Expected Slugging Percentage.
Sprint Speed
The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
Ground Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
Line Drive %
The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
Fly Ball %
The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.

BB/K

0.00

BB Rate

25.0%

K Rate

0.0%

BABIP

.000

ISO

.000

AVG

.000

OBP

.250

SLG

.000

OPS

.250

wOBA

.173

Exit Velocity

88.4 mph

Hard Hit Rate

0.0%

Barrels/PA

0.0%

Expected BA

.095

Expected SLG

.112

Sprint Speed

23.2 ft/sec

Ground Ball %

33.3%

Line Drive %

0.0%

Fly Ball %

66.7%

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

2019

2018

Ornelas opened the year as the second-youngest player in the Midwest League, and while his slash line and counting stats may not stand out, it was a very impressive showing. He ranked top-15 in BB/K (0.59), Oppo% (36.8) and swinging-strike rate (7.9%), displaying one of the best approaches in the league while making contact at an elite clip, given his age and level. From a raw tools perspective, Ornelas (6-foot-3, 200 pounds) has a pretty swing from the left side and above-average raw power. He is still learning how to get to that power in games, but should be a 25-homer threat in a few years. The big selling point, however, is that his hit tool could be special. Ornelas can handle all three outfield spots, but he fits best in right field. He missed the final six weeks of the 2018 season with a wrist injury, but should be tested with an assignment to the hitter-friendly California League, where he will once again be one of the youngest players.

The Padres had a record-setting international signing class in the summer of 2016, and the early returns suggest Ornelas may go down as the best pure hitter from that class. He won't get much love on real-life lists, due to his corner-only defensive profile, but he could be a plus hitter with at least plus power. Ornelas finished fourth in the Arizona League in walk rate (16.8 percent) and ninth in OBP (.399) despite being the youngest hitter in the league (he turns 18 in March). His .133 ISO may not look like much, but evaluators project the 6-foot-4, 180-pound outfielder to grow into huge raw power as he matures physically. He could be held back in extended spring training before being sent to the Northwest League, but considering how impressive he was in his pro debut, the Padres could choose to aggressively assign him to the Midwest League. If he is sent to Low-A, don't expect much production, especially in the first half. This is a long-term investment that could pay off in a big way in 2021 or 2022.

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Ticketed for minors

OFSan Diego Padres

March 22, 2025

Ornelas was optioned to minor-league camp Saturday.