Former No. 2 Pick in MLB Draft Gets DFA'd by San Francisco Giants

After parts of four mediocre seasons with the San Francisco Giants, former No. 2 pick in the draft Joey Bart has been designated for assignment.

Mar 11, 2024; Surprise, Arizona, USA; San Francisco Giants designated hitter Joey Bart (21) reacts / Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Former No. 2 overall draft pick Joey Bart has been designated for assignment by the San Francisco Giants.

Jon Heyman had the report on social media:

Joey Bart, No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 draft, has been DFA’ed by Giants

Joey Bart, No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 draft, has been DFA’ed by Giants

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) March 31, 2024

After being designated, Bart will have an opportunity to be traded or claimed on waivers. If he passes through waivers successfully, he can be released or assigned to the minor leagues with the Giants. However, given his age (27) and former prospect pedigree, it's certainly plausible that a team takes a flier on him.

Bart has played parts of four seasons with the Giants, but has never been able to be the successor to Buster Posey that the organization envisioned when they drafted him out of Georgia Tech. He played a career-high 97 games in 2022 and is just a .219 hitter lifetime with 11 home runs.

It's a disappointing outcome for a player that was once so highly regarded, but again, this isn't the end for Bart and he's likely to get more chances to turn his career around.

As for the Giants themselves, they clearly ran out of patience with Bart as they look to get back to the playoffs in the National League. After signing Jorge Soler, Jordan Hicks, Jung-Hoo Lee, and Matt Chapman this offseason, they see themselves as contenders and don't have time for developmental projects anymore

San Francisco is currently 2-2 on the season and they will open up a series with the division-rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.

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