We reviewed the demographics of the AZL in the AZL Giants Black review so won't bore you with a repeat of the details. Giants Orange finished first in their AZL East division in both the first and second halves of the season and of course had the best overall record. A roster depleted by promotions then lost a single elimination playoff game to a wild card Rangers team.
Much like the DSL and Giants Black, Giants Orange had one player who stood out above all the others. Marco Luciano got the largest signing bonus out of the 2018 July 2 international class. The Giants had him skip the DSL and go straight to Arizona at age 17. Boy! Did he ever not disappoint! He really was too good for the level with a line of .322/.438/.616, 9 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 8 SB, 146 AB. He was backed up by DSL graduate Luis Toribio, .297/.436/.459, 15 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR, 185 AB. Connor Cannon was a slugging college draftee who hung around abusing AZL pitching for 132 AB. He hit 13 HR's while batting .326. Alexander Canario hit .395 with 7 HR in just 43 AB after being sent back to the AZL to start the season. He was quickly promoted to Salem-Keizer where he also performed well. Najee Gaskins, a speedster out of a small college program, hit .340 with 19 SB's. First round draft pick, Hunter Bishop, made a quick stop with the Giants Orange before moving on to Salem-Keizer and put up an extreme line of .250/.483/.550 with 3 HR's in 29 PA's. Small sample size? He put up a very similar line in over 100 PA's for S-K.
The pitching was again not up to par with the hitting, but two 18 yo DSL graduates had strong showings. LHP Juan Sanchez went 7-1, 3.77, 57.1 IP, 27 BB, 53 K. LHP Jesus Gomez went 4-1, 3.83, 54 IP, 22 BB, 63 K.
Team Leaders:
BA: Luciano .322, Toribio .297, Abdiel Layer .292.
HR: Cannon 13, Luciano 10, Canario 7.
SB: Gaskins 19, Javeyon Williams 18, Patrick Hilson 13.
Wins: Sanchez 7, Gomez 4, Jordan Scott 4.
K's: Gomez 63, Sanchez 53, Wilkelma Castillo 48.
Saves: Jorge Labrador 3, Jamie Callahan 2, Alex Dubord 2.
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