Padres pregame: Dustin Harris on familiar grounds at Dodger Stadium; Jason Adam, Gavin Sheets, Miguel Andujar updates – San Diego Union-Tribune

Padres pregame: Dustin Harris on familiar grounds at Dodger Stadium; Jason Adam, Gavin Sheets, Miguel Andujar updates  San Diego Union-Tribune

Michael King starting Game 1 for Padres; Dodgers beginning the series with a bullpen game that figures to include Roki Sasaki No, not in a pennant race with the meaningful role as he’s secured during this unlikely call-up. Four years ago, in fact, as the starting first baseman for the American League in the All-Star Futures Game. That’s how long and winding his road to the Padres has been. “I think every year’s a new journey, new goals in sight,” the 27-year-old Harris said in the same visiting clubhouse he used as a Rangers prospect in that 2022 showcase. “It’s definitely been a grind since then and been a journey, and just kind of day by day being here today.

“It’s cool. It’s a lot of fun, especially being able to play meaningful baseball this late in the season. It’s awesome.” The A’s 11th-round pick in 2019, Harris lost a minor league season to COVID, was traded to the Rangers in September 2020 and hit 20 homers the following year in the low minors to land on the so-called radar. The next year, Harris was on his way to pairing 17 homers with an .817 OPS in his first year at Double-A when he was a late addition to the All-Star Futures Game roster. He was a primary first baseman