Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jacob Nix was born January 9, 1996, in Los Alamitos, California. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Nix spent the 2017 season with both the Lake Elsinore Storm of the Class A-Advanced California League and the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League, where he went a combined 5–5 with a 4.67 ERA between both teams. In 2018, the Padres invited Nix to spring training. Nix made nine starts for San Antonio, pitching to a 2.05 ERA, and then made one start for the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, not allowing a run, before the Padres decided to promote Nix to the major leagues to make his debut on August 10. He made nine starts, going 2–5 in 42+1⁄3 innings and a 7.02 ERA. Nix suffered a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow in March 2019. He elected to rehab the injury and forgo surgery. Nix returned to game action on July 26, and made rehab appearances for the AZL Padres, Lake Elsinore, the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and El Paso. Following the 2019 season, Nix made one appearance for the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League. Nix was designated for assignment on November 4, and outrighted to El Paso on November 11.