Below is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the San Francisco Giants. Scouting stories have been compiled with data supplied by trade sources in addition to our personal observations. This is the fourth 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated aid roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “position” column beneath: MIRP for multi-inning aid pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning aid pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the 12 months a participant needs to be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Manual changes are made the place they appear applicable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Value) means might be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview might be discovered right here.
All of the ranked prospects beneath additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location presents that includes sortable scouting data for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from varied sources) than this text and integrates each crew’s listing so readers can examine prospects throughout farm techniques. It might be discovered right here.
Other Prospects of Note
Grouped by kind and listed so as of desire inside every class.
Contact-Oriented Sleepers
Carlos Gutierrez, LF
Charlie Szykowny, 3B
Lisbel Diaz, RF
Gutierrez is a 19-year-old outfielder signed out of Mexico who struck out in merely 6.7% of his 2023 DSL at-bats. He’s a bit bit undersized and has to get stronger, however he’s lanky and sinewy and simply may. Szykowny was San Francisco’s 2023 ninth rounder out of UIC. He’s a bodily, lefty-hitting SS/3B who continues to be on the advanced for prolonged spring coaching regardless that he hit nicely final summer time at Papago. Diaz may have lived in both of the Honorable Mention hitter teams we now have right here, as each his measurable energy and phone from final 12 months’s DSL seems to be fairly particular on a spreadsheet. In Scottsdale, he’s proven a type of mature body and an odd swing. It’s nonetheless early for these complex-level hitters, and it’s unsurprising that they’re sluggish out of the gate given how few video games the Giants are enjoying in prolonged. More on that within the System Overview.
Power-Driven Profiles
Vaun Brown, LF
Jairo Pomares, RF
Dario Reynoso, SS/3B
Quinn McDaniel, 2B/OF
Guillermo Williamson, 1B
Brown had a breakout a few years in the past and posted a few of the most explosive quantity in all of the minors in 2022. Last 12 months, admittedly amid harm, he posted a sub-60% contact fee at a extra age-appropriate stage. If he have been extra comfy in middle subject, there is likely to be extra room for this little contact. Pomares, a once-prominent Cuban signee, has related points and has additionally handled persistent harm. Reynoso had an enormous 2023 DSL and is a part of the 2024 prolonged spring group, however he’s had extra of a defense-first look up to now in Arizona and isn’t monitoring pitches particularly nicely. McDaniel was a 2023 Draft Combine standout who performs a mixture of positions and swings exhausting, however he’s struck out fairly a bit on the lowest ranges. Williamson arguably had essentially the most energy of any Giants complex-level hitter final 12 months, however he’s swinging and lacking at an untenable fee for a primary baseman.
Guys With Good Breaking Balls or Dev Sleepers
Carson Seymour, RHP
Eric Silva, RHP
Carson Ragsdale, RHP
Julio Rodriguez, RHP
Christian Avendano, RHP
Seymour, who got here from the Mets within the Darin Ruf 러프 commerce, is a hulking 6-foot-6, 260 kilos righty presently at Sacramento. Stuff-assessing metrics love Seymour’s slider, but it surely’s by no means carried out like a monster pitch and is as an alternative a part of a mean four-pitch depth starter combine. Silva was an undersized, athletic SoCal highschool draftee who regarded for a minute like a Sonny Gray starter equipment. He struggled to throw strikes final 12 months and has moved to the bullpen. Ragsdale has been 92-97 mph and peaked more durable at instances, however he’s struggled to maintain that and has additionally transitioned to the bullpen amid some accidents. Rodriguez has a plus-plus curveball. Avendano was initially an outfielder within the Cardinals system however is making an attempt a Reverse David Peralta as a pitcher. The 20-year-old touched 97 final season.
More Injured Pitching
Ethan Small, LHP
R.J. Dabovich, RHP
Gerelmi Maldonado, RHP
Small was as soon as a forty five FV prospect when he regarded like a starter with a secure driving fastball and plus changeup. Injuries and command regression have prompted him to alter orgs and shift to aid. He is presently out with an indirect pressure. Dabovich continues to be throwing exhausting when wholesome (recurrently as much as 97) and has an enormous breaking ball, however he hasn’t thrown strikes at an affordable fee for a few years now and is presently out with an elbow pressure. Maldonado was one of many hard-throwing younger advanced guys of two summers in the past; he’s presently out rehabbing from Tommy John.
Scrappy Bottom of the Roster Guys
Jonah Cox, CF
Brett Auerbach, 3B/C
Ismael Munguia, OF
Any of those guys may feasibly be a scrappy bench participant. Cox, who came to visit from Oakland for Ross Stripling, was a superb school participant at Oral Roberts who went on a tear towards the tip of final season. Auerbach has stopped hitting for the facility he confirmed early in his professional profession and barely catches anymore. For a minute, it regarded like he may play a Robert Fick kind of function. Munguia is a spark plug little outfielder who performs his ass off and makes a variety of contact.
System Overview
This system has 20,000 leagues of depth however is mild up high. Some of the highest prospects from current listing cycles have graduated (Patrick Bailey), together with some who’ve struggled to seek out their footing within the huge leagues (Luis Matos). Most of the depth right here comes through middle-of-the-roster pitching. They’re pitchers you could have round to outlive an entire huge league season, the types of arms you hate to need to go outdoors the org to accumulate if you’ve suffered a rash of accidents. While few of those guys appear to be affect arms proper now, the sheer variety of attention-grabbing arrow-up hurlers right here offers the Giants many alternatives to develop the subsequent Keaton Winn, who actually popped popping out of his TJ rehab.
A number of the pitchers listed here are of the decrease launch peak selection, a lot of whom symbolize an excessive instance of this. Some low launch peak guys get there by advantage of their decrease physique and large stride down the mound; others simply have a low arm slot. Most of the Giants prospects fall into the latter camp. Not all of them have panned out (the Wills Bednar and Kempner, the latter sitting 90 in prolonged spring coaching, will not be on right here), and the sheer variety of accidents to pitchers on this org is staggering. So many are damage for the time being that the Giant have needed to cancel a lot of their prolonged spring video games attributable to an absence of wholesome pitching, partly as a result of pitchers have wanted to domino up the minors to switch all of the injured guys you see on this listing. The Complex League season is across the nook, and with out the power to roll innings, this subject is just more likely to worsen.
How is Jung Hoo Lee doing? We stopped together with international professionals who’re exempt from bonus swimming pools on our prospect lists this 12 months, so he isn’t right here regardless that he’s technically a rookie. Lee has stabilized middle subject on protection and has been one of many harder gamers to make swing and miss throughout baseball up to now. How is he dealing with velocity? So far, he’s hitting .156 towards the 94-plus mph fastballs he’s seen this 12 months. Still, when you watch the Giants, you’ll see him transferring the bat everywhere in the zone and spoiling robust pitches. It’s solely been a few month and, like a variety of gamers adjusting to huge league stuff, over time he ought to begin squaring these pitches up somewhat than simply spoiling them. He seems to be like a build-around participant and carries himself like a good-natured huge leaguer.
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We’d additionally wish to take the chance to introduce Travis Ice, who might be becoming a member of FanGraphs as a prospect contributor. Travis was a junior school and Division II second baseman. After school, he served as an assistant coach at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (a junior school in Miami, OK), then labored as an MLB video scout at Baseball Info Solutions earlier than being employed as an Angels minor league video coordinator. He was a member of the Angels professional scouting division from 2014-2020 and has spent the previous couple of years doing freelance scouting work for space scouts within the midwest, whereas additionally sustaining his personal weblog centered on participant analysis. Travis is an enormous believer in mixing trendy knowledge and expertise with “traditional” scouting. His time as a FanGraphs neighborhood member predates his scouting profession, and he’s extraordinarily excited to have the chance to contribute to all issues prospect associated on the website transferring ahead.
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