CSN Bay Area · Jun 12, 2020
Giants use Madison Bumgarner MLB draft pick on pitcher Nick Swiney
Giants take catcher Patrick Bailey with No. 13 pick of 2020 MLB DraftThe player taken at No. 67 in this year's MLB draft was forever going to be linked to Madison Bumgarner.
The Giants got that compensation pick because they made the qualifying offer to Bumgarner in November, then watched him choose to sign with the division-rival Diamondbacks. This was their prize for choosing to hold Bumgarner at the deadline when they still had a heartbeat in the NL Wild Card race, and they inadvertently had some fun with it.