 This soon earned him a promotion to the Advanced-A Lake Elsinore Storm there he had a record of 4-6 with a 4.52 ERA in 12 starts.The Padres decided to keep Wells at the Advanced-A level but he soon found himself a promotion to the Double-A Mobile BayBears in .He went 13-8 with a 3.68 ERA in a combined 163 innings between the two clubs, tied for the lead among Padres' farmhands in wins, while his ERA ranked fourth.