DrB's 2019 Giants Top 50 Prospects: Honorable Mention Part 2

Dalton Combs, OF/1B.  DOB:  10/29/1994.  B-L, T-L.  6'3", 200 lbs.  Drafted 2017 Round 35.

2017 Short Season:  .208/.309/.313, 2 2B, HR, SB, 10.9 BB%, 18.2 K%,  2.00 GB/FB, 55 PA.
2018 Short Season:  .318/.375/.512, 8 2B, 3B, 5 HR, SB, 5.6 BB%, 24.3 K%, 0.65 GB/FB, 144 PA.
Dalton Combs was a late round draftee who put up big numbers at an NAIA school in Indiana.  2017 was a SSS, but he seemed to retool his approach for 2018(more aggressive, more fly balls) and showed he really can hit.  No word on his D, but I'm guessing it's not great.  Maybe there will be room for him in San Jose or Augusta in 2019?

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Sam Moll, LHP.   DOB:  1/3/1992.  5'10", 185 lbs.  Drafted 2013, Round 3(Rockies).

2018 AAA(Blue Jays):  1-3, 5.30 ERA, 18.2 IP, 9.16 K/9, 2.41 BB/9, 1 Save.

Giants picked Sam Moll up in the AAA phase of the Rule 5 Draft which means they can keep him all season in the minors and see if he's worth adding to the 40 man roster.  Lefty reliever whose secondary stats were much better than is ERA in 2018.

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Kyle McPherson, 2B/SS.  DOB:  2/9/1996.  B-R, T-R.  5'11", 180 lbs.  Drafted 2017, Round 26.

2018 Short Season:  .314/.370/.493, 23 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 2 SB, 7.4 BB%, 14.1 K%, 1.00 GB/FB, 311 PA.

Kyle McPherson hit well for a minor conference(James Madison) in college.  Didn't show much in Arizona after the draft, but blossomed in Salem-Keizer.  NWL was a bit of a launching pad in 2018, so he'll have to keep it going at higher levels.  There will be competition for 2B jobs in Augusta and San Jose in 2019.

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John Gavin, LHP.  DOB:  10/10/1995.  6'6", 230 lbs.  Drafted 2017 Round 8.

2018 Low A:  5-5, 2.08 ERA, 95 IP, 10.52 K/9, 3.51 BB/9, 0.73 GB/FB.
2018 A+:  1-2, 5.60 ERA, 27.1 IP, 9.22 K/9, 3.29 BB/9, 0.60 GB/FB.

Big lefty drafted out of a major college program.  Dominant for Augusta, not so much for San Jose.  A bit of a soft tosser despite his size with a strong flyball tendency.  That's not the greatest combination for a pitching prospect.

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Olbis Parra, RHP.   DOB:  10/1/1994.  6'2", 180 lbs.  International Free Agent 2012.

2018 Low A:  4-6, 2.24 ERA, 68.1 IP, 6.59 K/9, 1.19 BB/9, 1.29 GB/FB, 3 Saves.
2018 AA:  0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 IP, 2.25 K/9, 2.25 BB/9.

2018 was Olbis Parra's first full season experience after spending 4 seasons in rookie ball(he missed the 2015 season).  Numbers profile him as a contact/control pitcher.  Not the profile that gets you to the majors these days.