Nick Margevicius #52

Nicholas Phillip Margevicius...as a freshman in 2017 at Rider (NJ) University, led the team in strikeouts (79), IP (87.1), wins (6), ERA (2.89) and complete games (2) en route to earning First Team All-MAAC and MAAC All-Academic Team honors.

2019

Went 2-6 with a 6.79 ERA (43 ER, 57.0 IP) in 17 games (12 starts) with San Diego...Made his Major League debut with the Padres on March 30 vs. San Francisco, tossing 5.0 innings and allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 5 strikeouts...charged with the loss...Made 12 starts with Double-A Armarillo, going 4-4 with a 4.30 ERA (33 ER, 69.0 IP) with 13 walks and 53 strikeouts.

2018

Margevicius (pronounced mahr-GAH-vih-chus) split the season between Fort Wayne (A) and Lake Elsinore (A), pitching to a combined 10-8 record with a 3.60 ERA (54 ER, 135.0 IP) and 146 SO against 17 BB across 23 appearances (22 starts)...Made 13 starts to begin the season with FW, posting a 5-5 record with a 3.07 ERA (26 ER, 76.1 IP) and 87 SO against nine BB in 13 appearances (all starts) from 4/5 to 7/1... Earned Midwest League Mid-Season All-Star honors for FW...Assigned to LE on 7/5 where he went on to make 10 appearances (nine starts), posting a 5-3 record with a 4.30 ERA (28 ER, 58.2 IP) with 59 SO against eight BB...Struck out a career-high 11 on 8/14 at Rancho Cucamonga...His 146 SO ranked second in the Padres' system, trailing only Logan Allen's 151...Struck out eight or more in eight of his 23 appearances and issued more than one walk on just three occasions.