2025 Season Reviews: San Jose Giants

 The San Jose Giants bolted out to a great start to the California League Season and finished the first half with the best record in the league at 42-24.  They finshed second in the North Division second half at 39-27 and their full season record of 81-51 was the best in the league.  They then swept through the postseason against the Fresno Grizzlies and Inland Empire 66'ers to win the Cal League champtionship for the first time since 2021.  

Team Stats:

BA:  .261(1)

OBP:  .358(2)

SLG%:  .397(1)

Runs:  811(1)

Doubles:  236(2)

Triples:  40(2)

HR:  101(1-tie)

SB:  194(5)

ERA:  3.50(1)

GO/AO:  1.06(6)

K/9:  9.41(6)

K/BB:  2.24(2)

HR Allowed:  50(1)

The SJ Giant hit and hit for power while their pitchers had the lowest ERA in the league more due to pitchability(command and limiting HR/FB) than big strikeout stuff.  

Individual Stats:  

Hitting:

PA:  1.  Lisbel Diaz- 561.  2.  Walker Martin- 482.  3.  Robert Hipwell- 429.

Hits:  1.  Diaz- 139.  2.  Dakota Jordan- 115.  3.  Jean Carlos Sio- 104.

Doubles:  1. Diaz- 32.  2.  Hipwell- 28.  3.  Jakob Christian, Martin- 19.

Triples:  1.  Hipwell, Jordan- 6.  3.  Diaz, Carlos Gutierrez- 4

Home Runs:  1. Jordan- 14.  2.  Martin- 12.  Hipwell- 11.  4.  Hipwell, Christian- 10.

Stolen Bases:  1.  Jordan- 27.  2.  Diaz, Gutierrez- 26.  4.  Sio- 15.

Batting Average(Min 150 AB):  1.  Gutierrez- .351.  2.  Sio- .311.  3.  Jordan- .311.

OBP(Min 150 AB):  1.  Gutierrez- .445.  2.  Zander Darby- .403.  3.  Sio- .398.

SLG%(min 150 AB):  1.  Jordan- .497.  2.  Christian- .460.  3.  Darby- .459.

OPS(Min 150 AB)  1.  Gutierrez- .897.  2.  Jordan- .874.  3.  Darby- .862.

BB%(Min 150 AB):  1.  Hipwell- 15.6.  2.  Darby- 15.4.  3.  Martin- 14.3.

K%(Min 150 AB):  1.  Sio- 11.9.  2.  Gutierrez- 13.7.  3.  Jeremiah Jenkins- 17.5.

Pitching:  

Innings:  1.  Niko Mazza- 93.1.  2.  Jacob Bresnahan, Hunter Dryden- 93.  4. Tyler Switalski- 73.2.

ERA(Min 50 IP):  1.  Cade Vernon- 1.60.  2.  Mazza- 2.22.  3.  Ryan Slater- 2.54.  

K/9(Min 50 IP):  1.  Greg Farone- 12.97.  2.  Bresnahan- 12.00.  3.  Gerelmi Maldonado- 10.53.

BB/9(Min 50 IP):  1.  Charlie McDaniel- 2.18.  2.  Drake George, Vernon- 2.40.  4.  Ubert Mejias- 2.49.

K/BB(Min 50 IP):  1.  George- 4.13.  2.  McDaniel- 3.94.  3.  Slater- 3.19.

GO/AO(Min 50 IP):  1.  Vernon- 1.71.  2.  Maldonado- 1.67.  3.  McDaniel- 1.31.

Comments:  Three of the SJ Giants top prospects suffered significant muscle strain injures, Jose Ortiz, Carlos Gutierrez and Dakota Jordan.  Jean Carlos Sio is a significant sleeper in the system.  Dakota Jordan might be the top prospect but he is built like a football linebacker and that body type might not hold up at higher levels.  Jhonny Level SS got a late promotion from the ACL and held his own.  To my eye, Carlos Gutierrez was the best looking prospect on the team.  On the pitching side, Jacob Bresnahan was young for the league and probably has the highest ceiling.  Hunter Dryden is a small, wiry righty with some pop in his fastball.  Ricardo Estrada, Keyner Martinez and Luis De La Torre got late callups and performed well.  Argenis Cayama is thought to have the highest ceiling of the late callups but he struggled in a small sample.