Padres minors: Testing Truitt Madonna, DSL Padres playing for title on Saturday

Padres minors: Testing Truitt Madonna, DSL Padres playing for title on Saturday

With the rookie-level Arizona Complex League finishing its schedule shortly after the draft, the Padres often send their college-aged selections to low Single-A Lake Elsinore before the end of the regular season. Meantime, their high-schoolers usually take their initial steps in the unofficial Arizona “bridge league,” continue their education in the fall instructional league and begin their careers the following season, either right away with th…