OK, finally! We come to the end of our 2010 Giants Top 50 Prospects Review with some of the kids who played in the DSL in 2009. a couple of very interesting names here:
Carlos Willoughby, 2B. Rookie AZL: .295/.372/.432, 23 SB, 4 CS in 176 AB's. Speedster with excellent on-base skills and just enough power to possibly sustain it at higher levels. Not sure why he has moved so slowly in the Giants system though. 21 is kinda old for an international prospect at this level.
Jose De La Cruz, OF. Rookie AZL: .236/.281/.315. Started out good with a .377 BA in July, but collapsed in August hitting just .130. Nice size for an OF at 6'3", 190 lbs. At age 19 has some time to figure it out. Might get another look in Arizona in 2011.
Kendry Flores, RHP. Rookie AZL: 5-4, 3.60, 55 IP, 13 BB, 56 K's, GO/AO= 1.27. Flores didn't turn 19 until after the season. Nice combination of K's and control from a kid so young. He has a slight groundball tendency to boot. Take out his first 3 appearances and he was 5-2 with an ERA of 1.47. Will rank fairly high on my 2011 list.
Jesus Galindo, OF. DSL: .246/.385/.281, 43 SB, 7 CS in 167 AB's. Purely a slap and dash guy, apparently with great speed. Seemed to catch fire late with .308 BA over his last 10 games, but turned 20 late in the season.
Ariel Hernandez, RHP. DSL: 2-0, 2.01, 31.1 IP, 33 BB, 30 K's, GO/AO=1.48. Repeat of the DSL, but at age 18 is still young. Showed good control as a 17 yo in 2009. Obviously struggled to find the plate in 2010. Nice size at 6'3", 180 lbs.
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Can't figure out Ariel Hernandez. He got a six-figure bonus in 2008, then put up good numbers in the DSL in 2009. Then he went back to the DSL and put up pretty pedestrian numbers. Hope he makes it to the AZ R league this year so we can get a better read on him.
ReplyDeleteKendry Flores had 11 starts in 13 games and 55 innings. Obviously, he is a young arm and they want to limit his innings and arm stress. Any one seen this guy throw? Any idea of what he is throwing? Do you think his future is as a starter or a reliever?
ReplyDeleteI've think I read somewhere that Flores FB gets up to 94 or so.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see if Willoughby pans out. It will be hard because he has Culberson and Cavan ahead of him. The great baserunning and ability to hit near .300 is something we havent had in a while from an infielder.
ReplyDeletePretty disappointed in Lorenzo Mendoza after going 8-0 in the DSL. Hopefully he and others will step up to give us better starting pitching options in the case of Sabean trading Dirty or Bum. Wheeler and Surkamp seem to be our best options. Maybe Burcardo will jump in the mix.
Any thoughts?
I'm pinning my hopes on at least 2 out of Kendry Flores, Seth Rosin, Mike Kickham and Jacob Dunnington panning out. Matthew Graham, Brandon Allen, Edward Concepcion, and Marvin Barrios are longer shots to make it, but if they do, they could be pretty darn good.
ReplyDeleteI know you have to go with Best Player Available in the first round of the draft, but all things being equal, I would like to see the Giants go back to pitching in the 2011 draft.
Did you mean Jake Dunning (dob 8-12-88) or Jacob Dunnington (dob 2-2-91)?
ReplyDeleteDunnington, but Dunning is a very interesting prospect too.
ReplyDeleteKendry Flores didn't make BA's top-20 AZ-league prospects, but was mentioned in their chat as having a sinking FB 90-94 with an advanced change. No word on his other offerings. Sounded very promising, but -- again -- he didn't make the top-20 for a Rookie league. He was young for the league (18).
ReplyDeleteI'm really hopeful for Barios. He got a six-figure bonus (no word on the exact amount) out of Panama, and I heard he has a great arm. He put up some good numbers in the DSL as a 17 year old. Hope we see him in AZ next year.