Jacob Gonzalez, 3B. DOB: 6/26/1998. B-R, T-R. 6'3", 190 lbs. Drafted 2017, Round 2.
R: .339/.418/.458, 15 2B, 3B, HR, 8.2 BB%, 11.9 K%, 194 PA.
Jacob Gonzalez is another member of the Giants Kiddie Korps of teenage prospects. The son of baseball star Luis Gonzalez, you can tell from his stat line that he already knows how to hit with strong plate discipline to go with high contact skills. He's a big kid, though not quite as big as the pre-draft 6'4", 205 lb numbers we saw in draft scouting reports. He has limited tools except for the two most important ones, hit and power. The power is more doubles power right now, but scouting reports I've read are confident the dingers will come. Biggest challenge will be not having to move to 1B where the bat would have to be truly special as the speed is slow, the arm fringy and the glove clanky at times. We should see him in Augusta later this spring.
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Maybe 3 1Bmen near the top of the system, 2 potential ready or near-ready to come up, and they're all blocked until 2022, which may fit Gonzales!
ReplyDeleteShaw in the OF and Gomez at 2nd, 'cept second's blocked, too.
IF this becomes a problem there are worse problems to have.
Hope there's not another Cepeda for Sadecki trade. St Louis liked that one!
McCovey Chronicles: Don’t think of this as a goodbye.
ReplyDeleteSay it ain't so, Grant, is it?
Ha! When the Giants Come to Town might outlive McCovey Chronicles!
DeleteHope that Gonzalez ends up as a great 2nd round pick. I'm a little concerned when you mention his limited tool set: hitting and power.
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Just read that Brian Sabean will be more involved running the Giants at the major league level in 2018. Best news I've heard today regarding the Giants.
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I'm not so sure it's a good thing. I actually think Bobby had good processes and a lot of bad luck so far. I also worry that he and Sabes may be pulling in different directions.
DeleteAgree that the team had some bad luck last year, and it may have snowballed to 98 losses. Sounds like ownership wants Sabeans experience more involved with the running of the major league club. I can't fault them for that due to all the losing this team has done starting the 2nd half of 2016.
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When you spend $200,000,000 per year on your team for 3 years and you have 1 NLDS loss to show for it, you gotta blame someone!
Delete2015: The McGehee trade really stunk but it addressed a hole that Casey kept digging and some signings (Marlon Byrd) seemed desperation, but they were a half game behind LA July 30 when they traded for Leake but the team just whooshed along in August and September and missed the playoffs badly. The team was there, it didn't perform. Evans fault?
2016: This one hurt -- from the best team in baseball in the first half after addressing deficiencies in SP and CF then adding another SP but not getting a closer. Excepting that, the team was there but collapsed. Evans fault?
2017: Got the closer but were 27 GB at the break. The team was there but didn't perform abetted by injuries, bad luck, and a lack of depth. Evans fault?
2018: Someone above Evans decided that the Giants were going to make the effort to WIN with the core team and addressed some of the deficiencies with the limited amount of money they had to spend (another decision above Evans). If 2018 fails, is it Evans fault?
No matter what, in 2018 SF is unlikely to overtake the loaded Dodgers in the West but could get into the WC (if the Central teams don't win 100, 98, and 97 games like they did in 2015).
The "worst" team in the playoffs makes the WS surprisingly often and sometimes wins the thing!