Who exactly is Adam Buschini?

He is the 25-year-old Triple Crown winner in the Australian Baseball League. The Northern California native hit .363 with 15 home runs and 50 RBIs in 42 games played for the Canberra Cavalry team.

San Diego vice president of player development and international scouting Randy Smith told Padres.com “Quite frankly, he tore it up. He had very good  numbers, runs well, is a good athlete. So we gave him a Spring Training invite. We’ll see what he can do.”

Buschini was drafted by the Philadelpha Phillies in the fourth round of the 2009 draft out of Cal Poly, though his Minor League career lasted only two-seasons after hitting a combined .222 in the low minors.

Buschini is a second baseman and will report to Spring Training on March 1. He is projected to play for Double-A San Antonio, Padres.com reports.

Buschini played for Chico in the independent baseball league in 2011. In that year, he batted .288, then hit .374 with 14 bombs and 70 RBIs in 96 games for Amarillio in the American Independent Association last year.

There isn’t much of a scouting report on Buchini, based on this video though, he does have a nice leveled home run swing. (Pardon the Australian accent, mate!)

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Geer, a starting pitcher with Double-A San Antonio was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week for the Week of June 25-July 1.

In two starts during the week, Geer went 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA, walked just one and struck out eight while limiting opposing batters to a .163 average.

The Texas native earns honor for third time in career.

In eight starts this year for the Missions, Geer is 3-2 with a 4.47 ERA in 48 1/3 innings pitched.

Geer last pitched with the Padres in2009. In29 career games Major League games, Geer owns a 3-8 record with a 5.28 ERA in 129 2/3 innings pitched.

Rizzo’s debut as a Cub – 2-for-4 with an RBI double- was the talk of the baseball world, and had some local baseball pundits and Padres’ fans instantly crowning the Cubs as the winners in the Anthony Rizzo-Andrew Cashner trade that took place this off-season.

Even though Cashner has pitched in the Major Leagues this year, the debate officially begins.

That is because the Padres just recalled Cashner from Double-A San Antonio. To make room for Cashner on the 25-man roster, the Padres optioned right-hander Brad Brach to Triple-A Tucson.

Cashner is scheduled to start tonight’s game against his hometown Astros.

Cashner satrts in Milwaukee Benny Sieu-US PRESSWIRE

The 2008  first round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs (19^th overall)  opened the season with the Padres going 3-3 with a 3.81 ERA and 34 strikeouts against 18 walks in  in 28 games, (one start) overall this season.

But the debate should really heat up now because this is supposed to be a new and improved Cashner.

The Padres optioned the 25-year-old Texan to Double-A San Antonio on June 10, to condition him as a starter and to work on his fastball command. He was sent down a day after making his first start as a Padre going 2 1/3 innings inMilwaukee.

Cashner compiled a 2-0 record with a 1.88 ERA and 22 strikeouts against three walks in three starts with the San Antonio Missions.

Over parts of three Major League seasons with the Chicago Cubs (2010-11) and Padres (2012), Cashner has gone 5-9 with a 4.15 ERA (43 ER/93.1 IP) in 88 games (two starts).

Brach, 26, was in his second stint with the Padres. Over his two stints this year,  he went  0-1 with a 4.23 ERA with 31 strikeouts against 22 walks in 27 relief outings.