Instead of slogging through #31-50, we'll highlight the ones whose stock is clearly up. Everyone else in that range is either stable or down.
37. Victor Bericoto OF/1B:
AAA: .299/.355/.449, 6 HR, 8.1 BB%, 18.8 K%, 186 PA.
MLB: .293/.305/.552, 4 HR, SB, 1.7 BB%, 25.4 K%, 59 PA.
Bericoto has been quietly rising up the prospect ranks and the bat has played at every level although he seemed to be a man without a position. He had a great spring training where he hit everything hard and continued to hit well in AAA Sacramento putting himself in a position for a call up when injuries hit the Giant OF. He's made the most of that opportunity too and has looked surprisingly athletic in the with a strong throwing arm(he started his pro career as a catcher in the DSL). He has massive strength across the upper chest and shoulders and he uses that to get the bat head out to meet pitches in front of the plate getting tremendous leverage on drives to the left-center, producing tape-measure distances. LF is probably his best position in Oracle Park where the Giants also have a guy names Heliot Ramos with unreal power potential. Stock Up!
38. Scott Bandura OF:
AA: .324/.430/.479, 9 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 10 SB, 14.4 BB%, 17.2 K%, 174 PA.
AAA: .262/.345/.387, 8 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 9 SB, 10.6 BB%, 18.1 K%, 199 PA.
Bandura struggled after a promotion to AA last season but apparently put the experience to good use and came back this season with a strong batting line earning a surprisingly early promotion to AAA. It would be a very cool story to see Mo'ne Davis little league catcher make it all the way to Oracle Park. Stock Up!
41. Cesar Perdomo LHP:
AA: 2-4, 3.98, 72.1 IP, 11.07 K/9, 2.74 BB/9.
AAA: 1-0, 1.80, 5 IP, 11.06 K/9, 2.79 BB/9.
Another surprise early promotion but Perdomo had excellent K/BB in AA so the player development team was probably looking more at the quality of his pitches than the ERA. Just a one game sample in AAA but this is exciting since I was impressed by his pitch mix when I saw him pitch for A San Jose in 2024. Stock Up!
46. Jonah Cox OF:
AA: .400/.453/.644, 11 2B, 5 3B, 6 HR, 27 SB, 8.7 BB%, 16.9 K%, 183 PA.
MLB: .269/.269, .500, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 SB, 0.0 BB%, 51.7 K%, 29 PA.
OK, before you start throwing darts or rotten tomatoes for ranking Cox too low, guys who bat .227 and then .257 in A+ ball are not expected to put up video game numbers in AA, let along score a promotion to MLB without a single PA in AAA. Cox does have game-changing speed so if the improvement in the bat is for real he could be a real impact CF. Giants are going to have some sorting out to do with that position. Stock Up!
Hey doc,
ReplyDeleteWhat can you tell about Luke Mensik?
This may sound funny but if you don’t look at their record you might actually think Posey is doing a damn good job! He just had what appears to be a great draft, he has signed the top 2 offensive international FA’s over the last two years, Eldridge and Schmitt are blossoming before our very eyes under his watch, and he has taken chances like all of us begged for him to do when he got here! Admittedly the record overshadows all of that but what if this year was the rebuild? It’s nearly impossible to be patient now days but can anyone else see things turning around based on a lot of good moves that aren’t showing up in their record just yet? Whatever happens before the deadline should help clarify things going forward but I for one am excited about the future of this team.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure who wanted him to take chances. It wasn't me. I expressed skepticism about the long term contracts for not-quite-superstar players. I admit I didn't think he had any choice but to sign Adames because of the lack of immediate help on the farm, but Chapman and Devers were always contracts that would not age well. While there were things I liked about Tony Vitello, like his formal education in management, I was skeptical that he would be accepted by MLB players. What's going on in the minors is mostly residual from FZ's tenure and the bolstering of the international effort goes all the way back to Bobby Evans. They have some exciting things happening in the minors but there are several roster positions blocked by the albatross contracts.
DeleteThe bad part of Devers contract is its length, and that's atrocious.
ReplyDeleteHis record this year isn't bad, especially if you take out his first 30 or so games: he has an OPS well over .800, and the Giants have played .500 since May 30th which would put them in contention.
San Diego at .500 is 3.5 games out of the playoffs.
But those first 30 games were killers and "Not so bad" is not what you want to be paying $25 M for this year let alone for 8 years to come and with almost endless deferments after that.
DeleteIt seems like the one and only way to salvage value out of the Dever's trade at this point is to some how convince him to embrace off-season conditioning.
DeleteWith a pair of RHB left fielders, if there is not room for both on the roster, how would you rate an unproven 24-yo Victor Bericoto against an established 26-yo Heliot Ramos?
ReplyDeleteOr can the Giants free up the DH by moving Devers to 3B after "disposing" of Chapman, or will that position belong to Schmitt?
Could a "too good to pass up offer" for Ramos happen in the next few weeks?