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Padres' top pick hopes to follow dad's path

For San Diego Padres first-round pick Ryan Weathers, the journey to the big leagues started when he was just three years old.

Weathers, the seventh overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, is also the son of former big league reliever David Weathers, and Ryan spent nearly every day of his childhood at the ballpark with his dad.

"Every day I was sitting there, I was watching [my dad] play and do his thing," Ryan said.

David Weathers' Major League career spanned nearly two decades with nine teams, with his most notable accomplishment being winning a World Series championship with the New York Yankees in 1996.