Counting down the Padres’ top-30 prospects:
No. 26 Jacob Nix
- Position(s): Right-handed pitcher
- Age: 24
- Team(s): AZL Padres (R), Lake Elsinore (A+), El Paso (AAA)
- 2019 stats: 1-2, 1.85 ERA, 24 1/3 innings, 29 strikeouts, 6 walks, 1.13 WHIP, .253 opponent average (6 starts)
- Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 238 pounds
- Bats/throws: Right / Right
- How acquired: Third round in 2015 (IMG Academy, Fla.)
NEED TO KNOW
- After an uneven showing in his first stay in the majors — he was two outs from a complete-game shutout and still finished with a 7.