Rounds 30-50 and Roundup

The rest of the Giants 2008 draft class:

30/897. Vladimir Frias, SS, Tennessee Wesleyan College

31/927. Aaron Davidson, RHP, Arkansas-Ft. Smith

32/957. John Blake, RHP, Lake Sumter Community College (FL)

33/987. Ryne Price, LF, Kansas

34/1017. Francois LaFreniere, RHP, Collège Ahuntsic (Quebec, Canada)

35/1047. Daniel Black, 3B, Purdue

36/1077. Matthew Way, LHP, Washington State

37/1107. Jeremy Penn, RHP, Western Oklahoma State

38/1137. Chris Wilson, RHP, Trinidad State Junior College (CO)

39/1167. Braden Kapteyn, 3B, Iliana Christian HS (IL)

40/1197. Austin Stadler, 1B, James River HS (VA)

41/1227. Correy Figueroa, 2B/SS, St. Petersburg Junior College (FL)

42/1257. Tyler Thompson, CF, Jupiter Community HS (FL)

43/1287. Zachary Thornton, RHP, Ventura College (CA)

44/1317. Aaron Lowenstein, C, UC Irvine

45/1346. Kenneth Villines, 2B, Riverside HS (NC)

46/1374. Joseph Hainsfurther, SS, Highland Park HS (TX)

47/1401. Abraham Ruiz, 3B, Pacific Grove HS (CA)

48/1428. Leonardo Ochoa, 2B, Quebec Capitales (Can-Am League)

49/1455. D.J. Hicks, 1B, Lake Brantley HS (FL)

50/1482. Jeremy Ware, RHP, Arkansas State

Of note:

- Many of these guys will choose to attend/return to college, fail to sign or decide the odds are too long and retire, so I won't spend too much time breaking the rest of these guys down.

- Somebody may look at a pick like D.J. Hicks (good high schooler who most likely will go college route) and ask: "why waste a pick on a guy who you know is too good to sign in the slot?"

Answer: Because it sets the groundwork for picking him later. A good example is current big leaguer Alex Hinshaw, who the Giants drafted three times in the late rounds before finally signing him in 2005. The Giants commitment to him paid off as he could have signed with Florida when they drafted him in 2003.

It's an interesting subtlety to the late rounds of the draft that I picked up recently.

- Finally, the Giants pick another "No School" guy in Leonardo Ochoa. I had no idea, but there is a Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball. He's currently hitting .241 with 4 homers and 20 RBIs, according to this Google-translated site (home runs translate to "circuits" and RBIs "points" - awesome); I don't have an explanation for that one.