The Padres promoting 16-year-old (!) Ethan Salas to Single-A makes me feel old

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There are these moments you have when you get older - or, at least, as a soon-to-be-41-year-old (gahhhhhhhhhhh), I have them.

It usually happens during pro sports league drafts. Like when an 18-year-old or whatever player gets taken No. 1 overall in the NHL draft and I'm thinking, well, here's a guy who will carry a giant pro franchise on his back and holy cow (not the word I use) I'm in my 40s.

It happened to me on Wednesday morning. I'm sitting here, reading about Ethan Salas. He's a catcher in the San Diego Padres, signed out of Venezuela and handed a $5.6 million bonus (don't you wish you could make that kind of money before you turn 21?). And … he's 16 years old.

What's more: He just made his debut in Single-A. At 16. SIXTEEN. AND HE GOT A HIT IN HIS DEBUT.

Imagine what you were doing at that age. Were you hitting professional baseballs? This has happened before - Dodgers hurler Julio Urias was 16 and moved up to Single-A a decade ago - but this is wild. The hype around Salas is that he's got all five tools and that he could move up super-quick - one scout predicted he'd be a 10-time All-Star.

I feel old. But I'm also in awe. Good luck, Ethan, and keep it going!

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