There was a flurry of minor league FA signings with the Giants announcing 3. Here they are:
Levi Michael, 2B. DOB: 2/9/1991. B-R, T-R. 5'10", 180 lbs.
2018 AA(Mets): .305/.391/.470, 30 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 13 SB, 7.8 BB%, 20.8 K%.
Former 2011 first round pick(#30) by the Twins out of North Carolina. Has had an up and down pro career. Hits righties and lefties about the same. Will compete with Ryan Howard and CJ Hinojosa for placement and playing time.
Zach Green, 3B/1B. DOB: 3/7/1994. B-R, T-R. 6'3", 210 lbs.
2018 AA(Phillies): .296/.375/.578, 17 HR, 9.0 BB%, 25.6 K%, 312 PA.
2018 AAA(Phillies): .248/.312/.432, 3 HR, 7.2 BB%, 35.5 K%, 138 PA.
Nice power numbers but I believe Reading and Scranton-Wilkes Barre are both hitter friendly venues.
Jin-De Jhang, C. DOB: 5/17/1993. B-L, T-R. 5/9", 225 lbs.
AA(Pirates): .320/.373/.410, HR, 8.1 BB%, 10.4 K%, 135 PA.
Catching depth.
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Interesting thing about Levi Michael is he plays quite a bit of CF too. Zach Green was an 18U Team USA player with quite a few current MLB stars, including his own HS teammate Rhys Hoskins. Both players took a major step forward in 2018 & were AA All-Stars.
ReplyDeleteI have a doc with links for all the Giants MiLB signings so far this year, if you're interested: bit.ly/SFGminorsFA
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Wow... Michael was picked right after Panik. I recall going into the draft that Michael was a much higher touted prospect than Panik, projected to go as high as the early 20's. As your great series of draft retrospectives points out, the Giants have done pretty well in the drafts when they have a late draft position and the Panik vs Michael pick illustrates that. My hope is that Zaidi and the front office are successful in hitting on later round picks as the Dodgers so often have. Perhaps the Giants have to be less conservative on "safe" college picks and focus on toolsier high school players (?)
ReplyDeleteJin-de Jhang has to be the most musical baseball name ever.
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