The platinum ticket first showed up on Season 20 of American Idol in 2022. It returned for Season 21 in 2023, as well as ...
the effervescent personality and the merciless energy Hedges had in high school, and still has now, weren't nearly as prominent after he was drafted by the Padres in the second round in 2011.
Hedges, who grew up in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., about an hour north of San Diego, was the Padres’ second-round draft pick in 2011. Scouts in Southern California told Baseball America he was ...