The 2022 season is not necessarily a make-or-break year for MacKenzie Gore, but the Padres no doubt would like to see him put a good foot forward after his stuff backed up considerably during the pandemic.
Count ESPN's Kiley McDaniel among the prospects rankers who are not giving up on the 22-year-old left-hander, ranking him No. 80 in the top-100 released on Tuesday.
Baseball America dropped Gore out of its top-100 last month, while McDaniel echoed The Athletic's Keith Law in declaring "it's hard to walk away from a talent like this."
