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Ethan Salas
American-Venezuelan baseball player (born 2006)
Ethan Gabriel Salas (born June 1, 2006) is an American-born Venezuelan professional baseball catcher in the San Diego Padres organization.
Salas played for the Águilas del Zulia of the Venezuelan Winter League in 2022/2023.[1]
Considered the top international free agent in the 2023 class and "one of the top catching prospects in recent history,"[2] Salas signed with the San Diego Padres in January for a record $5.6 million bonus.[3][4][5][1]
He was promoted to Class AA at age 17, a nearly unprecedented rise through the team's farm system.[6] A.J. Preller, the Padres president of baseball operations, said that the promotion was "aggressive" but that Salas was "up to the challenge."[7]
As of August 2023, Salas was ranked near the top of several top prospect lists.[8][9]
His brother, José Salas, plays in the Minnesota Twins organization.[10][11]