List of San Diego Padres first-round draft picks explained

The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 Draft, the Padres have selected 73 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 Draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to its franchises. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.[1] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.[2] The First-Year Player Draft is unrelated to the 1968 expansion draft in which the Padres initially filled their roster.

Of the 73 players picked in the first round by San Diego, 32 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 20 of these were right-handed, while 12 were left-handed. Fourteen outfielders were selected, while ten shortstops, seven catchers, five third basemen, and four first basemen were taken as well. The team has also drafted one player at second base.[3] Eleven of the players came from high schools or universities in the state of California, and Florida and Georgia follow with ten and six players, respectively.

None of the Padres' first-round picks have won a World Series championship with the team. None of these picks have won the MLB Rookie of the Year award, although Khalil Greene (2002) placed second in the voting in 2004.[4] Dave Winfield (1973) is the only first-round pick of the Padres in the Baseball Hall of Fame, inducted in 2001 as an outfielder.[5] Drafted as a pitcher, Winfield was named to 12 All-Star teams, won 7 Gold Gloves and 6 Silver Sluggers, and finished as high as third in MVP award voting (in 1979) over the course of his 22-season career.[5]

The Padres have made 21 selections in the supplemental round of the draft. They have also made the first overall selection five times (1970, 1972, 1974, 1988, and 2004), tied for the most such picks with the New York Mets.[3] [6] They have also had 24 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965.[3] These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season,[2] [7] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year.[8] The Padres have failed to sign two of their first-round picks, Karsten Whitson (2010) and Brett Austin (2011), and received the 10th pick in 2011 and 55th pick in 2012 as compensation.[9]

Key

YearEach year links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball Draft.
PositionIndicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
PickIndicates the number of the pick
Player did not sign with the Padres
§Indicates a supplemental pick
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Picks

YearNamePositionSchool (Location)PickRef
1969First basemanAdolfo Camarillo High School
(Camarillo, California)
24[10]
1970CatcherWalker High School
(Decatur, Georgia)
[11]
1971Right-handed pitcherJames Madison High School
(Vienna, Virginia)
[12]
1972Third basemanUniversity of Oregon
(Eugene, Oregon)
[13]
1973Right FielderUniversity of Minnesota
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
[14]
1974ShortstopBrown University
(Providence, Rhode Island)
[15]
1975Left-handed pitcherJuanita High School
(Kirkland, Washington)
[16]
1976Left-handed pitcherEastern Michigan University
(Ypsilanti, Michigan)
[17]
1977OutfielderSonora High School
(La Habra, California)
[18]
1978Right-handed pitcherMidway High School
(Waco, Texas)
[19]
1979First basemanAdrian C. Wilcox High School
(Santa Clara, California)
14[20]
1979CatcherClairemont High School
(San Diego, California)
24
1980OutfielderUniversity of Georgia
(Athens, Georgia)
[21]
1981OutfielderUniversity of Arkansas
(Fayetteville, Arkansas)
[22]
1981CatcherUniversity of Miami
(Coral Gables, Florida)
26
1982Right-handed pitcherThomas Jefferson High School
(Dallas, Texas)
[23]
1983Left-handed pitcherUniversity of Oklahoma
(Norman, Oklahoma)
10[24]
1984OutfielderUCLA
(Los Angeles, California)
11[25]
1984ShortstopOklahoma State University
(Stillwater, Oklahoma)
27§
1985ShortstopVanderbilt University
(Nashville, Tennessee)
23[26]
1986OutfielderBall State University
(Muncie, Indiana)
11[27]
1987Right-handed pitcherUniversity of Texas
(Austin, Texas)
10[28]
1988Right-handed pitcherUniversity of Evansville
(Evansville, Indiana)
[29]
1989
1990Left-handed pitcherMcCallum High School
(Austin, Texas)
25[30]
1990Right-handed pitcherNicholls State University
(Thibodaux, Louisiana)
32§
1991Right-handed pitcherGeorgia Southern University
(Statesboro, Georgia)
[31]
1991Right-handed pitcherTavares High School
(Tavares, Florida)
31§
1992
1993First basemanEl Camino High School
(Sacramento, California)
14[32]
1994Right-handed pitcherKent State University
(Kent, Ohio)
[33]
1995CatcherMalvern Prep School
(Malvern, Pennsylvania)
[34]
1996ShortstopChancellor High School
(Fredericksburg, Virginia)
15[35]
1997ShortstopStetson University
(DeLand, Florida)
27[36]
1998Third basemanWilson High School
(Long Beach, California)
[37]
1999OutfielderToombs County High School
(Lyons, Georgia)
20[38]
1999Right-handed pitcherEdmonds Woodway High School
(Edmonds, Washington)
28
1999Right-handed pitcherUniversity of Texas–Pan American
(Edinburg, Texas)
29
1999Right-handed pitcherUniversity of Richmond
(Richmond, Virginia)
41§
1999Left-handed pitcherUniversity of North Carolina
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
49§
1999CatcherVictor J. Andrew High School
(Tinley Park, Illinois)
51§
2000Left-handed pitcherHanover High School
(Hanover, Pennsylvania)
[39]
2001Third basemanTulane University
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
14[40]
2002ShortstopClemson University
(Clemson, South Carolina)
13[41]
2003Right-handed pitcherUniversity of Richmond
(Richmond, Virginia)
[42]
2004ShortstopMission Bay High School
(San Diego, California)
[43]
2005Right-handed pitcherUniversity of Miami
(Coral Gables, Florida)
18[44]
2005Left-handed pitcherCalifornia State University, Long Beach
(Long Beach, California)
35§
2006Third basemanWake Forest University
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
17[45]
2006OutfielderOoltewah High School
(Ooltewah, Tennessee)
35§
2007Left-handed pitcherUniversity of Arkansas
(Fayetteville, Arkansas)
23[46]
2007OutfielderJames Madison University
(Harrisonburg, Virginia)
40§
2007ShortstopPace High School
(Pace, Florida)
46§
2007CatcherOregon State University
(Corvallis, Oregon)
57§
2007Left-handed pitcherOhio State University
(Columbus, Ohio)
63§
2007OutfielderGeorgia Tech
(Atlanta, Georgia)
64§
2008First basemanWake Forest University
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
23[47]
2008OutfielderSunrise Mountain High School
(Peoria, Arizona)
42§
2008Third basemanUniversity of Arkansas
(Fayetteville, Arkansas)
46§
2009Center fielderCartersville High School
(Cartersville, Georgia)
[48]
2010Right-handed pitcherChipley High School
(Chipley, Florida)
[49]
2011Second basemanIndian River State College
(Fort Pierce, Florida)
10§[50]
2011Right-handed pitcherBishop O'Dowd High School
(Oakland, California)
25
2011Right-handed pitcherWest Boca Raton Community High School
(Boca Raton, Florida)
48§
2011CatcherProvidence High School
(Charlotte, North Carolina)
54§
2011ShortstopMcNeese State University
(Lake Charles, Louisiana)
58§
2012Left-handed pitcherHarvard-Westlake School
(Los Angeles, California)
7[51]
2012Right-handed pitcherHagerty High School
(Oviedo, Florida)
33§[52]
2012OutfielderStony Brook University
(Stony Brook, New York)
44§[53]
2012Right-handed pitcherOlympia High School
(Orlando, Florida)
55§[54]
2013OutfielderMississippi State University
(Starkville, Mississippi)
13[55]
2014ShortstopNorth Carolina State University
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
13[56]
2015[57]
2016Cal QuantrillRight-handed pitcherStanford University(Palo Alto, California)8
2016Hudson SanchezShortstopCarroll Senior High School(Southlake, Texas)24
2016Eric LauerLeft-handed pitcherKent State University(Kent, Ohio)25[58]
2017MacKenzie GoreLeft-handed pitcherWhiteville, North Carolina(Columbus County, North Carolina)3[59]
2018Ryan WeathersLeft-handed pitcherLoretto High School(Loretto, Tennessee)7[60]
2019C. J. AbramsShortstopBlessed Trinity Catholic High School(Roswell, Georgia)6[61]
2020Robert HassellOutfielderIndependence High School(Thompson's Station, Tennessee)8[62]
2021Jackson MerrillShortstopSeverna Park High School(Severna Park, Maryland)27[63]
2022Dylan LeskoRight-handed pitcherBuford High School(Buford, Georgia)15[64]
2023Dillon HeadOutfielderHomewood Flossmoor High School(Flossmoor, Illinois)25
2024Kash MayfieldPitcherElk City High School(Elk City, Oklahoma)25

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