Padres notes: Andrés Muñoz thrives in return to Petco Park; Adrián Morejón to start rehab assignment

At this point, Andrés Muñoz, even after losing most of 2020 and all of 2021 during a slow recovery from Tommy John surgery, has spent far more time in the Mariners’ clubhouse than in the Padres’. Even with few familiar faces remaining at Petco Park, the 23-year-old right-hander had the trip circled on the calendar. This is, after all, where he made his major league debut.Especially given the circumstances.

Like Machado, Hosmer saw Munoz’s stuff up-close when he regularly flashed a triple-digits fastball while striking out 30 over 23 innings as a 20-year-old rookie in 2019. The Padres’ first baseman fouled off two 101 mph fastballs before swinging through a 90 mph slider to end a seven-pitch battle.“He’s got a lot better control of his slider now,” Hosmer said Tuesday afternoon. “You can definitely tell he’s got more of the plan. He’s not just up there with stuff.

The next spring after his rookie season, the Padres announced Muñoz would undergo Tommy John surgery as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the season into hibernation. The team was pushing for a playoff spot later that summer when Muñoz was packaged with Ty France, Luis Torrens and Taylor Trammell in a deal that netted catcher Austin Nola and relievers Austin Adams and Dan Altavilla.

Muñoz has since signed a four-year, $7.5 million deal that bought out three arbitration years and includes club options for his first three years of free agency.

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