{"id":1892371,"date":"2026-07-14T09:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1892371"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:13:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:13:54","slug":"chris-mchugh-drafted-by-padres-after-two-outstanding-seasons-at-nc-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1892371","title":{"rendered":"Chris McHugh Drafted by Padres After Two Outstanding Seasons at NC State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris McHugh&#8217;s collegiate career is officially headed to the professional ranks. The San Diego Padres selected the NC State first baseman with the 335th overall pick in the 11th round of the 2026 MLB Draft on Sunday. McHugh has announced that he intends to forgo his senior season and begin his professional career with the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packinsider.com\/2026\/07\/14\/chris-mchugh-padres-2026-mlb-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris McHugh&#8217;s collegiate career is officially headed to the professional ranks. The San Diego Padres selected the NC State first baseman with the 335th overall pick&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1892371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-n-c-state-wolfpack","wpcat-81-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1892372,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892371\/revisions\/1892372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1892371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1892371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}