Nick Margevicius #52

Nicholas Phillip Margevicius (mahr-GAV-a-chiss)...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...originally selected by San Diego in the seventh round of the 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft.

2022

Spent the entire season with Triple-A Tacoma after being designated for assignment by Seattle on May 5...in 33 games (7 starts) with the Rainiers, went 0-4 with a 7.53 ERA (41 ER, 49.0 IP) with 19 walks and 51 strikeouts.

2021

Went 0-2 with an 8.25 ERA (11 ER, 12.0 IP) with 12 strikeouts and seven walks in five games (three starts)....Tossed a perfect 9th inning in a 6-3 loss to San Francisco on April 2. ..Made firsttwo2 appearances out of the bullpen before making three starts....Underwent left shoulder surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome on June 23.... Was placed on the 10-day Injured List with left shoulder inflammation on 4/26…transferred to the 60-day IL on May 13.

2020

Went 2-3 with a 4.57 ERA (21 ER, 41.1 IP) with 36 strikeouts and 14 walks in 10 games (7 starts)...In seven starts, was 2-3 with a 4.46 ERA (18 ER, 36.1 IP) with 31 strikeouts and 13 walks...In three starts at T-Mobile Park, was 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA (4 ER, 14.2 IP) with 14 strikeouts and 5 walks...Began the season in the bullpen, where he made 3 relief appearances and posted a 5.40 ERA (3 ER, 5.0 IP) with five strikeouts and one walk...Made three of his 10 appearances against Houston and went 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA (2 ER, 13.0 IP) vs. the Astros…struck out seven, walked three and allowed one home run while limiting opponents to a .156 (7x45) average against...Home runs accounted for 42.9 percent (9x21) of his total runs allowed…Four of the six homers he allowed were solo home runs...Received one run or fewer of run support in four of his seven starts...Recorded three quality starts: Aug. 15 at Houston, Aug. 28 at Los Angeles-AL and Sept. 23 vs. Houston…fell 1.0 scoreless inning shy of a 4th quality start on Sept. 17 at San Francisco (5.0 IP, 3 ER)...Posted a 2.14 ERA (5 ER, 21.0 IP) in innings 1-3, but a 7.08 ERA 16 ER (20.1 IP) in innings 4-9.

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 one run on three hits with five strikeouts...charged with the loss...made 12 starts with Double-A Amarillo, 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.