SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When catching prospect Joey Bart arrived in the San Francisco Giants’ camp, he wanted to get over any nervousness about being around veterans such as Madison Bumgarner, so he made a point of introducing himself to the pitcher.

The second overall pick in last year’s amateur draft had no idea he’d be catching Bumgarner’s first bullpen session Wednesday.

“I was walking in to catch and he was like, `Let’s go on No. 1,”’ Bart said. “I was like, `All right, here we go.”’

Bumgarner hopes to bounce back from a disappointing 2018. The left-hander didn’t make his season debut until June 5 after breaking the pinkie of his pitching hand when hit by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield late in spring training. Bumgarner went 6-7 with a 3.26 ERA in 21 starts.

“You can tell he came in ready,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “It was a really good bullpen for him. It’s good for the kid to catch him, too. First bullpen and he’s catching your No. 1 guy. That’s probably good for him to break the ice and feel part of this.”

Bart, a junior at Georgia Tech last year, is filled with enthusiasm.

“If a guy like Bumgarner or one of these other veterans, (Jeff) Samardzija, wanted me to go in there, that would be a blast,” Bart said. “It’d be a dream come true to get back there and work with those guys. Like I said, I’m just here trying to do what they tell me to do, whether it’s catch bullpens, stand in for hitters, whatever else, that’s what I’m here to do.”

After watching Bumgarner on television make opposing hitters look foolish, Bart didn’t expect to have a front row seat.

“He put it right where he wanted it and to me, that was great,” Bart said. “I don’t know how he is at his peak but for his first one, I thought he did well. He said he’ll get better. I was pretty impressed.”