Lake Elsinore Storm

Lake Elsinore Storm
Founded in 1994 Lake Elsinore, California
Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class	Single-A (2022–present)
Previous classes	Low-A (2021) Class A-Advanced (1994–2020)
League	California League (2022–present)
Division	South Division
Previous leagues	Low-A West (2021) California League (1994–2020)
Major league affiliations
Team	San Diego Padres (2001–present)
Previous teams	California Angels (1981–2000)
Minor league titles
League titles (4)	1996 2001 2011 2022
Division titles (7)	1996 2001 2005 2007 2011 2019 2022
First-half titles (1)	2022
Team data
Name	Lake Elsinore Storm (1994–present) Palm Springs Angels (1986–1993) Redwood Pioneers (1980–1985) Santa Clara Padres (1979)
Colors	Black, red, white
Mascots	Thunder, Mini Thunder, and Jackpot
Ballpark	Lake Elsinore Diamond (1994–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Gary E. Jacobs / Storm LP
General manager	Christine Kavic (CFO) & Shaun Brock (CEO)
Manager	Pete Zamora

The Lake Elsinore Storm are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The Storm plays their home games at Lake Elsinore Diamond (Pete Lehr Field), which opened in 1994; the park seats 7,866 fans.

History

This team relocated three times and has been traced back to the Redwood Pioneers, then the Palm Springs Angels, and finally the Lake Elsinore Storm. As the Palm Springs Angels and later as the Storm, it had previously been the "high-A" affiliate of the Angels until the end of the 2000 season (along with their former mascot, Hamlet), when it and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes switched affiliations. Some former members of the Storm later became members of the Angels 2002 World Series championship team.

On May 18, 2007, the Storm set a league record for most lopsided victory, beating the Lancaster JetHawks by a 30–0 score.^[1]

Since the 2004 opening of Petco Park, the new home field of the Padres, the Storm have played one home game there toward the end of each season, as the second half of a doubleheader following a Padres daytime home game. Usually, its opponent has been the California League farm team of the Padres' same-day opponents.

In 2011, Nate Freiman played for the Storm setting single-season club records with 22 home runs and 111 RBIs.^[2]

On September 7, 2019, the Storm defeated the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 11-2 to win the California League South Division Finals and advance to their sixth California League Championship Series. They faced the Visalia Rawhide, the champions of the North Division, losing the series 3-1.^[3]

In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Storm were organized into the Low-A West.^[4] In 2022, the Low-A West became known as the California League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization, and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit.^[5]

Roster

Lake Elsinore Storm roster

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Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 32 Henry Baez 14 Thomas Balboni Jr. 16 Luke Boyd 26 Manuel Castro -- Javier Chacon 29 Miguel Cienfuegos # 34 Will Geerdes  5 Jagger Haynes 20 Austin Krob 36 Carter Loewen -- Isaiah Lowe 27 Dwayne Matos 52 Miguel Mendez 25 David Morgan  8 Dylan Nedved 79 Ryan Och 23 Cole Paplham  4 Kobe Robinson 40 Fernando Sanchez 11 Robby Snelling 18 Andrew Vail 50 Henry Williams		Catchers 30 Victor Duarte 13 Ethan Salas 17 Anthony Vilar Infielders  3 Charlis Aquino 39 Griffin Doersching  9 Albert Fabian 22 Wyatt Hoffman 33 Devin Ortiz 19 Graham Pauley 21 Rosman Verdugo Outfielders  1 Kai Murphy 91 Tyler Robertson 10 Nick Vogt  2 Samuel Zavala		Manager -- Lukas Ray Coaches -- Eric Del Prado (pitching) -- Oswaldo Pirela (bench) -- Robbie Price (pitching) 60-day injured list -- Luis Acosta 91 Jared Alvarez-Lopez 95 Kaden Hollow -- Ian Koenig -- Matt Lachappa -- Yerry Landinez -- Jesus Lugo -- Braden Nett -- Ruben Salinas -- Jackson Smeltz 7-day injured list * On San Diego Padres 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated February 12, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • California League → San Diego Padres minor league players

Notable alumni

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake Elsinore Storm.

• Official website
• Statistics from Baseball-Reference

This page was last edited on 15 April 2024, at 13:58