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SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Jackson Flora grew up a Giants fan. A graduate of Foothill High School in Pleasanton \u2014 the same high school that Brandon Crawford attended \u2014 Flora watched the likes of Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner lead the team to three championships in five years.<\/p>\n

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Now, the Bay Area kid will have an opportunity to follow in their footsteps, selected by San Francisco with the fourth overall pick in the 2026 MLB draft.<\/p>\n

Flora, 21, was the highest-rated pitcher in this year\u2019s draft, posting a 1.06 ERA with a program-record 133 strikeouts over 102 innings for UC Santa Barbara. The 6-foot-5 righty features a fastball that sits in the mid-to-high 90s that can touch triple digits, as well as a slider, sweeper and changeup.<\/p>\n

Flora is the Giants\u2019 first top-five selection since Joey Bart (No. 2) in 2018, as well as the sixth top-five pick in franchise history. Of those five selections, three of them \u2014 Will Clark (No. 2 in 1985), Matt Williams (No. 3 in 1986) and Buster Posey (No. 5 in 2008) \u2014 became pillars of the franchise.<\/p>\n

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The 21-year-old Flora joins a farm system currently headlined by a plethora of position players, a list that includes shortstops Josuar Gonzalez, Luis Hernandez, Jhonny Level and Gavin Kilen and outfielders Bo Davidson and Dakota Jordan. The team\u2019s highest-rated pitching prospects are lefty Jacob Bresnahan and righties Keyner Martinez and Argenis Cayama.<\/p>\n

Roch Cholowsky, the UCLA shortstop who was born in Vallejo and grew up a fan of Brandon Crawford, was selected by the Chicago White Sox with the first overall pick. The Tampa Bay Rays selected prep shortstop Grady Emerson with the second pick, while the Minnesota Twins selected Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey\u00a0with the third overall pick.<\/p>\n

The Giants have a bonus pool of $17,350,600, the third-highest in the draft. The fourth pick has a slot value of $8,988,400.<\/p>\n

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Check back for additional updates<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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