Friday, May 15, 2020
State of the Giants: Farm System
I am happy to report the state of the Giants farm system is strong. The last few drafts while Bobby Evans was GM were solid and he upped the Giants international game considerably. To his credit, Farhan Zaidi(FZ) has only added to the strong and improving system he inherited. I am not going to do an exhaustive review as we did that in the offseason. I'll just say it is as strong as at anytime I can remember as a long time Giants fan with an interest in the farm system going back to the days when The Sporting News used to publish minor league stats. I would rate it at least as strong as when Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner were both in the system in the late 2000's.
The top tier of Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos, Marco Luciano and Hunter Bishop are competitive with other top tiers. The depth is evidenced by Logan Webb and Mauricio Dubon, both pretty good MLB-ready prospects ranking #11 and #12 by Fangraphs(MLB ranks them higher). Will Wilson, a #15 overall draft pick by the Angels in 2019 is ranked #10 by Fangraphs and #7 by MLB. If there is a weakness in the system it is with pitching, but even there, Webb, Sean Hjelle and Seth Corry have good chances to be future MLB SP's.
Barring a disastrous 2020 draft, the system should be considerably stronger in about a month as the Giants have 7 picks in the 5 round draft with an unusually deep draft pool.
Potential 2020 Contributors: Logan Webb, Mauricio Dubon, Jaylin Davis, Tyler Rogers, Joey Bart.
Best 5 Tools: Marco Luciano.
Best Power: Joey Bart.
Highest Ceiling: Joey Bart, Marco Luciano.
Top Pitcher: Logan Webb, Sean Hjelle, Seth Corry.
Sleeper(not listed in MLB top 30 or Fangraphs top 50): Caleb Kilian RHP.
Grade: B+ and rising.
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It will be interesting to see how many of the Giants' top prospects are included in the "Taxi Squad" 50 man roster this year. Seems like Webb, Bart, and Ramos at least should be a part of that squad to get some game experience in (especially if there won't be a minor league season this year). They will certainly include Dubon and Davis. I wonder if they will take a flyer on a Hjelle, Luciano, or Bishop too.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited about that 2018 international class led by Marco Luciano. You didn't mention Alexander Canerio, Luis Toribio, and Luis Matos who were part of that international class also and are 10 ten prospects in their system. Pavs wrote that 2018 class has the potential to be a game changer.
ReplyDeleteIt'll be interesting to see how many amateur free agents the Giants can sign after the draft. Read each team will compete with other teams to sign undrafted players at $20k each..Something to keep an eye on also besides the draft.
I think Hunter Bishop might have the best power potential of the bunch. If he can hit just a little, I think he'll make a living off of hitting splash hits.
ReplyDeleteMy sleeper pick is Ghordy Santos. He was having a good 2019 season until it was cut short due to injury.