Thursday, June 18, 2020
Scouting the Draft: Giants Sign Two UDFA's......So Far
After a lot of talk about recruiting local UDFA's, the Giants signed a couple from other parts of the country....oh, I forgot. North Carolina is part of Northern California! Anyway, let's get acquainted with the two players the Giants signed as undrafted free agents. Hopefully we'll be hearing some additional names added in the near future and maybe a few from Northern Carol....I mean California.
Carter Williams OF, College(North Carolina Central- Senior). B-L, T-R. 6'3", 210 lbs.
2017: .351/.427/.459, 14 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 12 SB, 25 BB, 34 K, 205 AB.
2018: .307/.407/.521, 13 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR, 12 SB, 28 BB, 27 K, 192 AB.
2019: .328/.394/.475, 14 2B, 5 HR, 14 SB, 23 BB, 21 K, 198 AB.
2020: .316/.422/.368, 2 2B, 3 SB, 5 BB, 3 K, 38 AB.
2019 NECBL: .353, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 17 SB, 22 BB, 25 K, 150 AB.
Terrific size, athletic looking frame. Solid, consistent numbers throughout college career. Knock is probably lack of game power and strength of competition in a relatively minor conference. I am intrigued by the 17 SB's in the summer league. There is projectable power in the frame and I am sure the Giants development people can't wait to start trying to unlock it. Undoubtedly a project but one that appears to have a high ceiling. Likely a round 6-10 pick if the draft had been that deep.
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Ty Weber RHP, College(Illinois-Senior). 6'4", 215 lbs.
2017: 2-7, 5.51, 78.1 IP, 40 BB, 53 K.
2018: 4-3, 3.84, 82.1 IP, 32 BB, 53 K.
2019: 4-3, 3.28, 79.2 IP, 32 BB, 46 K.
2020: 2-0, 1.31, 20.2 IP, 2 BB, 15 K.
Another college senior. Classic pitcher's size and frame. Battled unimpressive BB and K rates through first 3 college seasons. Appeared to be headed for a breakout senior season before shutdown. Pitched shutout ball against Coastal Carolina and Texas A&M, both strong competition. Another project for the Driveline boys who definitely have something to work with. Reminds me a bit of Joe Biagini.
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Go Ty Weber!!!
ReplyDeleteNothing bad comes out of U. Illinois.
Gotta tell ya I'm a bit disappointed so far with this undrafted free agency stuff. I really thought by now the Giants would have 10 guys signed. I mean totally agree with what you said we heard this local kids will want to sign with us thing left and right. I see plenty of kids from California have signed with other organizations. And also plenty of North Carolina schooled kids signing too! There have been a number of Baseball America top 500 ranked players and ranked undrafted seniors who have signed as well. Now I understand rankings mean nothing to this organization - they have shown a zig when others zag, but it sure would be nice to see some talent come in that OTHER people think may be good too. I would really like to see a list of who all they have actually offered. College sports like football and basketball have sites that list which teams have offered players. I'd also like to know who all has said no thanks I don't want to play for 20K or no thanks I'm going to sign with somebody else. I'm glad 2 kids were willing to give the Giants a try, just surprised no one else has.
ReplyDeleteI don't have the breakdown, but it seems like Farhan has shown a strong tendency to stick with the familiar in player acquisition. There just seems to be a high percentage of his acquisitions that you can find a past connection with either the Dodgers or A's, and now we have a Scouting Director who seems to stick pretty close to players he knows from his regional scouting days. That's OK up to a point, but it's big country and a successful team needs to be finding talent in every corner of it.
DeleteHaving said that, I like what I see in Williams and Weber and I think the Giants farm system is in a place where it's more important to sign quality than quantity.
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