#SFGiants First and Second Round #MLBDraft Picks Since 2000

June 4, 2014

So you’re thinking about the Giants and their first and second round draft picks coming up tomorrow on MLB Network. If the Giants draft a pitcher, you might wonder when the last time they drafted a pitcher happened to be. Thank goodness, the folks at Baseball Reference put together a page where you can check out whom the Giants drafted, and you’d be able to say, “Oh yea, Chris Stratton, one pick after Michael Wacha.” Looking for a collegiate position player in the first round? Look no further than Gary Brown, one pick after the Marlins’ Christian Yelich. Some of these players are on top prospect lists, others you have become familiar with, while the rest you either don’t know, or might have a negative reaction to for whatever reason. The Giants had no first round picks in 2004-2005. If you would like to know why, you can look on this page towards the bottom. Not the best of times.

Year	Rnd	RdPck		Pos	WAR	AB	HR	BA	OPS	G	ERA	WHIP	SV	Type	Drafted Out of
2013	1	25	Christian Arroyo (minors)	SS										HS	Hernando HS (Brooksville, FL)
2012	1	20	Chris Stratton (minors)	RHP										4Yr	Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
2011	1	29	Joe Panik (minors)	SS										4Yr	St. John’s University (Queens, NY)
2011	1s	49	*Kyle Crick (minors)	RHP										HS	Sherman HS (Sherman, TX)
2010	1	24	Gary Brown (minors)	CF										4Yr	California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
2009	1	6	Zack Wheeler (minors)	RHP	1.1	48	0	.104	.265	29	3.61	1.36	0	HS	East Paulding HS (Dallas, GA)
2008	1	5	Buster Posey (minors)	C	19.1	1813	68	.303	.851					4Yr	Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
2008	1s	37	*Conor Gillaspie (minors)	3B	0.3	592	14	.264	.718					4Yr	Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
2007	1	10	Madison Bumgarner (minors)	LHP	13.3	249	3	.149	.408	130	3.06	1.16	0	HS	South Caldwell HS (Hudson, NC)
2007	1	22	*Tim Alderson (minors)	RHP										HS	Horizon HS (Scottsdale, AZ)
2007	1	29	*Wendell Fairley (minors)	OF										HS	George County HS (Lucedale, MS)
2007	1s	32	*Nick Noonan (minors)	2B	-0.4	105	0	.219	.499					HS	Parker HS (San Diego, CA)
2007	1s	43	*Jackson Williams (minors)	C										4Yr	University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
2007	1s	51	*Charlie Culberson (minors)	2B	-1.0	190	3	.237	.594					HS	Calhoun HS (Calhoun, GA)
2006	1	10	Tim Lincecum (minors)	RHP	22.2	425	0	.111	.296	233	3.53	1.26	0	4Yr	University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
2006	1s	33	*Emmanuel Burriss (minors)	SS	-2.2	720	1	.243	.573					4Yr	Kent State University (Kent, OH)
2003	1	22	*David Aardsma (minors)	RHP	2.1	3	0	.000	.000	298	4.23	1.44	69	4Yr	Rice University (Houston, TX)
2003	1s	34	*Craig Whitaker (minors)	RHP										HS	Lufkin HS (Lufkin, TX)
2002	1	25	Matt Cain (minors)	RHP	32.8	525	6	.128	.346	274	3.36	1.17	0	HS	Houston HS (Germantown, TN)
2001	1	21	*Brad Hennessey (minors)	RHP	2.7	88	2	.227	.563	148	4.69	1.49	20	4Yr	Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)
2001	1	30	Noah Lowry (minors)	LHP	10.2	197	2	.178	.464	106	4.03	1.38	0	4Yr	Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
2001	1s	41	*Todd Linden (minors)	OF	-1.8	502	8	.231	.638					4Yr	Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
2000	1	21	Boof Bonser (minors)	RHP	-0.5	6	0	.000	.000	111	5.18	1.46	0	HS	Gibbs HS (St. Petersburg, FL)

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/4/2014.

Just going to put this out there: I miss Noah Lowry. Before you jump on Gary Brown, realize that only Heath Hembree, Seth Rosin, and Mike Kickham have reached the majors from the 2010 Giants Draft signees onward. Encouraging to see three-fifths of the 2014 rotation here, though I’ll understand if you’re unhappy with a certain 2006 pick still being there. It was an upside sign this off-season, for sure. The second round is also an interesting trip down memory lane, with no picks in 2005-2008, although there were supplementary picks that happened in 2006-2008.

Year	Rnd	RdPck		Pos	WAR	AB	HR	BA	OPS	G	ERA	WHIP	SV	Type	Drafted Out of
2013	2	25	Ryder Jones (minors)	3B										HS	Watauga HS (Boone, NC)
2012	2	24	Martin Agosta (minors)	RHP										4Yr	St. Mary’s College of California (Moraga, CA)
2011	2	26	Andrew Susac (minors)	C										4Yr	Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
2010	2	24	Jarrett Parker (minors)	CF										4Yr	University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
2009	2	6	Tommy Joseph (minors)	C										HS	Horizon HS (Scottsdale, AZ)
2004	2	29	Eddy Martinez-Esteve (minors)	OF										4Yr	Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
2003	2	18	Todd Jennings (minors)	C										4Yr	California State University San Bernardino (San Bernardino, CA)
2003	2	26	Nate Schierholtz (minors)	3B	4.8	1911	47	.261	.725					JC	Chabot College (Hayward, CA)
2002	2	25	Fred Lewis (minors)	OF	4.3	1562	27	.266	.747					4Yr	Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA)
2001	2	30	Jesse Foppert (minors)	RHP	-0.5	37	0	.081	.267	27	5.00	1.61	0	4Yr	University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
2000	2	21	Lance Niekro (minors)	3B	0.4	499	17	.246	.709					4Yr	Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 6/4/2014.

Man, those are some names. Yes, you should be happy they made the majors, but growing up, not all of those names were harvesting happy memories. Thank you Tommy Joseph for getting the Giants the outfielder known as Hunter Pence. Andrew Susac could be a step away from the majors after he gets healthy. Still a lot left to be seen out of Agosta and Jones.

Hopefully on Thursday I’ll be able to put together something like this for the third-tenth rounds, which will be done on Friday. I doubt I’ll reach as far back as the year 2000, maybe take a look at those players that actually reached the majors. Not an easy task for these players, a lot of them having a long developmental path ahead of them after being drafted!

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Written by stuartsj Posted in MLB Draft Tagged with San Francisco Giants