With the first pick of the Farhan Zaidi era, the Giants selected a player whose path to San Francisco has been trod before: Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo to Arizona State to San Francisco — otherwise known as the Barry Bonds Trail.
Bishop is something of a rarity in most draft pools — a toolsy college hitter. Normally the toolsy kids get picked off in the high school crop, but therein lies a tail for Bishop whose performance has never quite lived up to the tools....until this year. From Hunter’s Baseball America draft report:
Hunter was a highly regarded prospect out of high school thanks to an exciting package of athleticism, power and speed.