Giants sign LHP Nick Swiney

July 3rd, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The San Francisco Giants have signed LHP Nick Swiney, the 67th overall selection from this year’s First-Year Player Draft, the club announced today. The Giants have now come to terms with five of their seven selections.

Swiney went 4-0 with a 1.29 ERA (4er, 28.0ip) and struck out 42 batters in four starts en route to being named a Collegiate Baseball Second-Team All-American in 2020. In three years in Raleigh, Swiney went 15-1 with a 3.51 ERA (45er, 115.1ip) and 174 strikeouts in 50 games (eight starts) for the Wolfpack. He struck out a team-leading 95 batters during his sophomore season over 26 games (three starts). He was a teammate of the Giants 2020 first-round selection Patrick Bailey for all three of his seasons on campus at NC State and played with Will Wilson, whom the Giants acquired in December, for his first two seasons on campus.