The Padres made their final 30 selections in the MLB Draft on Saturday. The breakdown of their full list of 43 draftees by position:
24 Pitchers (16 RHP, 8 LHP)
10 Infielders
7 Outfielders
2 Catchers
The Friars only drafted one player from the San Diego area but he has a familiar name. In the 36th round the Padres took Cathedral Catholic shortstop Quinn Hoffman, the son of soon-to-be Hall of Fame closer Trevor Hoffman.
Quinn recently led the Dons to a CIF championship. Padres General Manager A.J. Preller says the pick was not simply nepotism. Young Hoffy can play the game.
"He's a good baseball player," said Preller. "A guy who can stay in the middle of the infield as a shortstop. He's got really good actions; contact bat; he's a prospect."
The Padres will try to sign him but that will be difficult seeing as how Hoffman has a commitment to play baseball at Harvard and backing away from that kind of education is not easy to do (plus I'm sure his mom and dad will have some input there).
Preller and his team will now start the signing process and hope to start having guys under contract by Monday morning. Here is the list of all the players taken by the Padres in the 2016 MLB Draft:
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RD. PLAYER POS. HT WT B/T SCHOOL
1. Cal Quantrill (8) RHP 6-3 195 L/R Stanford University
1. Hudson Sanchez (24) INF 6-2 180 R/R Carroll High School (TX)
1. Eric Lauer (25) LHP 6-3 210 R/L Kent State University
2. Buddy Reed (48) OF 6-4 190 S/R University of Florida
LOTB. Reggie Lawson (71) RHP 6-4 200 R/R Victor Valley Senior HS (CA)
3. Mason Thompson (85) RHP 6-7 205 R/R Round Rock HS (TX)
4. Joseph Lucchesi LHP 6-5 220 L/L Southeast Missouri State University
5. Lake Bachar RHP 6-2 205 R/R University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
6. Will Stillman RHP 6-4 180 R/R Wofford University
7. Dan Dallas LHP 6-2 195 R/L Canisius High School (NY)
8. Benjamin Sheckler LHP 6-8 240 L/L Cornerstone University
9. Jesse Scholtens RHP 6-4 235 R/R Wright State University
10. Boomer White INF 5-10 195 R/R Texas A&M University
11. Trevyne Carter OF 6-2 181 L/R Soddy Daisy High School (TN)
12. Jamie Sara RHP 6-3 200 R/R West Potomac High School (VA)
13. Joe Galindo RHP 6-4 225 R/R New Mexico State University
14. Jared Poche LHP 6-1 205 R/L Louisiana State University
15. Jack Suwinski CF 6-2 195 L/L William Howard Taft High School (IL)
16. Chris Mattison C 6-4 215 R/R Southeastern University
17. Chris Baker SS 6-1 180 R/R University of Washington
18. Jaquez Williams 1B 6-3 215 L/R East Coweta High School (GA)
19. AJ Brown CF 6-2 210 R/R Starkville High School (MS)
20. Dom DiSabatino RHP 6-5 190 R/R Harford Community College (MD)
21. Taylor Kohlwey OF 6-3 200 L/L University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
22. Evan Miller RHP 6-1 180 R/R Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
23. Nate Easley 2B 5-10 170 R/R Yavapai College
24. Hunter Bishop CF 6-4 205 L/R Junipero Serra High School (CA)
25. Luis Anguizola C 5-11 210 R/R Loyola University – New Orleans
26. Grae Kessinger SS 6-1 180 R/R Oxford High School (MS)
27. Chasen Ford RHP 6-3 215 R/R Yale University
28. Ethan Skender SS 5-11 175 R/R State College of Florida, Manatee – Sarasota
29. Collin Sullivan RHP 6-1 190 R/R Ft. Pierce Central High School (FL)
30. Dalton Erb RHP 6-8 250 R/R California State University, Chico
31. George Young 1B 6-1 225 L/R Coastal Carolina University
32. Ariel Burgos Garcia RHP 6-0 185 S/R Northern Oklahoma College
33. Mark Zimmerman RHP 6-0 195 L/R Baldwin-Wallace College
34. Denzell Gowdy 3B 5-11 185 R/R Darton College (GA)
35. David Bednar RHP 6-1 205 L/R Lafayette College (PA)
36. Quinn Hoffman SS 5-10 155 R/R Cathedral Catholic, High School (CA)
37. Ryan Rolison LHP 6-2 195 R/L University School of Jackson (TN)
38. Will Solomon LHP 6-2 210 L/L Georgia Gwinnett College
39. Jeffrey Bradley OF 6-3 185 L/L A. Crawford Mosley High School (FL)
40. Chris Burica LHP 6-6 210 L/L Orange Lutheran High School (CA)
