Baby Giants Everywhere!

Picks from Rounds 16-29:

16/477. C.J. Ziegler, 1B, Arizona
17/507. Brian Irving, RHP, Yale
18/537. Brooks Lindsay, SS, Lower Columbia College (WA)
19/567. Ryan Mantle, LF, Missouri State
20/597. Trey Sutton, 2B, Southern Mississippi
21/627. Michael Eifel, RHP, Dominican
22/657. Carter Bell, SS, Georges P. Vanier Secondary School (BC, Canada)
23/687. Jason Jarvis, RHP, Arizona State
24/717. Thomas Musick, LHP, Houston
25/747. Damon Wright, CF, Dartmouth
26/777. Ryan Lormand, 2B, Houston
27/807. Kyle Woodruff, RHP, Cal State-Chico
28/837. Shane Kaufman, RHP, San Diego State
29/867. Robert Flanagan, 1B, Northern Georgia College & State

Of note:

- Well, the Giants finally take a power-hitting corner infielder in C.J. Ziegler. Ziegler has had a breakout season as Arizona's first baseman/DH, hitting .350 with 19 homers (five shy of the Wildcats single-season record) heading into this weekend's Super Regional against Miami.

Much more importantly, his name is the amalgamation of two of the greatest characters on one of the greatest television series of all-time. Here's hoping the bastard child of C.J. Cregg and Tobias Ziegler pulls a Piazza and becomes a legit late round prospect.

- Jason Jarvis is officially listed as having attended "No School" because of a curious NCAA academic violation that disqualified him in the middle of the 2008 season. He was able to successfully petition to be eligible for the the draft.

Jarvis alleges that it was the doing of a disgruntled coach. He's even set up a website to clear his name.

For what it's worth, he had a decent truncated freshman year and is supposed to have a mid-90s fastball. Bonus points for his most sordid tale.

- Talk about bloodlines: Missouri State left fielder Ryan Mantle is indeed a distant cousin of the great Mickey. Yeah - that alone is definitely worth a 19th rounder.

- And in perhaps a nod to the more cerebral, collegiate nature of this draft, the Giants take two Ivy Leaguers in Irving and Wright.