C Austin Hedges homered for the Padres' lone run Saturday. He has homered in each of his last three starts, marking the second time this season he has homered in three straight starts (April 20-22). Hedges' 11 home runs are tied with Kansas City's Salvador Perez for the most among major league catchers. All of Hedges' homers have come since the season's 12th game on April 15.

C Austin Hedges hit his 10th homer of the season Friday night. That leads all major league catchers. He has also homered in back-to-back games for the third time this season, including homering in three straight games April 20-23. Hedges is hitting .254 since starting the season 0-for-24.

C Austin Hedges had a career-high four RBIs Tuesday off a two-run homer in the second and a two-run double in the fifth. Hedges' homer was his ninth of the season, the second-highest total in the major leagues this year to the 11 hit by Kansas City's Salvador Perez.

C Austin Hedges was 2-for-4 Tuesday and is 9-for-23 with two doubles, a home run, three RBIs and four runs scored in a career-high, six-game hitting streak.

C Austin Hedges was out of the starting lineup. It was considered a rest day and he should return to the lineup on Saturday. He did enter the game in the sixth inning when Hector Sanchez left after being hit by a foul tip on his foot.

C Austin Hedges on Saturday hit his fifth homer in a span of seven starts, becoming only the second Padres catcher to hit five home runs in a seven-game span. Terry Kennedy hit five home runs in a six-game window in 1983. Hedges was 1-for-5 Saturday and is 10-for-32 with two doubles, five homers and 11 RBIs in nine games since starting the season 0-for-24.

C Austin Hedges is hitting .333 (9-for-27) with two doubles, four homers and seven RBIs over his last seven games since starting the season 0-for-24. Hedges was 1-for-4 Friday night with a three-run homer.

C Austin Hedges hit his third homer of the season Thursday. Since starting the season 0-for-24, Hedges is 8-for-23 with two doubles and three homers. All of his home runs have come in the past five games. Hedges gave the Padres a scare Thursday night when he went down after being hit in the head by the elbow of Arizona's Chris Iannetta as the catcher was scoring in the second.

C Austin Hedges was 2-for-3 with a home run Monday. He hit two homers in the Atlanta series. After going 0-for-23 to start the season, Hedges has hit in four straight; he was 6-for-15 (.400) with two homers against the Braves.

C Austin Hedges' third hit of the season was his first home run as he followed a blast by RF Hunter Renfoe with a homer in the second inning Saturday against the Braves off RHP R.A. Dickey. Hedges came into the game batting .065, but also had a double in the sixth inning against the knuckleball pitcher.

C Austin Hedges entered the Monday game as a defensive replacement in the eighth. He grounded to third and extended his hitless streak to start the season to 0-for-19.

C Austin Hedges had a big part in Clayton Richard's eight-inning gem in Tuesday's victory. Hedges proved again why he is so valuable behind the plate. "The ownership he takes over the game plan and his desire to put the pitcher in a position to succeed is very, very strong," manager Andy Green said. "His targets were low, where they needed to be all day for him, and his game-calling was outstanding and he blocked the pitchers he had to block."

C Austin Hedges, who played 56 games last year for the Padres, was brought up. Hedges, who had struggled offensively, had a breakthrough season at the plate in Triple-A. Hedges is considered the catcher of the future and he had a hit on Thursday.

C Austin Hedges will join the Padres on Wednesday from El Paso, which lost in the Triple-A Championship Game on Tuesday. Hedges, 24, hit .326/.353/.597 with 21 homers and 82 RBIs in 82 games for El Paso this year. He appeared in 56 games for San Diego in 2015, batting .166/.215/.248 with three homers and 11 RBIs.

C Austin Hedges, who had surgery to remove the fractured tip of the hamate bone on his left hand on April 27, is catching games in extended spring training. He is expected to join Triple-A El Paso for a rehab assignment next week.

C Austin Hedges lost a battle with newcomer C Christian Bethancourt to be C Derek Norris' backup this season in spring training. Things went from bad to worse this week when Hedges, playing for Triple-A El Paso, suffered a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. He has been scheduled for surgery, which is expected to keep him out of action for about two months.

C Austin Hedges, who started the season at Triple-A El Paso, will undergo surgery to repair a fractured hamate bone in his left hand. He is expected to be out close to two months. Hedges lost a battle with C Christian Bethancourt to be C Derek Norris' backup in spring training.

Hedges went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a 2-1 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday.

Hedges is a defense-first catcher and his numbers show that thus far. In 133 at-bats, Hedges is hitting .165 with a dreadful .214 OBP. He also has very little power, with only three homers and two doubles all season. Hedges will be a good real-life baseball player for the Padres, but will have very little fantasy value in years to come.

Hedges hit his first career home run Tuesday against the A's.

He finished with just one hit and is hitting just .107 on the season, so while it was nice to see him hit his first homer, he is still a pretty unappealing fantasy option.