Juan Oramas

The Padres first added Oramas to their 40-man roster in November of 2011, needing to protect him from the Rule 5 draft at the conclusion of his fifth minor league season. As fate would have it, Oramas fell victim to Tommy John surgery in the season that followed and was non-tendered the following winter. Patience and perseverance paid off for the lefty, as he was then added back onto the 40-man in 2013 after posting a 2.87 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 79:18 K:BB in 14 starts between rookie ball and Double-A San Antonio upon his return. The next chapter wasn't quite as uplifting. Oramas struggled to a 4.75 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and 116:51 K:BB in 27 appearances (25 starts) between San Antonio and Triple-A El Paso in 2014, with ERAs above 5.00 in all but one month with El Paso. It was a discouraging step back, but Oramas' elbow held up to the 136.1-inning workload and there's still some hope that he can put it together in his second turn at the Triple-A level in 2015.