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Gainesville OF Gettys selected by Padres with 51st pick
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Gainesville outfielder Michael Gettys slides into home plate during a playoff game last season at Ivey-Watson Field. - photo by Jared Putnam | The Times
Michael Gettys has to decide whether his future in baseball will take him to the West Coast, or to the University of Georgia. Gettys was selected 51st overall by the San Diego Padres in the second round of the First-Year Player Draft Thursday night, higher than any Gainesville player since former Red Elephants standout Micah Owings was taken by the Colorado Rockies with the 50th pick in the 2002 MLB Draft. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Gettys, who signed with the University of Georgia baseball program last year, hit .377 with 11 home runs, 53 RBIs and 31 stolen bases for the Red Elephants in 2014.
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