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

Year	Each year links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball Draft.
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Pick	Indicates 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

Year	Name	Position	School (Location)	Pick	Ref
1969		First baseman	Adolfo Camarillo High School (Camarillo, California)	24	^[10]
1970		Catcher	Walker High School (Decatur, Georgia)		^[11]
1971		Right-handed pitcher	James Madison High School (Vienna, Virginia)		^[12]
1972		Third baseman	University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)		^[13]
1973	†	Right Fielder	University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)		^[14]
1974		Shortstop	Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island)		^[15]
1975		Left-handed pitcher	Juanita High School (Kirkland, Washington)		^[16]
1976		Left-handed pitcher	Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)		^[17]
1977		Outfielder	Sonora High School (La Habra, California)		^[18]
1978		Right-handed pitcher	Midway High School (Waco, Texas)		^[19]
1979		First baseman	Adrian C. Wilcox High School (Santa Clara, California)	14	^[20]
1979		Catcher	Clairemont High School (San Diego, California)	24
1980		Outfielder	University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)		^[21]
1981		Outfielder	University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas)		^[22]
1981		Catcher	University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)	26
1982		Right-handed pitcher	Thomas Jefferson High School (Dallas, Texas)		^[23]
1983		Left-handed pitcher	University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)	10	^[24]
1984		Outfielder	UCLA (Los Angeles, California)	11	^[25]
1984		Shortstop	Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Oklahoma)	27^§
1985		Shortstop	Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)	23	^[26]
1986		Outfielder	Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)	11	^[27]
1987		Right-handed pitcher	University of Texas (Austin, Texas)	10	^[28]
1988		Right-handed pitcher	University of Evansville (Evansville, Indiana)		^[29]
1989
1990		Left-handed pitcher	McCallum High School (Austin, Texas)	25	^[30]
1990		Right-handed pitcher	Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, Louisiana)	32^§
1991		Right-handed pitcher	Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, Georgia)		^[31]
1991		Right-handed pitcher	Tavares High School (Tavares, Florida)	31^§
1992
1993		First baseman	El Camino High School (Sacramento, California)	14	^[32]
1994		Right-handed pitcher	Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)		^[33]
1995		Catcher	Malvern Prep School (Malvern, Pennsylvania)		^[34]
1996		Shortstop	Chancellor High School (Fredericksburg, Virginia)	15	^[35]
1997		Shortstop	Stetson University (DeLand, Florida)	27	^[36]
1998		Third baseman	Wilson High School (Long Beach, California)		^[37]
1999		Outfielder	Toombs County High School (Lyons, Georgia)	20	^[38]
1999		Right-handed pitcher	Edmonds Woodway High School (Edmonds, Washington)	28
1999		Right-handed pitcher	University of Texas–Pan American (Edinburg, Texas)	29
1999		Right-handed pitcher	University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)	41^§
1999		Left-handed pitcher	University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)	49^§
1999		Catcher	Victor J. Andrew High School (Tinley Park, Illinois)	51^§
2000		Left-handed pitcher	Hanover High School (Hanover, Pennsylvania)		^[39]
2001		Third baseman	Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)	14	^[40]
2002		Shortstop	Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina)	13	^[41]
2003		Right-handed pitcher	University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)		^[42]
2004		Shortstop	Mission Bay High School (San Diego, California)		^[43]
2005		Right-handed pitcher	University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)	18	^[44]
2005		Left-handed pitcher	California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, California)	35^§
2006		Third baseman	Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)	17	^[45]
2006		Outfielder	Ooltewah High School (Ooltewah, Tennessee)	35^§
2007		Left-handed pitcher	University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas)	23	^[46]
2007		Outfielder	James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia)	40^§
2007		Shortstop	Pace High School (Pace, Florida)	46^§
2007		Catcher	Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon)	57^§
2007		Left-handed pitcher	Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)	63^§
2007		Outfielder	Georgia Tech (Atlanta, Georgia)	64^§
2008		First baseman	Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)	23	^[47]
2008		Outfielder	Sunrise Mountain High School (Peoria, Arizona)	42^§
2008		Third baseman	University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas)	46^§
2009		Center fielder	Cartersville High School (Cartersville, Georgia)		^[48]
2010		Right-handed pitcher	Chipley High School (Chipley, Florida)		^[49]
2011		Second baseman	Indian River State College (Fort Pierce, Florida)	10^§	^[50]
2011		Right-handed pitcher	Bishop O'Dowd High School (Oakland, California)	25
2011		Right-handed pitcher	West Boca Raton Community High School (Boca Raton, Florida)	48^§
2011		Catcher	Providence High School (Charlotte, North Carolina)	54^§
2011		Shortstop	McNeese State University (Lake Charles, Louisiana)	58^§
2012		Left-handed pitcher	Harvard-Westlake School (Los Angeles, California)	7	^[51]
2012		Right-handed pitcher	Hagerty High School (Oviedo, Florida)	33^§	^[52]
2012		Outfielder	Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, New York)	44^§	^[53]
2012		Right-handed pitcher	Olympia High School (Orlando, Florida)	55^§	^[54]
2013		Outfielder	Mississippi State University (Starkville, Mississippi)	13	^[55]
2014		Shortstop	North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina)	13	^[56]
2015					^[57]
2016	Cal Quantrill	Right-handed pitcher	Stanford University(Palo Alto, California)	8
2016	Hudson Sanchez	Shortstop	Carroll Senior High School(Southlake, Texas)	24
2016	Eric Lauer	Left-handed pitcher	Kent State University(Kent, Ohio)	25	^[58]
2017	MacKenzie Gore	Left-handed pitcher	Whiteville, North Carolina(Columbus County, North Carolina)	3	^[59]
2018	Ryan Weathers	Left-handed pitcher	Loretto High School(Loretto, Tennessee)	7	^[60]
2019	C. J. Abrams	Shortstop	Blessed Trinity Catholic High School(Roswell, Georgia)	6	^[61]
2020	Robert Hassell	Outfielder	Independence High School(Thompson's Station, Tennessee)	8	^[62]
2021	Jackson Merrill	Shortstop	Severna Park High School(Severna Park, Maryland)	27	^[63]
2022	Dylan Lesko	Right-handed pitcher	Buford High School(Buford, Georgia)	15	^[64]
2023	Dillon Head	Outfielder	Homewood Flossmoor High School(Flossmoor, Illinois)	25
2024	Kash Mayfield	Pitcher	Elk City High School(Elk City, Oklahoma)	25

See also

• San Diego Padres minor league players

Footnotes

• Free agents are evaluated by the Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offers arbitration to a player but that player refuses and subsequently signs with another team, the original team may receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent leaves in this way his previous team receives a supplemental pick and a compensation pick from the team with which he signs. If a "Type B" free agent leaves in this way his previous team receives only a supplemental pick.^[8]
• The Padres gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1979 from the Los Angeles Dodgers for losing free agent Derrel Thomas.^[20]
• The Padres gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1981 from the New York Yankees for losing free agent Dave Winfield.^[22]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1984 for losing free agent Ruppert Jones.^[25]
• The Padres gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1985 from the New York Yankees for losing free agent Ed Whitson.^[26]
• The Padres lost their first-round pick in 1989 as compensation for signing free agent Bruce Hurst.^[65]
• The Padres gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1990 from the Kansas City Royals for losing free agent Mark Davis.^[30]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1990 for losing free agent Mark Davis.^[30]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1991 for losing free agent Jack Clark.^[31]
• The Padres lost their first-round pick in 1992 as compensation for signing free agent Kurt Stillwell.^[66]
• The Padres gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1999 from the Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for losing free agent Kevin Brown.^[38]
• The Padres gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1999 from the Houston Astros as compensation for losing free agent Ken Caminiti.^[38]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent Kevin Brown.^[38]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent Ken Caminiti.^[38]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1999 for losing free agent Steve Finley.^[38]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2005 for losing free agent David Wells.^[44]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2006 for losing free agent Ramón Hernández.^[45]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Woody Williams.^[46]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Dave Roberts.^[46]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Chan Ho Park.^[46]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Alan Embree.^[46]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Ryan Klesko.^[46]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2008 for losing free agent Doug Brocail.^[67]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2008 for losing free agent Mike Cameron.^[67]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2011 for failing to sign 2010 draft pick Karsten Whitson.^[50]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2011 for losing free agent Jon Garland.^[50]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2011 for losing free agent Yorvit Torrealba.^[50]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2011 for losing free agent Kevin Correia.^[50]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 for losing free agent Heath Bell.^[51]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 for losing free agent Aaron Harang.^[51]
• The Padres gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 for failing to sign 2011 draft pick Brett Austin.^[51]

References

General references

• Web site: MLB First Round Draft Picks. ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. March 27, 2010.
• Web site: Amateur Draft: San Diego Padres 1st Round Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft. Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. March 27, 2010.

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