We will ring in the new year with our final annual 2024 Giants Top 50 Prospect list. We added Keaton Winn, Kai-Wei Teng, Daniel Blair, Quinn McDaniel, Maui Ahuna and Manuel Mercedes. We bumped a few complex players down into Honorable Mention. I think we may have inadvertently dropped someone in the process but I can't figure out who.
This is the strongest Giants prospect list I can remember. It has 5 really good prospects at the top and runs deep. I am particularly excited by the number of very promising Dominican Dandies, something I don't think any other analyst is focusing on.
Once again, try to not get too hung up on the exact order. The main goal of the exercise is to know better the players in the Giants farm system.
1. Kyle Harrison LHP
2. Marco Luciano SS
3. Bryce Eldridge OF/RHP
4. Walker Martin SS
5. Rayner Arias OF
6. Keaton Winn RHP
7. Mason Black RHP
8. Carson Whisenhunt LHP
9. Trevor McDonald RHP
10. Kai-Wei Teng RHP
11. Hayden Birdsong RHP
12. Joe Whitman LHP
13. Reggie Crawford LHP/1B
14. Tyler Fitzgerald SS/OF
15. Wade Meckler OF
16. Erik Miller LHP
17. Carson Seymour RHP
18. Landon Roupp RHP
19. Aeverson Arteaga SS
20. Grant McCray OF
21. Diego Velasquez SS
22. Vaun Brown OF
23. Victor Bericoto OF/1B
24. Zach Morgan C
25. Adrian Sugastey C
26. Onil Perez C
27. Jack Choate LHP
28. Hayden Wynja LHP
29. Daniel Blair RHP
30. Cole Foster SS
31. Gerelmi Maldonado RHP
32. Alix Hernandez RHP
33. Maui Ahuna SS
34. Quinn McDaniel 2B
35. Thomas Szapucki LHP
36. Juan Sanchez LHP
37. Randy Rodriguez RHP
38. Jose Cruz RHP
39. Heliot Ramos OF
40. TJ Hopkins OF
41. Trenton Brooks OF/1B
42. Nick Avila RHP
43. Chris Wright LHP
44. Manuel Mercedes RHP
45. Scott Bandura OF
46. Guillermo Williamson OF
47. Elian Rayo 3B
48. Cesar Quintas OF
49. Ryan Reckley SS
50. Ubert Mejias RHP
Honorable Mention(in no particular order): Dariel Lopez SS, Yusniel Diaz OF, John Bertrand LHP, Wil Jensen RHP, Tyler Myrick RHP, Evan Gates RHP, Michael Stryfeller RHP, Nick Zwack LHP, Logan Wyatt 1B, Ismael Munguia OF, Will Wilson SS, Ben Madison RHP, Seth Lonsway LHP, Carson Ragsdale RHP, Eric Silva RHP, Ty Weber RHP, Nick Sinacola RHP, Matt Mikulski LHP, Thomas Gavello C/IF, Damon Dues 2B, Andrew Kachel IF, Luis Toribio 3B, 1B, Jared Dupere OF, Jairo Pomares OF, Carter Howell OF, Nomar Medina LHP, Tyler Vogel RHP, Luke Shliger C, Javier Francisco IF, Charlie Szykowny IF, Justin Wishkoski 3B, Justin Bench OF, Tanner Hill OF, Alexander Suarez OF, Estanlin Cassiani OF, Samuel Reyes OF. Carlos Molina LHP, Christian Avendano RHP.
Dominican Dandies(in no particular order): Moises De La Rosa OF, Keiberg Camacaro SS, Carlos Concepcion OF, Anyelo Gonzalez C, Carlos Gutierrez OF, Diego Villegas OF, Anthony Tandron SS, Dario Reynosis 3B, Angel Guzman OF, Lisbel Diaz OF, Jose Bello RHP, Carlos Rangel LHP, Brayan Cabello RHP, Jorge Martinez RHP, Jose Gonazalez RHP, Randry DeLeon RHP, Jose Rengel LHP.
I hope the rest of the league perceives this class as strong as you do Doc. Prospects are good for 2 things. Building a team around or trading. It is really hard for me to see a successful team arising from this list if our hope was to succeed mostly from within. I also see it being next to impossible based on a 6 year track record that FZ could figure out how to trade from this list to improve the major league roster significantly.
ReplyDeletePuts us in a real difficult spot when trying to compete this year when our GM hasn’t drafted any “can’t miss” talent and has never pulled off a significant trade that was more complex than a dumpster dive. One alternative that won’t take a miracle is to just overspend this offseason and let the chips fall where they may.
It doesn’t take anything other than $$$ and the Giants have plenty of it. The investment is superficial anyway as the players can always be moved along with their salaries if things don’t work out. There is still real talent out there that won’t cost $700 million and could give the Giants a fighting chance.
Think of the signing as a future trade chip and spend sort of like when FZ wasted 12 million on Will Wilson except it would be an established player who could get flipped. Think Josh Hader, any SP in the top 10 list, Solar, Hoskins, Anderson, Merrifield, and even take a chance on Mondesi for S&G’s. It’s just money and it’s really the only way this team is going to get themselves out of mediocrity.
I pretty much don't agree with any of this but I appreciate the opinion. Spending money on the wrong players just because you can is a prescription for disaster and I think the farm system is a whole lot stronger than you give it credit for.
DeleteCertainly we will find out, and, yes, we shouldn't get too hung up on the exact order, but why did Reggie Crawford fall so far – or is that good news that there are so many above him?
ReplyDeleteThe upside/ceiling is still there for Reggie Crawford but we are not two seasons into his pro career and he's pitched a total of 19 innings and had a total of 40 PA's. He did have 71 PA's in the Arizona Fall League and batted .138.
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