Outfield depth charts get tricky since many outfielders can play more than one defensive OF position. The rule for this exercise is if a player is listed as the starter at one position they can't be a back up at another position but a back up player can back up multiple position. Got it? Good!
MLB:
Heliot Ramos: .269/322/.469, 22 HR, 6 SB, 518 PA.
Jerar Encarnacion: .248/.277/.425, 5 HR, 119 PA.
Wade Meckler: Minors(5 teams): .280/.366/.423, 9 HR, 9 SB, 383 PA.
Ramos had a breakthrough season and was one of the more consistent producers at the plate. His numbers did regress some in the second half, but did not crater. Can he apply the lessons he learned from this season and take it to the next level in 2025? He certainly deserves that opportunity and is the presumptive staring LF. Encarnacion has tremendous raw power but needs to cut down on the K's to turn it into game power. Wade Meckler put on an impressive power surge over the final 6 weeks of the season in the minors. The rest of his game has always been solid so he deserves another look at the MLB level at some point.
AAA:
Hunter Bishop: .245/.316/.386, 9 HR, 10 SB, 413 PA.
This was by far Bishop's best pro season. His development has been delayed by COVID and a series of injuries. Will the Giants keep him around for another season to see if he can build on his modest success?
AA:
Ismael Munguia: AA: .317/.404/.461, 5 HR, 11 SB, 194 PA. AAA: .250/.368/.368, 2 HR, 7 SB, 178 PA.
Jairo Pomares: .238/.280/.434, 12 HR, 9 SB, 336 PA.
Matt Higgins: .262/.339/.330, HR, 2 SB, 119 PA.
A+:
Rodolfo Nolasco: .234/.331/.418, 10 HR, 9 SB, 275 PA.
Alexander Suarez: .282/.323/.475, 9 HR, 15 SB, 217 PA.
Scott Bandura: A: .276/.389/.362, 5 SB, 126 PA. A+: .227/.332/.374, 6 HR, 19 SB, 247 PA.
Nolasco was acquired from the Pirates in May for Daulton Jeffries in The Churn. He's got some tools but needs to make more contact. Suarez is as tooled up as anyone in the organization but has developed slowly. Bandura also has some tools but needs to get bigger and stronger.
A:
Lisbel Diaz: ACL: .329/.411/.539, 4 HR, 90 PA. A: .279/.333/.433, 6 HR, 8 SB, 255 PA.
Jakob Christian: .267/.378/.500, HR, 37 PA.
Diaz is going to jump way up on prospect lists after an excellent age 18 season. Christian is a big college slugger who needs a bigger pro sample to get a read on.
Summary:
Left Field looks like Heliot's job to lose for the next 4-5 seasons. I am excited long term for Lisbel Diaz but he has at least 2-3 seasons of development ahead of him.
Bryce Eldridge has been removed from the Arizona Fall League.
ReplyDeleteHopefully not due to an injury. It's not unusual for players to play partial AFL seasons. If I remember correctly I think Buster Posey left early once upon a time. Eldridge started slow and then had a couple of big games. The Giants may want him to end his season on that high note. They had been rather intensely criticized by Keith Law for sending him there at all.
DeleteIt seems to be to give him a breather, and he finished strong.
DeleteThe Gints were satified with his development and wanted to get him out of the Arizona heat.
ReplyDeleteSomewhat off topic, well, maybe completely off,
ReplyDeletemost Giant blogs like yours, and, of course, there are many others not as good, are not excessively vitriolic about management.
There are a few commenters who don't see any progress since 2016 when, with few exceptions, the cupboard was bare.
There is a site called Bleeding Yankee Blue that after Friday's game not just roasted Aaron Boone, but diced and filleted him, ranting on and on.
It is difficult to imagine what this blogger will have to say today after last night's pasting, leaving not quite Forever Giant Carlos Rodón in to give up 4 runs, 6 hits, and 3 HR's in just 3⅓ innings.
Ironically, like Friday's 9th inning, the team behind in score loaded the bases with 2 outs, but the Yankee batter was not Freddie Freeman but did hit the ball hard directly to the left fielder.
Should someone want to appreciate our Doc even more, this is the link to the aforementioned blog:
https://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2024/10/boone-disrespects-yankee-progress-with.html
Ha ha! Yankees fans are something else. Over the years I've been to quite a few Angels games in Anaheim and it's usually a very placid place. Not when they play the Yankees! The Yankees fans would come out looking to fight! LOL!
DeleteI'm hoping the Giants can find a way to keep Huntet Bjshop around 1 more year to build on his 2024 season. He's a good athlete who managed to put together a respectable full season in AA/AAA considering he's missed so much playing time from 2019 when he was drafted in the 1st round.. I expected his production to really drop off but it didn't. MLB has a lot of stories of late bloomers, one example is Yaz who came up in his late 20's., and Bishop had the talent to be a 1st rounder.
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