Down on the Farm: 2010 Giants Top 50 Prospect Review- #31 Dan Turpen #32 Mike McBryde #33 Craig Clark #34 Paul Oseguera

We're in the middle of a string of washouts here. We'll try to move through them quickly and spend more time on some interesting names lower down on the list and in Honorable Mentions/Dominican Dandies.

#31 Dan Turpen, RHP. AA(Richmond): 5-5, 4.09, 50.2 IP, 19 BB, 42 K's, GO/AO= 1.89. AA(Portland): 2-1, 4.91, 18.1 IP, 9 BB, 18 K's, GO/AO= 0.94. AFL: 0-1, 5.40, 11.2 IP, 6 BB, 10 K's.

Turpen is Joe Paterson's buddy from Oregon State. A big RHP, he doesn't throw has hard as he looks like he should. 88-90 on the FB when I saw him pitch in 2009 for San Jose. Last year's AA numbers are uninteresting. He was traded mid-season for Ramon Ramirez who helped the Giants a lot down the stretch, so this trade looks like a winner for the Giants. He was picked up by the Yankees in the Rule 5 draft at the recent baseball Winter Meetings.

#32 Mike McBryde, OF. AAA: .243/.273/.419 with 3 HR's in 74 AB's.

McBryde got hit on the hand by a pitch in the May 5 game resulting in a fracture, and that was the end of his season. McBryde is a CF prospect with nice tools including an arm strong enough to pitch with and some speed. He's been beset by a string of injuries his entire career and will be 26 years old next season. With the Giants suddenly awash in CF prospects, it might be time for Mike to make his long awaited move to the pitching mound.

#33 Craig Clark, LHP. AAA: 2-3, 4.01, 42.2 IP, 21 BB, 23 K's. Low A: 3-3, 5.21, 46.2 IP, 13 BB, 43 K's.

Major disappointing season for Clark who had gone 16-2 with a 2.86 ERA for San Jose in 2009. I'm not sure what the deal was with him being sent down to Augusta. Was it a rehab assignment that never got untracked? Did the Giants already see him as just an organizational pitcher to fill in wherever needed? He's always been old for his level and has always had fringy stuff, so it's probably no surprise. At age 26, his future looks cloudy at this point.

#34 Paul Oseguera, LHP. Released.

I saw Oseguera pitch for San Jose in 2009 and liked what I saw, so I was surprised the Giants released him in spring training. He has a long history of injuries. I'm guessing he had another one and he was getting too old to reasonably come back yet again.