#48 Juan Perez OF. BD: 11/13/1986. 5'11", 185 lbs. B-R, T-R.
A+: .298/.337/.472, 37 2B, 10 3B, 13 HR, 17 SB, 15 CS.
Juan Perez hit a lot of HR's at Western Oklahoma State JC and the Giants took him in the 13'th round of the 2008 draft. In person, he looks even smaller than his listed dimensions, but puts a surprising charge in the ball for a guy his size. He's also very fast and covers a ton of ground in CF even displacing Francisco Peguero, who isn't slow, to RF. He'll have to keep proving it at higher levels because of his size and age, but could eventually make a nice reserve OF for some team, or even turn out to be an Andres Torres type who defies the odds.
#49 Caleb Hougesen 3B. BD: 11/17/1991. 6'1", 215 lbs. B-R, T-R.
DNP
Hougheson was a HS player who the Giants took a later round flier on and ended up signing. I don't have any information except a few scattered pictures on sites like azgiants.com. He looks like a very solidly built young man! I just really like the strategy the Giants are employing of taking a few fliers on HS players like this later in the draft and wanted to show that by including Hougheson on the list, even without any other information.
#50 Tyler Graham, OF. BD: 1/25/1984. 6'0", 180 lbs. B- R, T-R.
AAA: .343/.393/.440, 23 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 35 SB, 11 CS.
Graham has had his ups and downs in the organization. Prior to 2010, he had hot streaks but we never able to sustain it for a whole season. His main tool is speed. He just needs to keep hitting well enough to use it. He's getting awfully old to be a prospect, but hey, there's always Andres Torres who figured it out late. Value is enhanced by the ability to play CF. Could be a 5'th OF for somebody. Main reason to include him here at the end of the list was to acknowledge his good season which went largely unnoticed.
That concludes the discussion part of my 2011 Giants Top 50 Prospects list. I will continue with abbreviated comments on the Honorable Mentions and the "Dominican Dandies" over the next few days and try to get it wrapped up before Spring Training heats up.
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DrB,
ReplyDeleteThink you were a little rough on Perez with his ranking...And, man, how SOSA has fallen..Do you see him as that bad/damaged to not make the top 50? Either way, great job, and it is goingto be great to see these yoiungstersmove up and down the charts this spring and summer.
SteveVA
Dr. B, didn't Perez lose some development time after HS, delaying his entrance into JC for a while? He's old for a prospect, but doesn't have a lot of experience. I really like him as a prospect, especially since reports are that he's totally recovered from his knee surgery, has very good speed and plays a good defensive CF.
ReplyDeleteAlso, do you know if Hougheson signed an above-slot deal and if so, what that bonus was?
I just see Perez at near his ceiling right now. He's a good little player, but doesn't quite have the tools to be more than a reserve OF at the MLB level at best. Hope for his sake I'm wrong about that. I think a lot of people looked at his JC HR numbers and got a bit of irrational exhuberance about him. Maybe if he was at the same level and performance about 3 years ago I'd rank him as one of the better Giants OF prospects, but it's become a very crowded position with a lot of players who have a whole lot more upside than Perez.
ReplyDeleteI don't know the history of why Perez was so old coming out of JC ball.
I don't know what Hougheson signed for. I think BA may have all the signing bonuses listed. I'll look it up.
Oops! Looks like I mis-spelled Caleb Hougesen's name in my original post. Fixed! A quick search of BA's Advanced Draft Datbase and Google did not turn up any info on his signing bonus.
ReplyDeleteI played ball with Caleb in HS and grade school you guys are getting a good kid. He is very well bulit all he did in the summer was lift he will have pretty decent power and is very strong. He has played SS most of his life and should play there in the minors but they list him at 3B. He has a plus arm and when he pitched for us he was around 92mph. He is a very hard worker and will try his best and will be a very good player for you guys. He is a 5 tool player and if he pans out he will be a stud. He was the best ball player i ever played with but thats not saying much.
ReplyDeleteto add to that he hit .548 with 15 hrs his senior year and didnt get pitched too a lot. He used a wood bat also.
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