Lake Elsinore Storm

Minor league baseball team

Lake Elsinore Storm

* Founded in 1994
* Lake Elsinore, California

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Lake Elsinore Storm roster

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Players | Coaches/Other

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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

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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

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Manager

* 44 Pete Zamora

Coaches

* 31 Thomas Eshelman (pitching)
* 38 Jed Morris (hitting)
* 24 Jhonaldo Pozo (bench)

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 June 19, 2023
Transactions
→ More rosters: MiLB • California League
→ San Diego Padres minor league players

## Notable alumni[edit]

Cody Decker with the Storm in 2010 Nate Freiman, batting for the Storm in 2011

* Dylan Axelrod
* Josh Barfield
* Kyle Blanks
* Cody Decker
* Steve Delabar
* Darin Erstad
* David Freese
* Nate Freiman
* Ernesto Frieri
* Khalil Greene
* Jedd Gyorko
* Dirk Hayhurst
* Chase Headley
* Nick Hundley
* Ben Johnson
* Corey Kluber
* John Lackey
* Rymer Liriano
* Xavier Nady
* Wande Olabisi
* Jake Peavy
* Óliver Pérez
* Robb Quinlan
* Francisco Rodríguez
* Tim Stauffer

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL". Sports.aol.com. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
2. ^ "2011 California League - Season Review," Baseball Cube.
3. ^ "Rancho Cucamonga Quakes' season ends with loss to Lake Elsinore on Sept. 7".
4. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (February 12, 2021). "MLB Announces New Minors Teams, Leagues". Major League Baseball. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
5. ^ "Historical League Names to Return in 2022". Minor League Baseball. March 16, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2022.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lake Elsinore Storm.

* Official website
* Statistics from Baseball-Reference

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* 1984
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* 1984
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* 2020
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Minor league affiliates|

* Player overview
* Triple-A: El Paso Chihuahuas
* Double-A: San Antonio Missions
* High-A: Fort Wayne TinCaps
* Single-A: Lake Elsinore Storm
* Rookie: ACL Padres
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| Television|

* MLB-produced

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Radio|

* La Poderosa 860 AM
* 97.3 FM The Fan

Seasons (56)

1960s|

* 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 ·  1969

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California League

North Division|

* Fresno Grizzlies
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* San Jose Giants
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South Division|

* Inland Empire 66ers
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* Visalia Rawhide

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Former

* Gilmore Field
* Gilmore Stadium
* Grand Olympic Auditorium
* Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
* Pan-Pacific Auditorium
* Wrigley Field

Future

* Intuit Dome (under construction)

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