On day two of the MLB Amateur Draft the San Diego Padres made eight selections. There was a good diversity among the picks going with four pitchers and four hitters as well as three high schoolers and five players out of college. Here is a brief breakdown of each of the Padres’ picks and where they ranked on the Fangraphs‘ and MLB.com’s Top 200 and Baseball America’s Top 500.
Jacob Nix, RHP, IMG Academy (FL), FG: 81 MLB: 39 BA: 37
With the 86th overall pick the Padres took Jacob Nix, who his best know has the other guy who got screwed over by the Brady Aiken fiasco last year.