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Padres Take Big Risk on Day 1 of 2020 MLB Draft

PEORIA, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 22: Executive V.P./General Manager A.J. Preller talks to the media at Peoria Stadium on February 22, 2019 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)

We take a look at who the San Diego Padres took on day one of the 2020 MLB Draft and how those picks could end up being huge risks.

The MLB Draft is always a bit of a crapshoot. Trying to predict how 18-22-year-old kids will develop is a fool’s errand. And the San Diego Padres made that evaluation even more difficult by taking two high school kids in the first round.