San Diego Padres: still kicking themselves over the 2009 draft
Miles Mikolas and not much more
There is a lot of good talent to be had in the second through fifth rounds as well as some quality depth after that point.
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With their second pick, the Padres went the same route they did as the first, choosing a high school outfielder. This one faired a little better, as Everett Williams made it as high as Double-A before leaving being released before the 2014 season. Ironically, he tore his ACL in an outfield collision with Donavan Tate, as if that’s not salt in the wound for the Padres organization.
For rounds 3-6 the Padres selected three pitchers and a catcher with only fourth-round pick Keyvius Sampson making it to the Majors. He did so as a member of the Cincinnati Reds though after the Padres parted ways with him after posting a 6.68 ERA in 2014.
The earliest pick of the Padres to debut with the team in the Majors was the seventh-round pick, Miles Mikolas. He made twenty-seven appearances out of the bullpen with an ERA of 3.44. In the offseason of 2013, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Alex Dickerson. Dickerson hit ten home runs over bits and pieces of three years, Mikolas won a league-high 18 games in an All-Star campaign with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2018.
Picks 8-10 of the 2009 draft netted just one Major Leaguer in Nate Freiman. He toiled away in the Padres minor league system before being picked in the Rule V draft by the Houston Astros. He would make his way to the Oakland A’s where he’d hit nine home runs over the course of two seasons.