Lobaton joined the Fort Wayne Wizards after hitting .213 with seven doubles, four home runs, 15 RBI and 12 runs scored in 42 games for the Lake Elsinore Storm.

Lobaton hit .279 with 17 hits in 61 at bats for the Wizards. In 20 games he collected three doubles, one triple, a homer, 11 RBI's and 15 runs scored. He also walked 12 times while whiffing the same amount. He ended the year with an 8-game hitting streak.

2005

Lobaton hit .281, going 9-for-32, in 11 games for the Ems in 2005.

Lobaton hit .357 in five games with the AZL Padres, walking six times compared to four strikeouts.

Lobaton went 6-for-34 in nine games for Fort Wayne in 2005.