Saturday, January 4, 2020
DrB's 2020 Giants Top 50 Prospects: #15 Jaylin Davis
Jaylin Davis OF. DOB: 7/1/1994. B-R, T-R. 6'1", 190 lbs.
AA(Twins): .274/.382/.458, 9 2B, 10 HR, 7 SB, 14.3 BB%, 25.5 K%, 251 PA.
AAA(Twins): .331/.405/.708, 11 2B, 3B, 15 HR, 2 SB, 8.7 BB%, 26.6 K%, 173 PA.
AAA(Giants): .333/.419/.686, 6 2B, 10 HR, SB, 12.0 BB%, 23.9 K%, 117 PA.
MLB(Giants): .167/.255/238, HR, SB, 6.4 BB%, 23.4 K%, 47 PA.
Jaylin Davis is the type of conundrum which makes him extremely difficult to place on lists like this. He's a prospect with impressive tools who had a breakout in both BA and HR's while increasing his walk rate earning a late season promotion to the majors which....didn't go so well. He's now on the Giants 40 man roster and Farhan Zaidi has invoked his name as the type of young player the Giants want to see more of in 2020.
The Fangraphs Boys, who rank him #11 on their list, attribute his breakout to an "open stance and bigger leg kick" which "improved his timing and created a bigger move forward, unlocking previously dormant power." But they also said he "still has a bottom-hand heavy swing and flat bat path, and thus is unlikely to reach all that power, but he might be a low-end regular guy." MLB Pipeline doesn't have Davis in their Giants Top 30.
When you look at his athleticism and then those minor league numbers from last year, it's easy to dream on Jaylin Davis. The K and BB numbers from his small MLB sample are not much different than the minors numbers and the BABIP went from consistently above .300 in the minors to .200 in the majors. He showed flashes in his short MLB stint. From Farhan's statements, it sounds like he'll get his chance, but one thing we've learned from Farhan so far is he will move on quickly if it does not go well, so Jaylin better be ready to rake out of the gate.
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Doc,
ReplyDeleteDo you have any info about Blaze Jordan for the upcoming draft?
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The success/failure of Farhan Zaidi with the Giants will be judged heavily based on how acquisitions like Jaylin Davis turn out. Right now you have Davis, Dubon, Bishop, and Wilson as the 4 biggest moves Farhan has made since coming here. Add the 4 top 100 picks they have in the upcoming draft and those 8 players will likely end up defining Farhan's "legacy" within 2-3 years.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure we will see plenty more moves this year and quite possibly the biggest and best moves are yet to come. Up to this point however we can't really judge him by any FA acquisitions since he hasn't signed anyone of any significance in the last 2 offseasons. You can't judge him on trades really unless you consider his lack of being able to pull off a trade at the deadline last year for Madbum and Smith as a failure. You can't judge him on the coaching staff he is putting together until you see what they can do in 2-3 years and their success ultimately will be defined by the success of the 8 players tied to Farhan.
My theory is that Giants management doesn't really care if Farhan is successful or not and are probably expecting he won't be. If he is able to pull this thing off and build a sustainable winner by 2022 on the cheap then they look like geniuses. If he fails and the team still isn't winning by the end of 2022 then they will fire him and move on with a lower payroll than ever and a much deeper farm system. It is very possible that Farhan was only hired to oversee these next few years of rebuilding and once payroll is down and the farm is stocked they will move on with a VP/GM and coaching staff who knows how to take a team to the next level.
Well, he has shown a talent for reclaiming down and out pitchers and flipping them for prospects. He operates with that team-consensus style which should foster well-thought out decisions. If his 'team' can get some consistently noisy numbers out of Belt's bat that'd be another July flip along with Samardjiza and Cueto - and maybe Longoria, Gausman, Ross, Watson. So those four names attributed to FZ thus far could widen out to four or five more trade acquisitions as well as the four draft picks.
DeleteI believe the Gs are going to all in on Mookie next year.
ReplyDeleteLindor in year after if they miss.