Friday, June 26, 2020
Scouting the Draft: Giants Sign Three More UDFA's
The Giants signed three more UDFA's in the last week. Let's take a look at the newest members of the Giants organization:
Brett Auerbach C/3B/OF, College(Alabama). B-R, T-R. 5'9", 190 lbs.
2019: .270/.364/.341, 12 2B, HR, 9 SB, 28 BB, 36 K, 211 AB.
2020: .388/.506/.642, 8 2B, 3 HR, 12 SB, 17 BB, 8 K, 67 AB.
2019 CCBL: .297, 3 3B, 3 HR, 11 SB, 15 BB, 34 K, 145 AB.
Auerbach is a college senior from Mission Viejo who starred for 2 years at Saddleback CC before transferring to Alabama. He appeared to be having a breakout season before the shutdown. His primary position appears to be catcher but is athletic enough to play anywhere. Intriguing SB numbers for a guy of his build who plays catcher. Obvious comp that comes to mind is Craig Biggio. Odds are long but we all know how much FZ values versatile players who can help out behind the plate.
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Wil Jensen RHP, College(Pepperdine). 6'3", 170 lbs.
2017: 2-8, 4.61, 82 IP, 29 BB, 43 K.
2018: 5-0, 0.74, 48.1 IP, 8 BB, 33 K.
2020: 4-0, 2.19, 24.2 IP, 6 BB, 26 K.
Tall, thin RHP underwent Tommy John surgery in 2018. Came back at the end of 2019 to pitch 5.1 innings with 3 K's. 2020 was redshirt junior season. Scouting report on Jensen gives him a 93 MPH FB with a potential plus changeup as well as a curve and slider. On video he looks a bit more stout than his listed weight but is still lean and wiry strong with room to fill out. He pitches out of an upright "tall and fall" delivery showing loose arm action and a high 3/4 delivery. This gives him downward plane on the FB and better depth on his breaking balls. Jensen adds to a trend of the Giants under FZ looking for college pitchers who still have physical projection.
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Robert Emery C, College(USF). B-R, T-R. 6'0", 215 lbs.
2018: .150/.209/.175, 2B, 3 BB, 13 K, 40 AB.
2019: .320/.386/.479, 16 2B, 5 HR, 18 BB, 41 K, 194 AB.
2020: .381/.451/.540, 4 2B, 2 HR, 7 BB, 12 K, 63 AB.
2018 NECBL: .254, 7 2B, 6 HR, 14 BB, 24 K, 122 AB.
Older player who was a redshirt senior. Has actually completed a masters degree in enterpreneurship and innovation. Started his college career with Dartmouth in 2016 before transferring to his hometown college, USF. His redshirt senior eligibility was extended due to COVID and he signed a letter of intent to transfer to Arkansas to play ball and work on a second masters degree. He ended up signing with the Giants instead. He's a local kid who grew up a Giants fan. There is a photo image of him out there sitting in a ballpark seat wearing a Giants cap when he looks like about 7 or 8 years old. Most likely an organizational player. I would say from his bio he is a candidate to be a future coach.
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Other than the 6 UDFA's and Kyle Harrison's $1,789,300 overslot, is there any news about their Top 4 and Bottom 2 picks which will require a good bit of underslot bonus signing?
ReplyDeleteIf they go full slot on #1 Bailey and #2 Schmitt (whom they really have to sign), there's only about 1 million left for the other 4 players, 2 of whom were picked ahead of Harrison.
There's gotta to be some hard negotiating going on, but, since all the unsigned players are college picks and none could realistically think they could do better in 2021 with the next round of players and the uncertainty of a college baseball season, the Giants are in a "good" position. Sort of.
The Giants must have figured that high schooler Harrison was MOST likely their toughest sign as he would have the most to gain by not signing.
OTOH, $2,500,000 is more than the slot bonus for the end of the 1st round, higher than the 28th pick.
MLBTR says it is a virtual certainty that every drafted player will sign. I am sure there is some shifting of bonus pool puzzle pieces around.
DeleteReds signed their 1st rounder for $4MM, $366,400 shy of the $4,366,400 value associated with the No. 12 slot.
DeleteHe was a high schooler committed to Mississippi State.
An interesting note on Will Jensen. In his last start Jensen faced A's 2nd round pick Jeff Criswell and his Michigan Wolverines. Jensen dominated the favored Wolverines and defeated Criswell 12-2. Jensen's line was 6IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 2BBs and 8Ks. He seems like the best prospect of the free agent signees if he can overcome his injury history.
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