Two years after the San Francisco Giants made Joey Bart the heir apparent to Buster Posey, the organization made a surprising decision to spend their first round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft on another catcher.
North Carolina State product Patrick Bailey was widely expected to be a first round pick this year, but it wasn’t until the final stages of the pre-draft process when national reporters and prospect analysts began connecting him to the Giants.
Why would a franchise that already has a top prospect expected to soon take over as the everyday starter behind the plate tab Bailey with its first selection?