San Diego Padres sign former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder
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The
Colorado Rockies originally chose Wall with the 35th overall selection in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
In 2018, the
Rockies traded Wall, Chad Spanberger, and either a player to be named later or cash considerations to the
Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Seung-hwan Oh.
Wall finished out the season with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, hitting .271/.354/.380 in 35 games.
In 2019,
Wall split the season between New Hampshire and the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, slashing .268/.351/.422 with 11 home runs and 45 RBI in 123 games between the two teams.
In 2022,
Wall signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners that included an invitation to Spring Training.
Wall played in 120 games for the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, batting .255/.333/.354 with 6 home runs, 41 RBI, and a league-leading 52 stolen bases.
He elected free agency following the season on November 10.
Wall, now 29, appeared in 31 MLB games over the past two seasons.
He debuted with 15 games for the
Atlanta Braves in 2023 and suited up 16 times between Atlanta and Miami last year.
He has hit .311 in a small sample of 50 trips to the plate. The former Rockies supplemental round pick has a more modest .268/.356/.385 slash in more than 1600 career Triple-A plate appearances.
The lefty-hitting Wall appeared in 78 Triple-A games between the Atlanta, Miami and Baltimore systems last season.
He hit .278/.381/.392 with 20 stolen bases and six home runs. Wall drew walks at a strong 12.3% rate but struck out at an elevated 25.7% clip. That has generally been his profile throughout his minor league career.
He takes a decent amount of free passes and steals plenty of bases, but he doesn't bring much power to the table and strikes out a fair amount.
Wall was drafted as a second baseman but moved to the outfield a few seasons into his professional career.
He's fast enough to provide depth at all three positions.
Wall has more than 3400 professional innings as a center fielder and has logged upwards of 1100 minor league frames in left field.
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