2019 Giants Draft Review: Rounds 21-40

For lack of anything better to write about here, I thought folks might be interested in reviewing the Giants 2019 amateur draft as this was the first draft under FZ regime.  It may not be completely fair to pin success or failure of this draft on FZ as this was a transitional year and his scouting team did not have a full cycle to evaluate players.  In addition, the new scouting director, Michael Holmes, went through a major family crisis just prior to the draft.  On top of all that, the cancelled minor league season of 2020 caused a disruption in both player development and evaluation.  But we now have the partial post-draft season plus a full 2021 season to get a bead on how the drafted players are coming along and to start to form some judgments.  

The Giants signed just 2 players from rounds 31-40.  Several more from rounds 21-30 did not sign either so we'll review rounds 21-40 here first, then break it down into smaller groupings after that.

40.  Jeff Heinrich, JC 2B.  Did Not Sign.

39.  Chris Lanzilli, College OF.  Did Not Sign.

38.  Will Rigney, HS RHP.  Did Not Sign.

37.  Cole Weiss, College 3B.  Did Not Sign.

36.  Cameron Repetti, HS 3B.  Did Not Sign.

35.  Brooks Lee, HS SS.  Did Not Sign.

34.  Morgan Colopy, HS RF.  Did Not Sign.

33.  Nolan Dempsey, College IF.  DOB:  9/9/1996.  B-R, T-R.  6'0", 175 lbs.  2021 Minors(2 levels):  .153/.254/.237.  Released 8/9/2021.

32.  Dylan Brewer, HS CF.  Did Not Sign.

31.  Tyler Wyatt, College 3B.  DOB:  12/9/1996.  B-R, T-R.  5'11", 185 lbs.  2021 Minors(2 levels):  .236/.354/.527.  Released 8/15/2021. 

So a total whiff on the last 10 rounds of the draft.  I think the take-home lesson here is the draft does not need to be 40 rounds long and likely won't ever be again.

30.  Justin Crump, College RHP.   DOB:  12/1/1995.  6'3", 215 lbs.  2021 A:  4-3, 5.94, 33.1 IP, 25 BB, 38 K.  Released 8/15/2021.

29.  Brooks Crawford, College RHP.  DOB:  8/19/1996.  6'4", 215 lbs.  2021 A:  6-1, 1.96, 46 IP, 7 BB, 57 K, 4 Saves.  Great numbers but at too low level for a 2019 college draftee.  Lost 2020 season undoubtedly a factor here.

28.  Reese Sharp, HS RHP.  Did Not Sign.

27.  Connor Beichler, HS SS.  Did Not Sign.

26.  Nick Avila, College RHP.  DOB:  7/25/1997.  6'4", 195 lbs.  2021 High A:  5-7, 6.51, 76 IP, 27 BB, 78 K.  Decent K rate but otherwise discouraging numbers.  Risk of release before 2022 season starts.

25.  Richard Rodriguez,  HS SS.  Did Not Sign.

24.  Evan Lumbert, College RHP.  DOB:  5/10/1996.  6'0", 175 lbs.  2021 Rookie:  2-2, 1.59, 22.2 IP, 11 BB, 25 K, 2 Saves.  Nice numbers but Rookie League way too low for 2019 college draftee.  Risk for release before 2022 season starts.

23.  Taylor Rashi, College RHP.  DOB:  1/15/1996.  6'4", 220 lbs.  2021 High A:  6-3, 4.44, 46.2 IP, 22 BB, 68 K, 2 Saves.  Fairly impressive numbers, particularly K rate at appropriate level considering lost 2020 season.

22.  Javeyon Williams, College CF.  DOB:  6/27/1997.  B-L, T-L.  5'9", 160 lbs.  2021 Minors( 2 levels):  .209/.335/.291.  3 HR, 15 SB, 134 AB.  Released 8/12/2021.

21. Bryce Fehmel,  College RHP.  DOB:  12/16/1996. 6'2", 205 lbs.  2019 Minors(2 levels):  0-1, 2.25, 16 IP, 1 BB, 15 K.  2021:  DNP.  I was not able to find the cause of the DNP except he was on 60 day IL.  One blog post implied it was related to arm surgery.

So, 5 of 10 draftees from rounds 21-30 either did not sign or have already been released.  At least Brooks Crawford and Taylor Rashi had good seasons with opportunity to move up in the organization.