Padres aim high with third-rounder Cole Wilcox

(AP Photo/Butch Dill) Georgia pitcher Cole Wilcox watches a delivery during the team’s SEC Tournament game against Arkansas, on May 23, 2019.A year after setting a record for a third-round signing bonus, the Padres will try to fit hard-throwing Georgia pitcher into $10.67 million bonus pool

The Padres set a record when they signed their 2019 third-rounder for $3 million.

They didn’t let the uncertainty of the COVID-19-interrupted process deter them from making headlines in that part of the draft this year.

A day after swiping the first high school player off the board, the Padres dug deep into their pockets in the third round on Thursday to nab Georgia right-hander Cole Wilcox, a first-round…