{"id":704663,"date":"2026-05-21T07:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704663\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T07:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T07:21:20","slug":"padres-release-jose-miranda-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/704663\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres Release Jose Miranda – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Padres released corner infielder Jose Miranda<\/a> from his minor league contract. The move was announced by San Diego\u2019s Triple-A affiliate this afternoon.<\/p>\n

Miranda signed with the Friars in mid-December. He had a big spring and legitimately seemed to be in consideration for an Opening Day roster spot. The Padres opted for\u00a0Ty France<\/a> in that role instead, assigning Miranda to Triple-A. France has certainly rewarded their faith, hitting .278 with four homers among nine extra-base knocks in 82 plate appearances.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Miranda has had a rougher time in the minors. He\u2019s batting .268\/.308\/.482 with five longballs in 120 trips. That superficially strong slash line is actually a fair bit worse than league average given the Pacific Coast League setting. That\u2019s mostly due to the subpar on-base percentage, as Miranda has only worked four walks over 28 games. He\u2019s among the bottom 15 PCL hitters (minimum 100 plate appearances) in reaching base.<\/p>\n

A one-time top prospect with the Twins, Miranda hasn\u2019t been able to build off a strong rookie showing in 2022. He hit .268\/.325\/.426 with 15 homers over his debut campaign. Miranda missed a good chunk of time the following year with a shoulder issue. He returned to hit .284\/.322\/.441 during the \u201924 campaign but spent most of last season in Triple-A. Miranda had a dismal year in the minors, batting .195\/.272\/.296 and leading the Twins to drop him from the roster at season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

Miranda should be able to find another minor league opportunity in the coming days. He has a solid contact\/power combination that has been undermined by the aggressive approach and a lack of defensive value. Miranda isn\u2019t a good defender at either corner spot and has seen most of his work at first base this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Padres released corner infielder Jose Miranda from his minor league contract. The move was announced by San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,4993],"class_list":["post-704663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-jose-miranda"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116611362571140844","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}