KNBR’s “Murph & Markus.”<\/a> “I mean, when you get to pick that high in the draft, there’s definitely opportunity to land a franchise-altering type of player. So yeah, I mean, Michael Holmes and his group, regardless if we’re picking forth, or, you know, we hopefully are picking much later than that going forward — but it is really exciting.<\/p>\n“So Holmes and his amateur group do a tremendous job just with preparation and gathering information and background info on players.”<\/p>\n
Luck was on the Giants’ side in the draft lottery.<\/p>\n
San Francisco finished the 2025 season with an 81-81 record and was in line to pick somewhere in the middle of the first round, with the 12th-best odds at snagging the No. 1 overall selection.<\/p>\n
The Giants have picked fourth or better just four times since 1965. Those picks were Will Clark (No. 2 in 1985), Matt Williams (No. 3 in 1986), Jason Grilli (No. 4 in 1997) and Joey Bart (No. 2 in 2018). It’s safe to say they nailed at least half of those picks, with two players becoming franchise icons in one of the most memorable eras in San Francisco history.<\/p>\n
But Posey knows his front office staff must tread carefully, as talent won’t be hard to find that early in the draft, but he wants to ensure they find the right culture fit for what it means to be a San Francisco Giant.<\/p>\n
“I think as much as anything, when you’re picking that high in the draft, I don’t think it’s going to be that hard to see talent,” Posey explained. “I think that the challenge is you want to really feel good about who the person is, and that’s where we’re going to have to spend a lot of our time, because so much of baseball is between the years, and I got to witness it firsthand. Players that I felt like were equally as talented, even more talented than me. Maybe it didn’t pan out just because of one thing or another cropping up over the years. <\/p>\n
“So we’re excited. It’s going to be fun, and having an opportunity to add that type of talent to our system is a great thing.”<\/p>\n
Luck was on the Giants’ side; now it’s up to the decision-makers to make the right one.<\/p>\n
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