Buster Posey is in the middle of his first MLB Draft as president of baseball operations for the SF Giants. He may have just selected the next Joe Panik in shortstop Gavin Kilen as the two share similar profiles.
The Giants took Kilen with the 13th pick in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft. Kilen is a 21-year-old out of the University of Tennessee who was projected to go later in the first round, but Posey and the front office clearly saw something they liked.
Buster Posey makes first SF Giants draft selection with Tennessee shortstop
Kilen has put up some solid numbers in his collegiate career as our own Jeff Young notes on social media:
Gavin Kilen posted a 1.