Before the second game of the series against the San Francisco Giants, the Padres made a series of roster changes. Second baseman Jake Cronenworth went to the seven-day injured list with concussion symptoms and infielder Sung-Mun Song was recalled from Triple-A El Paso.
Cronenworth was hit on the jaw by a pitch in the series against the Angels on April 18, but has not sustained any other head blows, so it is unclear when this injury occurred. Song has been in El Paso since the start of the season
after sustaining an oblique injury at his home in Korea before Spring Training began. He aggravated the injury during the spring and was optioned to El Paso when his rehab window expired.
Song has hit well in El Paso with a .293/.364/.354 line but has struggled to slug and has a zero-barrel rate in his at-bats. He just hit his first home run on Sunday with an exit velocity of 94.6 mph. He has three doubles and 15 RBI as well. He was briefly on the roster as the 27th man during the Padres’ trip to Mexico City and debuted as a pinch-runner in that series.
Song worked as a shortstop, second baseman, and third baseman during his time with the Chihuahuas.
The Padres also activated lefty reliever Yuki Matsui from the injured list and optioned lefty reliever Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Matsui has reached the end of his rehab window after going down with a left groin strain in Spring Training.
