Scottsdale Scorpions topped the Peoria Javalinas 6-4:
Brandon Belt- 1 for 4, BB. BA= .412.
Conor Gillaspie- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .077
Joe Paterson- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 0.00.
Gobrocks posted his Giants Top 20 prospects as a fanpost on John Sickels' site minorleagueball.com. Can't say it looks a lot like my list is going to. IMO, he has Gary Brown way too low. Tommy Joseph is way too low. Chuckie Jones is too low. RafRod should be on the list.
Perfect Game has a Top 100 Draft Prospect list up. The Giants are drafting at #29, so I like to take a look at what prospects are listed from about #25-50 or so.
Some of the names in this range that I think are interesting include:
25. Jason Esposito- SS/3B out of Vanderbilt. Infielder who hits for average and power and stole 30 bases last year.
28. Brett Mooneyham- Big LHP out of Stanford. Great stuff, poor control. I have a feeling his stock will either go way up or way down so doubt he'll be in this range come draft time.
30. Ryan Carpenter- Big LHP out of Gonzaga. Don't know what kind of stuff he throws.
32. Danny Hultzen- LHP out of Virginia. Polished college LHP with some stuff. Would be ready for the majors very soon.
34. Mikie Mahtook- OF out of LSU. A lot of early mock drafts have him higher. Scouting types like John Klima of baseballbeginnings.com don't seem to be all that enamored with him.
36. Philip Evans- HS SS SoCal. My interpretation of Klima's scouting report is that he's very polished for a HS player but may have limited upside.
37. Alex Dickerson- Big slugging OF from Indiana. Moneyball types love this kind of player, but the Giants have not shown a propensity to draft guys like him.
41. Trevor Bauer- Smallish RHP out of UCLA who put up great looking numbers last year. Kind of a poor man's version of Tim Lincecum.
42. Anthony Meo- Typical college RHP out of Coastal Carolina. I see him as more of a supplemental round or second round talent.
48. Henry Owens- 6'5" HS LHP out of Edison High in Huntington Beach, CA. This is the guy I want if he's on the board at #29. Not sure why Perfect Game lists him this low. Very projectable body and arm with some polish already.
49. Ricky Oropesa- Would love to see the Giants draft my man Ricky. Big, slugging corner IF type. A lot of scouts aren't sold on his ability to make consistent contact, and he's just not the type of guy the Giants tend to take high though.
51. Christian Lopes- HS SS/3B, also from Edison High. Has been at #29 in some early mock drafts. I like him a lot better than Evans. Wouldn't mind if the Giants took him, but I still think they need to go with pitching unless a hitter is the clear BPA.
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Thanks, Doc. Even though most of the focus is on the big league Giants in the NLCS, many of us are still interested in the little Giants as well.
ReplyDeleteI'll be waiting for your top 20 Giants prospects list... when do you think it is coming out?
I know "you can never have enough pitching" but with Zeets being a capable, if overpriced, placeholder as a #5 starter, the Giants projected starting 5 of Lincecum, Sanchez, Cain, Bumgarner, and Wheeler figures to be a force for years to come, making me hope the Giants go with the best available position player in the draft. The old school thought in building a team is to start up the middle. Well, obviously we've got C covered. Torres will likely pass the mantle to either Peguero or Brown. So I'm glad you have noted 3 possible MI draft prospects. If either Crawford or Adrianza proves to be capable enough at SS, we can look to draft a SS-capable player and convert him to 2B if necessary
I'll start the offseason by reviewing last year's Top 50 prospects. I generally don't post the new Top Prospects list until after the winter meetings/Rule 5 draft, etc. Usually after the first of the year.
ReplyDeleteI heartily agree with drafting the BPA. While pitching is not a present concern at the MLB level, it has become an overall weakness in the farm system. Weaknesses in the farm system tend to show up at the MLB level 3-4 years down the road. That's my reasoning for wanting to see them emphasize pitching in the next draft, all things being equal, of course.
Any particular reason that Steve Edlefsen does not show up on these lists?
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