SF Giants select shortstop Gavin Kilen with No. 13 overall pick of MLB draft

SAN FRANCISCO The Giants selected shortstop Gavin Kilen out of Tennessee on Sunday afternoon with the th overall pick in the MLB draft Kilen spent the first two years of his collegiate career with Louisville before transferring to Tennessee where he had a slash line of with homers and RBIs as a junior Interestingly enough Kilen was drafted as a shortstop despite spending most of of the - collegiate baseball season at second base As a junior with Tennessee Kilen was named to the All-SEC first crew as a second baseman Baseball America and Perfect Encounter also named Kilen as a first-team All-American at second base Related Articles Hard-luck SF Giants fall to Dodgers in th inning to enter All-Star break How to watch SF Giants streaming-only series finale vs Dodgers Following arduous Tommy John recovery SF Giants Robbie Ray back to All-Star form Dodgers prospect De Paula hits -run homer to lift NL to - win in All-Star Futures Event SF Giants offense silenced as Ohtani pitches in rivalry for first time Kilen was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the th round of the MLB draft but elected to attend college He is MLB Pipeline s No overall draft prospect The Giants do not have a second-round pick after signing shortstop Willy Adames They will finish up Day of the draft with their third-round selection Check back for additional updates