Giants Depth Charts: Catcher

We'll start our annual Depth Charts series which as originally a commenter suggestion and has now become an annual ritual for When the Giants Come to Town.  The purpose of doing this at the end of each season is to get a better idea of what assets the Giants have within the organization which informs their offseason needs. We start with the 40 man roster and work our way down to the DSL so we also get in a bit of prospecting in the process.  We'll start off with the Catcher position.

40 man MLB Roster:

1.  Buster Posey
2.  Aramis Garcia

Steven Vogt is a free agent who IMO, the Giants should bring back.  His left-handed bat and ability to play some LF compliments Buster Posey well.  Buster Posey himself is coming off the worst season of his career, by far.  Will a full offseason a full year after hip surgery give him a chance to build his leg strength back or re-tool his swing mechanics?  Will that translate into improved offensive production?  One minor mystery is why he had a stellar defensive season, especially throwing out baserunners, yet seemed to have no base at the plate?  Aramis Garcia has toonder in his bat, but when you strike out at a rate of 45%, it's hard to tap into.  Is it possible for him to cut that down significantly at this point in his career?

AAA:

None.

I'm pretty sure Francisco Pena and Ronnie Freeman are both free agents.  Pena had a strong season in a crazy hitter's environment.  He's probably worth bringing back for MLB depth.

AA:

Joey Bart

Joey Bart is the guy to be excited about on this list.  He is coming fast after going on a small sample size tear after his late season promotion to Richmond.  He's currently blasting the Arizona Fall League too.  If he keeps this up, the Giants will be faced with some tough calls about how to juggle the beginning of Joey's MLB career with the end of Buster Posey's.  I'm pretty sure Jin-De Jhang and Matt Winn currently listed on the Flying Squirrels roster are both free agents.

A+:

Fabian Pena
Chris Corbett

Pena was a 25'th round draft pick in 2018 out of an obscure program(Manhattan).  Hit just .222 in 144 AB for the SJ Giants but this was a very aggressive placement for him.  Corbett was an 18'th round pick in 2017 out of an even more obscure Rollins(FL).  He has struggled to hit at all in the pros(.169 for 2 teams in 2019).  Hamlet Marte is listed on the SJ Giants roster, but I think he is a free agent.

A:

Ricardo Genoves
Jeffry Parra
Andres Angulo

Genoves was a 6-figure international bonus baby way back in 2015.  Hard to believe he's already played 4 professional seasons, but he's still just 20 yo.  He had a bit of a power breakout in 2019 hitting 9 HR in 196 AB for Salem-Keizer and Augusta.  Jeffry Parra was a 24 round draft pick in 2016 out of HS(NY).  His bat has just never come around and he hit just .161 for Augusta in 2019.  Angulo has played 5 pro seasons but it took him 4 seasons to get out of rookie ball.  He hit just .210 in 252 AB for the Greenjackets in 2019.

Short Season:

Matt Malkin
Brandon Martorano

Martorano was drafted in the 16'th round(2019) out of North Carolina and was assigned to S-K after just 21 AB in Arizona. He slashed .260/.365/.385 with 3 HR in 96 AB.  Malkin was an undrafted free agent(23 yo) who hit .309 for 4 different teams mostly with Giants Black(AZL).

Rookie AZL:

Cesar Gonzalez
Keyberth Mejias
Rodolfo Bone
Angel Guzman
Omar Medina

Gonzalez is 18 yo and OPS'd 1.032 in 37 AB for the DSL Giants in 2018.  He hit just .200 in 60 AB for Giants Black in 2019.  Mejias is a 20 yo DSL graduate who hit just .161 between Giants Black and S-K in 2019.  Braden Frankfort is listed on the Giants Black roster but was placed on the restricted list in April.  Everybody's favorite name, Rodolfo Bone(19 yo) hit .317 for the DSL Giants in 2018, .240 for Giants Orange in 2019.  Angel Guzman(19 yo) was drafted in the 21'st round in 2018.  He hit .289 in 45 AB for Giants Black in 2018 but just .081 in 37 AB for Giants Orange in 2019.  Omar Medina(19 yo) started 2019 in his third DSL season.  He hit .317 and got a midseason promotion to Arizona where he hit just .169 in 71 AB.

DSL:

Ronaldo Flores
Rayner Santana
Eduardo Jaramillo

Flores(17 yo) slashed .325/.370/.408 in his pro debut.  Santana(17 yo) played most of his debut season at age 16 and led the DSL Giants in HR's with 10 while hitting .294.  Jaramillo(17 yo) hit just .176 in 85 AB.