Padres designate Hughes for assignment, recall Nix

The San Diego Padres designated right-hander Phil Hughes for assignment to open a roster spot for prospect Jacob Nix, who is slated to make his major league debut against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.

Hughes, 32, had a 6.10 ERA in 16 games for the Padres after being acquired from the Minnesota Twins on June 7.

Nix, 22, is 3-3 with a 1.84 ERA in 10 minor league starts this season. His first nine outings were for Double-A San Antonio, and he pitched six shutout innings in his lone outing for Triple-A El Paso.

Nix was a third-round draft selection in 2015 by the Padres.

Hughes owns an 88-79 career mark and 4.52 ERA in 290 appearances (211 starts) over 12 seasons. He was an American League All-Star in 2010 when he won a career-high 18 games for the New York Yankees and he later twice won 16 games (2012, 2014) for the Twins.

Hughes, a Southern California native, bid farewell to the Padres on his Twitter account:

"Huge thank you to everyone I had the pleasure of working with in San Diego. It was an honor to wear the uniform of the team I grew up watching. While my time as a Padre was short, I'll always be your twitter king"

Hughes is still owed $13.2 million for next season, in addition to his remaining pay this year, though the Twins sent roughly $7 million in cash the Padres' way at the time of the trade.

Also, Triple-A infielder Diego Goris was suspended 50 games without pay after testing positive for abuse of a drug for a second time, which violated the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The 27-year-old Goris is batting .265 with seven homers and 53 RBIs in 89 games for El Paso.

--Field Level Media

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