MLB Pipeline’s latest mock draft continues to connect SF Giants to prep shortstop

On Friday, MLB Pipeline published its latest mock draft. They have the SF Giants taking Jacob Lombard out of Gulliver Prep High School with the No. 4 pick.

The draft is still six weeks away, and mock drafts usually have more substance the closer they get to the draft.

This year’s first round might be one of the most important for the Giants in years. They lucked into the No. 4 pick, as the lottery system fell in their favor.

They also added the No. 29 pick in the trade that sent Patrick Bailey to the Cleveland Guardians. They not only get the pick, but the $3.2 million slot value that comes with the pick.

The SF Giants have been widely connected to two players in this year’s draft

That gives them a total bonus pool of $17.3 million. They can exceed that amount by five percent with only paying a tax on the overate, so the maximum bonus pool is approximately $18.2 million. The Giants have flirted with that five-percent threshold for years.

They need to hit on their No. 4 pick. After years of missing on first rounders, they have a chance to bolster a farm system, that is already on an upward trajectory, in a meaningful way.

Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline sees shortstop Jacob Lombard going to the Giants. He adds that Lombard could go even higher than that:

"If [Jacob] Lombard, son of former big leaguer George and brother of Yankees prospect George Jr., doesn’t land in the top spot as a bit of a money-saver, this is the place he most likely he comes off the board."

Jonathan Mayo on Jacob Lombard

The Giants have also been connected to UC Santa Barbara starting pitcher Jackson Flora, who goes to the Minnesota Twins with the No. 3 pick in this mock draft. Flora has a 1.05 ERA with 124 strikeouts and 30 walks in 94.1 college innings this spring.

Interestingly, this also has Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey sliding to the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the No. 5 pick. Lackey has a 1.292 OPS with 17 home runs and 72 RBI in 254 plate appearances in 2026. The Giants’ front office likes Lackey quite a bit, and have scouted him extensively.

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