The 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.
Nick Swiney was the selection, the one who will go down as compensation for one of the franchise's all-time greats signing elsewhere.