The Giants hold the 30th pick of the 2055 draft and for the second year in a row, the Giants didn’t have a college player they viewed worth the round 1 pick. And for the second year in a row, the Giants went with a high school outfielder. David Mueller has 80-grade speed and might have the glove to stick in CF. His bat projects plus contact and eye, and his below average power is offset by the 80-grade gap power, which has the potential to pair with his speed into doubles and triples at the Major League level.
The rest of the top five rounds saw a mix of HS and College players, with three more position players with one pitcher.
• Round 2 - SP Amari Pilate, age 18 out of high school
• Round 3 - 3B Jim Wilcox, age 18 out of high school
• Round 4 - SS Andy Brewer, age 21 out of college (Pepperdine University; Malibu, CA)
• Round 5 - 2B Heri Luna, age 21 out of college (UCLA; Los Angeles, CA)
Brewer and Luna will head straight to A Ball and will be joined by six other college players while the remaining 12 of the draft class will all sign and head to Rookie ball for next year.
• Round 12 - C Juan Argueta, age 22 out of college (University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA)
• Round 14 - RP Kevin Blow, age 20 out of college (Raritan Valley CC; North Branch, NJ)
• Round 15 - RP Nesty Mendoza, age 21 out of college (University of California; Berkeley, CA)
• Round 17 - C Mike Nesbitt, age 22 out of college (Indiana State University; Terre Haute, IN)
• Round 18 - SS Derek Frederick, age 21 out of college (University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC)
• Round 20 - CF Dave Spence, age 21 out of college (Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA)
