Giants Depth Charts: Catcher

I temporarily forgot that I had promised awhile back to write up my impression of the Giants organizational/positional depth charts.  Just to be clear, this is my opinion of what I think the hierarchy is.  We'll start with the catcher position.

MLB

1.  Buster Posey
2.  Andrew Susac
3.  Hector Sanchez
4.  Trevor Brown

Posey is the clear #1 and probably will be for at least another 2-3 seasons.  Susac will continue to be #2 as long as he recovers from his wrist surgery.  Sanchez' future is very uncertain as he continues to suffer multiple injuries including concussions behind the plate.  Trevor Brown could easily move up to #3 as he demonstrated both defensive potential and surprising offense in a September trial.

AAA

Ben Turner

I've always liked Turner's bat due to terrific K and BB rates, but Brown has obviously jumped ahead of him in the eyes of the Giants management probably due to defense.

AA

Nobody home here, unless you see Eliezer Zambrano as a prospect.

HIGH A

Aramis Garcia
Ty Ross

Garcia is the fast riser here.  He got a later season callup to San Jose and struggled, but hit well in the Cal League playoffs.  I'll guess he starts 2016 in San Jose.  Ty Ross is a defense first catcher who hits at times.  He will probably start out 2016 in Richmond.

LOW A

Jared Deacon
Matt Pare

Neither of these guys seem to be more than organizational players at this point.

Short Season

Miguel Gomez
Fernando Pujadas
Matt Winn

One of my white whales is the concept of a reserve catcher who can play multiple other positions which would open the way for rostering 3 catchers which gives the manager an additional order of magnitude flexibility.  Gomez may be that guy and he's a switch-hitter to boot.  Whether his primary position ends up being catcher or somewhere else, the bat looks good enough to play.  Pujadas has been around awhile but may be a sleeper.  Matt Winn may be a sleeper from the 2015 draft.

ROOKIE AZL

Zach Bowers
Cody Brickhouse
Kleiber Rivas

Don't know much about Bowers.  Brickhouse was a HS draftee from 2015 and is obviously a project.  Rivas has missed some time with injuries, but seems to have a high ceiling.  He is a LH batter to boot.

DSL

Andres Angulo
Mecky Coronado
Jesus Tona

Angulo and Tona put up promising numbers at young ages.  I only list Coronado because he is listed as a catcher on the roster but he has actually played mostly DH and LF.  He seems to be quite the hitter, though.

NEW SIGNEE

Ricardo Genovese

Don't know much about this Venezuelan signee, but the Giants paid him a healthy 6 figure signing bonus.

Summary:  The Giants have excellent depth at the MLB level, assuming Susac comes back from his wrist injury.  They also have an impressive line of succession set up in the minors and seem to be intent on continuing to add on.  There is a bit of a break between the MLB level and high A so if Susac and Sanchez both can't go, they would probably need to bring in a journeyman backup catcher or two until Garcia and Ty Ross are ready.  Maybe bring back Jackson Williams on a minor league/spring training deal?