I guess you can also call him Johnny Baseball as the San Diego Padres drafted Johnny Manziel in the 28th round with 837th pick.
via ESPN:
Manziel was listed as a shortstop for Texas A&M, although he never played for the Aggies as he focused on football.
It was kind of, ‘Why not,'” Padres general manager Josh Byrnes said Saturday before the Padres hosted the Washington Nationals.
In May 2013, Manziel visited the Padres when he was in San Diego to work with a quarterbacks coach.
“He certainly loves baseball,” Byrnes said. “We kind of talked about it at that time, ‘Do you want us to draft you?’ He said, ‘Yeah, absolutely.'”
Why in the 28th round?
“We really liked our 27th-rounder,” Byrnes said.
Asked the odds of signing Manziel, Byrnes, a big football fan, just smiled.
It is unlikely Manziel will ever play, as no 837th pick in the June draft has ever played in an MLB game, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Manziel tweeted his excitement to which Mike Dee, the Padres’ president and CEO responded.
*PHOTOS IN GALLERY ABOVE*
