Your 2011 Giants: Panik Giants Draft Pick #29

With the 29th pick of the draft, the Giants selected St. John's SS Joe Panik. The choice is a bit underwhelming because higher potential players like Josh Bell, Andrew Susac, Austin Hedges, Dan Norris were still on the board. According to Baseball America's Top 200 list, Panik is the 67th best player in this draft. However, according to Perfect Game's Top 100 list, he is 39th best, and John Sickel has him as 45th best, both much closer to the Giants pick, though Sickel, in his second mock draft only had him being selected 57th.As I've noted, the Giants tend to select before expected, as they have clearly have had a much different methodology than those used by other authorities, such as Baseball America, so this is not too surprising.Here is what SFGiants.com noted:Panik, a shortstop out of St. John's University, is the latest in a line of consecutive first-rounders that includes Tim Lincecum (10th overall, 2006), Madison Bumgarner (10th, 2007), Buster Pos...