https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/recapping-san-diego-padres-2026-draft-class-early-savings-give-way-to-big-late-round-swings-r3361/Now that the 2026 MLB Draft is complete, it is time to make sense of what the San Diego Padres did. Every draft's focus is, appropriately, on the first-round draft pick. For the Friars, that was high school right-handed starter Coleman Borthwick, taken with the 21st overall pick. At 6-foot-...3361Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:07:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/scouting-reports-for-san-diego-padres-final-10-picks-in-2026-mlb-draft-r3358/After an eventful two days, we can finally gauge the San Diego Padres' 2026 draft class in its entirety. Check below for initial scouting reports on each of their final 10 picks! Round 11: 1B Chris McHugh  The San Diego Padres select McHugh at No. 335 in the MLB draft from North Caroli...3358Mon, 13 Jul 2026 01:29:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/analyzing-every-san-diego-padres-rounds-6-10-draft-pick-in-2026-mlb-draft-r3357/The San Diego Padres have added six new members to their organization already today, with 10 more draft picks still to go. You can find our analysis of their Round 5 pick, James Guyette, here. Round 6, Pick 186 Overall: INF/2B Nu’u Contrades, Arizona State The Padres selected Nu’u Cont...3357Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:36:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/2026-san-diego-padres-mlb-draft-day-2-thread-r3355/When not drafting for need, as is the modus operandi for the MLB Draft, it can be tough to identify trends for a team. But for the San Diego Padres on Day 1 of the draft, there were two things that stood out: They drafted youth and left-handed bats. Will that continue on Day 2? We shall fin...3355Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:50:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/san-diego-padres-pick-elliot-lascelles-in-second-round-no-60-of-2026-mlb-draft-r3354/The San Diego Padres went north of the border for their second pick in the 2026 MLB Draft. Canadian shortop Elliot Lascelles was taken by the Padres with their second-round selection, the 60th overall pick. Lascalles played at Upper Canada College High School in Toronto. The 18-year-old is...3354Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:13:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/san-diego-padres-select-coleman-borthwick-with-no-21-pick-in-2026-mlb-draft-r3353/The draft fed right into the San Diego Padres' philosophy, so they didn't have to zig, although they did zag a bit. With the 21st pick in Saturday's MLB Draft, the Padres selected Florida high school right-hander Coleman Borthwick. The 6-foot-6, 245-pounder, who played at South Walton High...3353Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/2026-san-diego-padres-mlb-draft-day-1-thread-r3351/The weekend has arrived where the San Diego Padres will begin to add new faces to the organization through the amateur draft. In the last two years, the Padres added high school left-handers Kash Mayfield (2024) and Kruz Schoolcraft (2025). They currently rank as the No. 2 and No. 5 prospects on...3351Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:19:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/final-mock-draft-with-the-21st-overall-pick-the-padres-draft-a-powerful-college-bat-r3350/I take MLB mock draft rankings from major industry outlets like MLB Pipeline, ESPN, The Athletic (and many others) to form a consensus board, with a working hypothesis that using this approach will eliminate some of the noise and variance in MLB Draft mock rankings. This is the final mock draft...3350Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:16:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/2026-mlb-mock-draft-with-the-21st-pick-the-padres-draft-a-fast-rising-college-lefty-r3327/I take MLB mock draft rankings from major industry outlets like MLB Pipeline, ESPN, The Athletic (and many others) to form a consensus board, with a working hypothesis that using this approach will eliminate some of the noise and variance in MLB Draft mock rankings. The San Diego Padres’ fi...3327Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:18:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/padres-take-a-chance-on-triple-digit-heat-with-21st-overall-pick-in-june-mlb-mock-draft-r3246/It's time to check back in with another San Diego Padres mock draft. The MLB Draft is just five weeks away. This class is as muddled as any I've covered, though it's plenty deep in talent. You can find our mock consensus board here. Let's check in on some player profiles it's currently mocking t...3246Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:01:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/padres-select-projection-prep-lefty-with-21-overall-pick-in-first-mock-draft-r3113/Welcome to the 2026 MLB Consensus Draft Board. This is the fifth version of the board, which started in 2022 as a top thirty. Since then, it’s expanded to around 150 players on an annual basis, featuring at eight different team sites. So what is the Consensus Board? How is it made? How should it...3113Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:03:05 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres-draft-picks/scouting-the-back-half-of-the-padres-2025-draft-high-floor-collegiates-everywhere-r2531/With the 2025 MLB Draft in the books, it's time to take a look at the back half of the Padres' draft class and discuss what these players are bringing into the system. Round 11, 340th overall: Truitt Madonna, C, Ballard HS (WA) Madonna is a 6'3" 215 215-pound high school catcher from W...2531Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:14:02 +0000