NIck Liles, OF. 6'0", 165 lbs. BD: 7/23/1987. B-R, T-R.
High A: .281/.317/.372, 6 SB.
AAA: .417/.462/.500 in 12 AB.
Liles is an older prospect who hits for average, but doesn't draw many walks and has little power. I thought he looked bigger than his listed size when I saw him play for San Jose last year.
Jason Stevenson, LHP. 6'1", 175 lbs. BD: 8/8/1981.
AA: 1-0, 1.29, 7 IP, 2 BB, 7 K's.
AAA: 1-0, 5.56, 11.1 IP, 5 BB, 9 K's.
Formerly failed prospect signed midseason last year out of Indy ball. Has overcome a lot of personal problems. Gotta root for a guy like that!
Juan Perez, OF. 5'11", 185 lbs. BD: 11/13/1986. B-R, T-R.
AA: .256/.303/.381, 25 2B, 10 3B!, 4 HR, 22 SB.
DWL: .290/.320/.389, 13 SB in 162 AB.
After taking another look at Perez' numbers from last year, he put them up in a very tough environment for hitters as is the DWL. Still has a chance to be a reserve OF in the right situation.
Shawn Sanford, RHP. 6'0", 200 lbs. BD: 8/28/1988.
Low A: 10-10, 2.55, 169.2 IP, 30 BB, 107 K's, GO/AO= 1.63.
The story of his dad's struggle with colon cancer and how it affected Shawn led me to take another look at him. As long as he can keep the ball on the ground and keep his walk rates down, he has a chance to keep moving up.
Taylor Rogers, RHP. 6'4", 200 lbs. BD: 6/5/1987.
Low A: 12-10, 2.91, 154.2 IP, 38 BB, 86 K's, GO/AO= 2.11.
Another guy who will have to prove he can make older hitters put the ball on the ground, but why not give him an honorable mention? His height will help him.
Devin Harris, OF. 6'3", 225 lbs. BD: 4/23/1988. B-R, T-R.
Low A: .231/.310/.414, 15 HR, 6 SB.
Fangraphs had a recent article about the vanishing RH hitting corner OF. Harris can take a walk and has some HR pop in his bat. Kind of a poor man's Pat Burrell, if you will. Longshot, but hey...I liked him in college and am not going to give up on him just yet.
Ryan Bradley, LHP. 6'1", 180 lbs. BD: 7/15/1988.
Low A: 4-2, 4.31, 79.1 IP, 32 BB, 48 K, GO/AO= 1.50.
Numbers are unimpressive, but he's a LHP and the son of the Giants minor league pitching coordinator so I figure he's going to get his chances.
Gus Benusa, OF. 6'1", 190 lbs. BD: 1/30/1991. B-L, T-L.
Rookie AZL: .297/.338/.419, 1 HR, 3 SB in 74 AB.
HS draftee has been a bit of an enigma so far. Made his debut in 2009 and then missed all of 2010. Caught fire at the end of last season hitting .313/.389/.500 over his last 10 games.
Stephen Yarrow, 3B/1B. 6'3", 215 lbs. BD: 11/30/1988. B-L, T-R.
Rookie AZL: .286/.412/.371
AAA: .333/.429/.333 in 6 AB.
College(USF): .310/.405/.635, 16 HR.
Signed as an undrafted FA, put up nice BA's and even better OBP's but did not show the power he had in college.
Joe Biagini, RHP. 6'4", 215 lbs. BD: 5/29/1990
DNP
College(UC Davis): 3-1, 7.47, 15.2 IP, 9 BB, 18 K's.
Cape Cod League: 1.31, 20.2 IP, 6 BB, 21 K's.
Son of a former Giants minor leaguer. Being a draft eligible sophomore probably helped him get a $175 K bonus out of the 26'th round, but you have to figure he's got something the Giants want too. Terrific size. Reportedly shined in the fall instructional league.
Travious Relaford, SS. No info.
DNP
Throwing a bone to the Shank with this one. 44'th round pick. Cousin of Desi Relaford. Raw in all phases of the game but has the athleticism to stick at SS.
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Well alright. Relaford is Desi's cousin, not his pops. Very little info, but he hit 280 in his JC year, the fact the Giants kept him in instructional suggests he has some serious hitting issues. Still, PerfectGame named him the best defender in all the land, that would be JC land. And BA named him along with Kentrell Hill the fastest guys. Can't remember if that was our draft class or the entire mlb draft class.
ReplyDeleteI read up on Sanford. Great story. Hope he can fight on in the next level.
Benusa is one of only 3 HS OFs drafted in the first 10 rounds in the last 10 years for the G's. The others being quite notorious: Wendell Fairley and Chuckie Jones.
I think there is a 99% chance no HS OF's with the 20th pick but I really like that David Dahl character. Unfortunately the only big names that might be there for us will likely be Nick Williams (way too raw) and Lewis Brinson (Not as raw but pretty raw).
Saw a mock on seedlings to stars that I liked because the author gave nice snapshots of where the teams were coming from with approach to draft. Some stuff will be wrong but there was some nice educated guesses. The other reason I liked it was Max Fried dropped to us, which I would be pleased with. Don't see that as likely though.
Thanks for the additional info. Fixed!
DeleteDocB what's your take on Sanchez's recovery.
ReplyDeleteFrom Baggs, "Freddy Sanchez (right shoulder surgery) still isn’t participating in workouts with the rest of the team. He was held out Monday because his back flared up, Bochy said. Sanchez was improved enough to take two dozen ground balls and play catch Tuesday. But there’s still no timetable for Sanchez to begin making throws to bases or participate fully in workouts; the best-case scenario calls for him to appear as a designated hitter after the first week of exhibition games."
To me this is sounding more like mid-summer at best, even with no setbacks. Can a Hobbit/The Riot/No-hit Burriss make a go of it? Time to hit the Panik button? Not pretty for Sanchez. I think the Giants can cover 2B defensively, but another weak hitting middle infielder added to Crawford is not a good start to improving the Giants offense.
I think a Theriot/Fontenot platoon could give close the the production you could get from Freddy, who knows, maybe a little more even. Fortunately D at 2B is not as critical as at SS. T/F platoon might be a slight downgrade defensively but not enough to be significant.
DeleteMonterey Shark - from Baggs twitter: Freddy Sanchez's back was improved. He ran bases, took grounders and, for the first time since shoulder dislocation, he threw to first base.
ReplyDeleteThe Riot signing was a nice safety valve move, that allows for the LSU platoon instead of Burriss. I think the odds are strong that Freddy opens on the DL, but he has rehabbed from injuries, well, a lot, and seems to have a pretty good idea of how to push it. Freddy has been underestimated all his life, while I wouldn't be surprised with a bunch of DL time this year, I also wouldn't be completely shocked for him to be OK as well.
I like the Juan Perez inclusion. At the very least, he seems to be a Darren Ford-esque player (though he doesn't have Ford's speed set). If you look at their numbers Richmond and their age, it's practically identical except for the stolen bases. The one big improvement for Perez was his stolen base efficiency as he stole 22 on 29 attempts, a big improvement from SJ where he was 17 for 32. I think Perez has a chance to be a fourth outfielder type, and if he repeats Richmond (I think he'll at least start out there), I think he could be a very useable bench option in the future.
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