Victor Figueroa's life changed in an instant when he received a call from the San Diego Padres, naming him their 18th-round pick in the MLB Draft.
Victor Figueroa's life was about to change when he picked up his phone. On the other end of the call was the San Diego Padres and he heard his name called as their 18th-round pick. “And just knowing that I feel like I’ve made him a very proud man I feel like that’s such a surreal feeling.”
The first baseman played collegiately at Florida Southwestern State, a junior college in Fort Myers, where he became the program's first First Team All-American this season. He also won the Triple Crown, the first time a player won since 2017 hitting .421 with 17 home runs and 79 RBIs. In addition to his All-American honors, he was also named FCSAA and Citrus Conference Player of the Year, FCSAA Athlete of the Year, as well as First Team All-FCSAA and Citrus Conference accolades as a sophomore for the Bucs.. “There’s no regret. There’s no sense of what if. There’s no sense of me thinking that I could’ve done more.”
If he signs with the Padres, Figueroa would be the 23rd former Buc in the Minor League Baseball ranks this season.. "But I’m for sure going to make the most of my opportunity to show the world what I can do.”Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State and has been a sports writer since 2008. Despite growing up in the South, her sports obsession has always been in Los Angeles.
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