{"id":397655,"date":"2026-07-14T07:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397655\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T07:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:35:39","slug":"red-sox-2004-world-series-champions-son-drafted-by-san-francisco-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/397655\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox 2004 World Series Champion&#8217;s Son Drafted by San Francisco Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship didn&#8217;t have to be obvious, but it was there.<\/p>\n<p>The relatively simple name, Luke Nixon, was drafted by the San Francisco Giants as part of the fifth round of the 2026 MLB Draft at No. 150 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon, in this case though, is the key point. Luke is the son of Trot Nixon, the 2004 <a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> World Series champion.<\/p>\n<p>Trot was once the No. 7 overall pick by the Red Sox in the 1993 MLB draft out of New Hanover High School in Wilmington, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to play his first 10 MLB seasons with Boston, including that famed World Series title in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Nixon also played for the Cleveland Indians and New York Mets before retiring.<\/p>\n<p>He hit .274 for his career with 222 doubles and 137 home runs.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/boston-red-sox\/news\/red-sox-draft-picks-full-list-2026-selections-boston-20-round-mlb\/ebac4efb5b2d472265555887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Full list of Boston Red Sox 2026 MLB Draft picks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, his son Luke will try to follow in some big footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>Luke is different right off the bat, because he&#8217;s an infielder. And he went to play in college first, standing out for three seasons at North Carolina State.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, Luke hit .367 with 16 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 45 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>He also finished the year for the Wolfpack on an active 15-game hitting streak.<\/p>\n<p>Luke played second base with great comfort for NC State, and that&#8217;s likely the position he&#8217;ll try to make it in with the Giants.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is likely heading for a bit of a rebuild, so there could be chances in a few years if Luke is able to push his way up the ladder.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll certainly be doing so with a high-end pedigree, and with a strong mentor to lean on if he needs one.<\/p>\n<p>More Red Sox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The relationship didn&#8217;t have to be obvious, but it was there. The relatively simple name, Luke Nixon, was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-397655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}