Day 3 – 2024 MLB Draft – San Diego Padres Draft Report

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The San Diego Padres completed their 2024 Drafting on Tuesday.

After restocking several positions of need across the first two days, the Friars looked to continue their restocking on Day 3.

Here is a breakdown of their selections from Rounds 11-20.

 

Round 11 (330th Overall): Sean Barrett, Two-Way Player, Wingate University

As is habitual for teams, the Padres leaned heavily into the collegiate ranks on Day 3. Barnett, their first selection of the day, is a 6ā€™2ā€ right-handed outfielder who was selected as a two-way player. The offensive upside is certainly there with Barnett, whose power tool broke out this past collegiate season, slugging a Wingate single-season record 26 home runs. His career .347/.414/.676 slash line and 1.090 OPS shows promise, as does his 18.1% K rate. While his career pitching stats at the college level do not look the prettiest on paper (9.68 ERA, 21 to 19 K-BB ratio), the Padres have belief that his abilities on the mound could be harnessed well by the organization.

 

Round 12 (360th Overall): Brandon Butterworth, Shortstop, North Carolina State
At pick 360, the Padres took shortstop Brandon Butterworth from NC State. The right-handed hitting shortstop has shown impressive plate discipline in his lone season with the Wolfpack, walking 40 times against 38 strikeouts. While only standing 5ā€™11ā€, Butterworth showed good baserunning IQ and speed, swiping 13 bases in 14 attempts. He slugged .420 this season and shows potential to be a solid gap-to-gap hitter.

 

Round 13 (390th Overall): Matthew Watson, Pitcher, Texas A&M
Their first primary pitcher of Day 3, right-hander Matthew Watson, is coming off a short collegiate career at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Watson redshirted his first two years, but in 30 games (25 starts) over his junior and senior seasons, Wilson racked up 128 strikeouts in 143.1 innings while walking only 3.9 batters per nine innings. He is still fairly new to pitching, but the Padres have shown an ability to develop young pitching, so they must have faith they can develop the 22-year-old 6ā€™5ā€ right-hander.

 

Round 14 (420th Overall): Brendan Durfee, Catcher, UC Santa Barbara
One of the more intriguing athletic profiles in this draft, Durfee has experience at catcher, first base, and center field. The former Conejo Oak and California Lutheran Kingsman had his biggest collegiate season this season with Santa Barbara, slugging .554 and reaching base at a .455 clip. He has shown some advanced barrel control and while it is yet to be determined whether heā€™ll stick behind the plate, the Padres appear intent to give him that chance.

 

Round 15 (450th Overall) Tanner Smith, Pitcher, Harvard
Taking a risk in the 14th round, the Padres drafted right-handed Tanner Smith out of Harvard. Smith is coming off Tommy John Surgery in 2024 and struggled in his return to the Ivy League ranks, posting an 8.49 ERA and 29 strikeouts to 30 walks. However, these numbers donā€™t tell the whole story coming off TJS. The 6ā€™6ā€ 240-pound right-hander has a fastball that sits in the mid-90s and shows some impressive movement and a curveball that has shown plus potential. As with Matthew Wilson, Smith is a player who the team could develop into a solid pitcher given the tools presently in his game.

 

Round 16 (480th Overall) Kasen Wells, Outfielder, Weatherford College
Wells is another testament to the possibilities summer leagues can open up. After a single season at Texas A&M, Wells delivered an incredible .321/.477/.420 slash line in 39 collegiate summer league games. While he did not play in Weatherfordā€™s 2024 campaign, his summer league hitting and 93% success rate in stealing bases make the 5ā€™9ā€ left-handed swinging outfielder an intriguing addition for the Friars.

 

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Round 17 (510th Overall): Ryan Jackson, Shortstop, USC
Jackson, a versatile infielder out of USC, has shown solid on-base potential since transferring to USC from Nevada. In his two seasons at Southern California, Jackson posted OBPā€™s of .431 and .407 respectively. This season, he hit 18 doubles and four homers, walking nearly as much as he struck out (26 BB/ 38 K). The eye at the plate and his positional versatility look to be tools that could play in the Padresā€™ farm, as A.J. Preller and his staff have shown to have an eye for the best athletes in the draft.

 

Round 18 (540th Overall): Victor Figueroa, First Baseman, Florida Southwestern State College
A left-handed slugger out of JUCO, Figueroa impressed last season while playing at Mississippi Valley State, hitting at a .400/.485/.623 slash line and 1.108 OPS. While being primarily a first baseman, Figueroa shows some high baserunning IQ, with 19 steals in 26 attempts in his NCAA and summer league career. He has also shown an advanced understanding of the strike zone, as he has walked almost as much as he struck out, with the lowest OBP he has put up in a full season being .377. His monster output for the Bucs of Florida Southwestern State College (.421 batting average, 17 homers, .544 OBP), paired with his established hit tool, could make him a much-needed power threat down on the farm.

 

Round 19 (570th Overall) Vicarte Domingo, Pitcher, University of British Columbia
Primarily a reliever at UBC, Domingo showed promise out of the bullpen, with gaudy strikeout rates in his three collegiate seasons, averaging 12.9 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9 in 83.1 college innings. Domingo was excellent at limiting homers in his time at British Columbia, posting a 0.5 HR/9 and 6.7 H/9 over that span.

 

Round 20 (600th Overall) Chase Fralick, Catcher, McIntosh High School (Georgia)
With their final pick in the draft, the Padres took a promising high school catcher in Chase Fralick. The Auburn commit showed plus power in high school and has been noted as having good decision-making at the plate and solid bat-to-ball skills. The second catcher taken in their draft class, Fralick, is an intriguing addition as he represents another young left-handed hitting catcher that could enter the system. The Padres might have a hard time signing him because of his Auburn commit, but he has the tools to be a solid pro backstop.

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