Under is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the San Francisco Giants. Scouting stories have been compiled with info offered by business sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fourth yr we’re delineating between two anticipated aid roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning aid pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning aid pitchers. The ETAs listed typically correspond to the yr a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Handbook changes are made the place they appear acceptable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means will be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview will be discovered right here.
All the ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the positioning affords that includes sortable scouting info for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan information from varied sources) than this text and integrates each group’s record so readers can examine prospects throughout farm methods. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Word
Grouped by kind and listed so as of choice inside every class.
Contact-Oriented SleepersCarlos Gutierrez, LFCharlie Szykowny, 3BLisbel 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 of bit undersized and has to get stronger, however he’s lanky and sinewy and simply would possibly. Szykowny was San Francisco’s 2023 ninth rounder out of UIC. He’s a bodily, lefty-hitting SS/3B who remains to be on the complicated for prolonged spring coaching although he hit effectively final summer season at Papago. Diaz might have lived in both of the Honorable Point out hitter teams we now have right here, as each his measurable energy and phone from final yr’s DSL appears to be like fairly particular on a spreadsheet. In Scottsdale, he’s proven a sort of mature body and an odd swing. It’s nonetheless early for these complex-level hitters, and it’s unsurprising that they’re gradual out of the gate given how few video games the Giants are enjoying in prolonged. Extra on that within the System Overview.
Energy-Pushed ProfilesVaun Brown, LFJairo Pomares, RFDario Reynoso, SS/3BQuinn McDaniel, 2B/OFGuillermo Williamson, 1B
Brown had a breakout a few years in the past and posted a number of the most explosive quantity in all of the minors in 2022. Final yr, admittedly amid harm, he posted a sub-60% contact fee at a extra age-appropriate stage. If he have been extra snug in middle discipline, there is likely to be extra room for this little contact. Pomares, a once-prominent Cuban signee, has comparable 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 thus far in Arizona and isn’t monitoring pitches particularly effectively. McDaniel was a 2023 Draft Mix standout who performs a mixture of positions and swings arduous, however he’s struck out fairly a bit on the lowest ranges. Williamson arguably had probably the most energy of any Giants complex-level hitter final yr, however he’s swinging and lacking at an untenable fee for a primary baseman.
Guys With Good Breaking Balls or Dev SleepersCarson Seymour, RHPEric Silva, RHPCarson Ragsdale, RHPJulio Rodriguez, RHPChristian Avendano, RHP
Seymour, who got here from the Mets within the Darin Ruf 러프 commerce, is a hulking 6-foot-6, 260 kilos righty at present 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 a substitute a part of a mean four-pitch depth starter combine. Silva was an undersized, athletic SoCal highschool draftee who seemed for a minute like a Sonny Grey starter package. He struggled to throw strikes final yr and has moved to the bullpen. Ragsdale has been 92-97 mph and peaked tougher 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.
Extra Injured PitchingEthan Small, LHPR.J. Dabovich, RHPGerelmi Maldonado, RHP
Small was as soon as a forty five FV prospect when he seemed like a starter with a secure driving fastball and plus changeup. Accidents and command regression have precipitated him to alter orgs and shift to aid. He’s at present out with an indirect pressure. Dabovich remains to be throwing arduous when wholesome (often 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 at present out with an elbow pressure. Maldonado was one of many hard-throwing younger complicated guys of two summers in the past; he’s at present out rehabbing from Tommy John.
Scrappy Backside of the Roster GuysJonah Cox, CFBrett Auerbach, 3B/CIsmael Munguia, OF
Any of those guys might feasibly be a scrappy bench participant. Cox, who came to visit from Oakland for Ross Stripling, was 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 seemed like he might play a Robert Fick kind of function. Munguia is a spark plug little outfielder who performs his ass off and makes a number of contact.
System Overview
This technique has 20,000 leagues of depth however is mild up prime. A few of the prime prospects from current record cycles have graduated (Patrick Bailey), together with some who’ve struggled to seek out their footing within the massive leagues (Luis Matos). Many of the depth right here comes through middle-of-the-roster pitching. They’re pitchers that you must have round to outlive an entire massive league season, the types of arms you hate to need to go exterior the org to amass while you’ve suffered a rash of accidents. Whereas few of those guys seem like affect arms proper now, the sheer variety of fascinating arrow-up hurlers right here offers the Giants many alternatives to develop the following Keaton Winn, who actually popped popping out of his TJ rehab.
Numerous the pitchers listed here are of the decrease launch top selection, a lot of whom signify an excessive instance of this. Some low launch top guys get there by advantage of their decrease physique and large stride down the mound; others simply have a low arm slot. Many 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, usually are not on right here), and the sheer variety of accidents to pitchers on this org is staggering. So many are harm for the time being that the Big have needed to cancel a lot of their prolonged spring video games resulting from a scarcity 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 record. The Advanced League season is across the nook, and with out the power to roll innings, this concern is barely 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 yr, so he isn’t right here although he’s technically a rookie. Lee has stabilized middle discipline on protection and has been one of many more durable gamers to make swing and miss throughout baseball thus far. How is he dealing with velocity? To this point, he’s hitting .156 in opposition to the 94-plus mph fastballs he’s seen this yr. Nonetheless, for those who watch the Giants, you’ll see him shifting the bat everywhere in the zone and spoiling robust pitches. It’s solely been a couple of month and, like a number of gamers adjusting to massive league stuff, over time he ought to begin squaring these pitches up relatively than simply spoiling them. He appears to be like like a build-around participant and carries himself like a good-natured massive leaguer.
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We’d additionally prefer to take the chance to introduce Travis Ice, who can 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 Faculty (a junior school in Miami, OK), then labored as an MLB video scout at Baseball Information Options 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 few 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 fashionable information and expertise with “conventional” scouting. His time as a FanGraphs group member predates his scouting profession, and he’s extraordinarily excited to have the chance to contribute to all issues prospect associated on the web site shifting ahead.
