It’s too bad that 28-year old righty swinging catcher Nick Hundley has missed so much time this year, because the Padres could have used his bat. Hundley has played in 72 games for the Padres this year and he is 72 for 245 (.294 avg, .846 OPS) with 32 runs scored, 8 homers, 26 RBIs and 1 stolen base. He has now played in 295 games in his first four years with the Padres and he is 248 of 972 (.255 avg, .736 OPS) with 109 runs scored, 29 homers, 123 RBIs and 6 stolen bases.

24-year old righty swinging starting CF Cameron Maybin has turned in a pretty solid year for the Padres so far. He has played in 118 games for the Padres so far this year and he is 121 for 441 (.274 avg, .736 OPS) with 72 runs scored, 8 homers, 36 RBIs and 34 stolen bases. Maybin has now played in 286 games in his first five years in the majors and he is 256 for 989 (.259 avg, .712 OPS) with 165 runs scored, 21 homers, 81 RBIs and 53 stolen bases. The Padres think that Maybin is really to take his game to a new level in 2012 and beyond as they are trying to ink him to a long term deal.

27-year old 1B Jesus Guzman finally got his first extended shot in the majors this year after Anthony Rizzo couldn’t handle the majors. Guzman has played in 62 games for the Padres so far this year and he is 66 for 197 (.335 avg, .911 OPS) with 29 runs scored, 5 homers, 38 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. It’s going to be hard to take Guzman out of the lineup for the start of the 2012 season if he finishes this year hitting like he is right now. He looks like a pretty impressive late bloomer.

24-year old righty swinging 1B/LF Kyle Blanks is heating up in August for the Padres. Blanks has played in 13 games so far in August for the Padres and he is 14 for 39 (.359 avg, 1.150 OPS) with 9 runs scored, 3 homers and 8 RBIs. He is starting to look like the player he was back in 2009 which has to have the Padres excited. Blanks has played in 22 games overall this year for the Padres and he is 16 for 68 (.235 avg, .766 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 3 homers and 9 RBIs.

24-year old righty swinging starting CF Cameron Maybin is starting to really hit well for the Padres. In July and August, Maybin is 38 for 124 (.306 avg) with 21 runs scored, 1 homer, 9 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. Maybin has now played in 94 games so far this year and he is 98 for 353 (.278 avg, .737 OPS) with 55 runs scored, 6 homers, 27 RBIs and 26 stolen bases. Maybin looks like he’s ready to take off and the Padres are going to benefit from it. He looks much better this season as he doesn’t have to live up to being one of he key players the Marlins got back in the Miguel Cabrera deal with the Tigers. There was a lot of pressure on him to produce in Miami because of that trade, but in San Diego he can just relax and play.