"When the Giants Come to Town..." is my blog intended to chronicle my thoughts on San Francisco Giants baseball. My special interest is in prospects and the farm system, but of course, will comment on all aspects of the San Francisco Giants. I will also comment on baseball in general, particularly from a fantasy baseball perspective. I hope you will find the site informative, and invite you to join in the discussion.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
DrB's 2020 Giants Top 50 Prospects: #47 Jacob Heyward
Jacob Heyward OF. DOB: 8/1/1997. B-R, T-R. 6'1", 215 lbs.
AA: .209/.357/.339, 20 2B, 10 HR, 10 SB, 16.8 BB%, 30.9 K%, 476 PA.
AAA: 2 for 5, 2B, 3 BB, 2 K.
The Eastern League seemed to grind Heyward down like it does to so many hitting prospects. He has pretty good tools across the board, but are any of them enough to punch his ticket to the majors? As you can see, there is tremendous selectivity at the plate but that comes with a very high K rate. He had a BABIP of .306 which is right about average, so unless he gets the K rate down, the BA is likely to stay in the low .200's which really robs him of usable power. While you wish a lot of young players would be more patient at the plate, you might wish Jacob Heyward to be more aggressive.
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