SF Giants select SS Gavin Kilen with No. 13 overall pick of MLB Draft

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have selected shortstop Gavin Kilen out of Tennessee with the 13th overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Kilen spent the first two years of his collegiate career with Louisville before transferring to Tennessee, where he had a slash line of .357/.441/.671 with 15 homers and 46 RBIs as a junior.

Interestingly enough, Kilen was drafted as a shortstop despite spending most of the 2024-25 collegiate baseball season at second base. As a junior with Tennessee, Kilen was named to the All-SEC First Team as a second baseman. Baseball America and Perfect Game also named Kilen as a First Team All-American at second base.