Giants Depth Charts: Starting Pitchers

Sorry for the break in posts.  I've been crazy busy and had some writer's block.  I guess we'll go ahead and finish up the depth charts before branching out into other topics.  Starting pitching, which was an overwhelming strength during the run of championships is suddenly very thin.  It also feels very strange that Madison Bumgarner, who is a free agent, is not on the depth chart.

MLB 40 Man Roster:

Jeff Samardzija
Johnny Cueto
Tyler Beede
Logan Webb
Dereck Rodriguez

I suppose you might count Shaun Anderson, Andrew Suarez, Conner Menez and Burch Smith, but all those guys seem to be more on the reliever track at this point.  If the Giants don't re-sign Bummy, their going to have to supplement this rotation with another FA or two or make a trade or two if they want to maintain any semblance of competitiveness  in 2020.  In other words, their going to have to either pay Bummy or pay someone else.

AAA:

Caleb Baragar

That's it.  Just one SP currently listed on the River Cats roster and not a name you expect to see holding down a rotation spot in SF anytime soon.  So, help is not on the way!

AA:

Sean Hjelle
Garrett Williams

Hjelle seems promising, but needs to show he's read to dominate higher levels out of spring training.  Williams still struggles with control/command.

A+:

Tristan Beck
Jake Wong
Matt Frisbee
Jose Marte
Aaron Phillips

Tristan Beck showed promise after being acquired in the Mark Melancon trade.  Jake Wong was a bit disappointing after promotion to SJ.  Frisbee was a lower round draft pick who is putting up interesting numbers.

A:

Seth Corry
Norwith Gudino
Blake Rivera
Gregory Santos
Kai-Wei Teng
Keaton Winn

Corry had a breakout season in 2019.  Can he keep it going at higher levels?  Santos could be a future ace, but needs to stay healthy.  Gudino, Rivera, Teng and Winn showed varying degrees of promise in a relatively pitcher-friendly environment.

Short Season

Kervin Castro
Conner Nurse
Caleb Kilian
Jasier Herrera
Bryce Fehmel
Prelander Berroa

Kervin Castro showed he most in 2019, although I think Kilian might be a sleeper.

Rookie(AZL):

Trevor McDonald
Freddery Paulino
Sonny Vargas
Jesus Gomez
Marco Gonzalez
Juan Sanchez
Nick Morreale

Trevor McDonald got a significant over-slot bonus out of the 11'th round of the 2019 draft.  Extremely small pro sample size so far.  The DSL graduate lefties struggled a bit in their stateside debuts.

DSL:

None.

Nobody on the DSL Giants pitching staff stood out in 2019 as we saw mostly high scoring games all season.

Overall SP is the thinnest position in the organization, the worst in my memory.  The 2019 draft and 2018 international signings did not add much.