Time to revive and roll out the top 50 prospect list. As always, please don't get too hung up on the exact order here. It's just too hard to accurately weight proximity/experience vs ceiling, pitching vs hitting and positional strength to get too precise in these listings. The main purpose of the exercise is to get a better idea of who we might see playing in a Giants uniform in coming years. With that said, on to the list!
1. Marco Luciano SS
2. Luis Matos OF
3. Joey Bart C
4. Heliot Ramos OF
5. Kyle Harrison LHP
6. Will Bednar RHP
7. Jairo Pomares OF
8. Patrick Bailey C
9. Hunter Bishop OF
10. Aeverson Arteaga SS
11. Ryan Reckley SS
12. Camilo Doval RHP
13. Sean Hjelle RHP
14. Ryan Murphy RHP
15. Ricardo Genoves C
16. David Villar 3B
17. Diego Rincones OF
18. Matt Mikulski LHP
19. Nick Swiney LHP
20. Will Wilson IF
21. Luis Toribio 3B
22. Kai-Wei Teng RHP
23. RJ Dabovitch RHP
24. Kervin Castro RHP
25. Gregory Santos RHP
26. Armani Smith OF
27. Tyler Fitzgerald SS
28. Adrian Sugasty C
29. Garrett Frechette 1B
30. Alexander Suarez OF
31. Mauricio Pierre OF
32. Esmerlin Vinicio LHP
33. Carson Ragsdale RHP
34. Prelander Berroa RHP
35. Manuel Mercedes RHP
36. Eric Silva RHP
37. Seth Corry LHP
38. Conner Nurse RHP
39. Ismael Munguia OF
40. Sean Roby 3B/1B
41. Frankie Tostado 1B/OF
42. Chris Wright LHP
43. Cole Waites RHP
44. Logan Wyatt 1B
45. Grant McCray OF
46. Trevor McDonald RHP
47. Norwith Gudino RHP
48. Simon Whiteman IF
49. Casey Schmitt 3B
50. Matt Frisbee RHP
51. Jason Krizan IF(Bonus Pick)
Let me know if you see any glaring omissions or misplacements. We'll do a profile on each of these between now and the start of spring training, whenever that is.
At the time of the 2021 Draft you were cautiously optimistic. Have you cooled on it or is it just too soon to see anything beyond the top 2? They put out fair bucks for Eric Silva and Mason Black but Silva hasn't showed much and Black seemingly nothing! Some picks had stats in the ACL but nothing stood out.
ReplyDeleteI am quite high in Bednar and Mikulski and cautiously optimistic about Silva. The rest is a crapshoot but I like that they stocked up on arms to address a glaring organizational imbalance. Basically it's just too soon to tell about the rest of the draft.
DeleteI'd much rather see the versatile Brett Auerbach (maybe the steal of the 2020 NDFA pool) or Randy Rodriguez (recently added to the 40man) ranked on your list than see the abysmal Logan Wyatt. Also maybe Sammy Long? Regardless, I understand the list, and appreciate you taking the time to make one.
DeleteAuerbach had a nice season and has a chance to be a nice utility player(catching experience doesn't hurt those chances). I agree Logan Wyatt is riding almost exclusively on his draft position. He does have a very nice walk rate. If he can find just a little bit of power somewhere, he's suddenly a very nice prospect. I kind of forgot about Randy Rodriguez who has an outside chance of pitching for the Giants in 2022.
DeleteDo you think Brett Auerbach desires consideration Doc?
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy New Year!!
Richard in Winnipeg
See my reply above.
DeleteWhat about Austin Reich and Kai-Wei Teng? Shouldn't they be on the list?
ReplyDeleteTeng is #22. Not sure why Austin Reich would be on.
DeleteMy error on Teng. Reich had a very good year in 2021 while pitching out of the bullpen for San Jose and Eugene. You might want to take a look at his numbers, especially his k/bb ratio.
ReplyDeleteAfter a uneventful draftless career in college and little to commend himself, Reich seemed to secretly find something during the 2020 lost year and was pretty good in 2021 at 2 levels. He even threw an "immaculate inning" for the A+ Emeralds.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_FKtcCeRU