Beneath is an evaluation of the prospects within the farm system of the San Francisco Giants. Scouting studies had been compiled with data offered by business sources in addition to our personal observations. That is the fourth 12 months we’re delineating between two anticipated reduction roles, the abbreviations for which you’ll see within the “place” column under: MIRP for multi-inning reduction pitchers, and SIRP for single-inning reduction pitchers. The ETAs listed usually correspond to the 12 months a participant must be added to the 40-man roster to keep away from being made eligible for the Rule 5 draft. Guide changes are made the place they appear applicable, however we use that as a rule of thumb.
A fast overview of what FV (Future Worth) means may be discovered right here. A a lot deeper overview may be discovered right here.
All the ranked prospects under additionally seem on The Board, a useful resource the location gives that includes sortable scouting data for each group. It has extra particulars (and up to date TrackMan knowledge from numerous sources) than this text and integrates each group’s record so readers can evaluate prospects throughout farm techniques. It may be discovered right here.
Different Prospects of Notice
Grouped by sort 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 little bit 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 advanced for prolonged spring coaching regardless that he hit nicely final summer time at Papago. Diaz might have lived in both of the Honorable Point out hitter teams now we have right here, as each his measurable energy and make contact with from final 12 months’s DSL seems to be 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 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 among the most explosive quantity in all of the minors in 2022. Final 12 months, admittedly amid damage, he posted a sub-60% contact charge at a extra age-appropriate degree. If he had been extra comfy in middle area, there could be extra room for this little contact. Pomares, a once-prominent Cuban signee, has related points and has additionally handled persistent damage. 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 to date in Arizona and isn’t monitoring pitches particularly nicely. McDaniel was a 2023 Draft Mix standout who performs a mixture of positions and swings laborious, 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 charge 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 at the moment at Sacramento. Stuff-assessing metrics love Seymour’s slider, nevertheless it’s by no means carried out like a monster pitch and is as a substitute a part of a median four-pitch depth starter combine. Silva was an undersized, athletic SoCal highschool draftee who appeared for a minute like a Sonny Grey 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 occasions, 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 Pitching
Ethan Small, LHP
R.J. Dabovich, RHP
Gerelmi Maldonado, RHP
Small was as soon as a forty five FV prospect when he appeared like a starter with a secure using fastball and plus changeup. Accidents and command regression have brought on him to vary orgs and shift to reduction. He’s at the moment out with an indirect pressure. Dabovich remains to be throwing laborious when wholesome (recurrently as much as 97) and has a giant breaking ball, however he hasn’t thrown strikes at an affordable charge for a few years now and is at the moment out with an elbow pressure. Maldonado was one of many hard-throwing younger advanced guys of two summers in the past; he’s at the moment out rehabbing from Tommy John.
Scrappy Backside of the Roster Guys
Jonah Cox, CF
Brett Auerbach, 3B/C
Ismael 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 top of final season. Auerbach has stopped hitting for the ability he confirmed early in his professional profession and barely catches anymore. For a minute, it appeared like he might play a Robert Fick sort of function. Munguia is a spark plug little outfielder who performs his ass off and makes a whole lot of contact.
System Overview
This method has 20,000 leagues of depth however is gentle up prime. Among the prime prospects from latest record cycles have graduated (Patrick Bailey), together with some who’ve struggled to search out their footing within the huge leagues (Luis Matos). Many 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 must go outdoors the org to accumulate whenever you’ve suffered a rash of accidents. Whereas 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.
Loads of the pitchers listed below are of the decrease launch top selection, lots of whom signify an excessive instance of this. Some low launch top guys get there by advantage of their decrease physique and massive 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, should not 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 Large have needed to cancel lots of their prolonged spring video games on account of an absence of wholesome pitching, partly as a result of pitchers have wanted to domino up the minors to exchange all of the injured guys you see on this record. The Complicated League season is across the nook, and with out the flexibility to roll innings, this concern is barely prone 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 area on protection and has been one of many harder gamers to make swing and miss throughout baseball to date. How is he dealing with velocity? Thus far, he’s hitting .156 towards the 94-plus mph fastballs he’s seen this 12 months. Nonetheless, for those who watch the Giants, you’ll see him shifting the bat all around the zone and spoiling robust pitches. It’s solely been a couple of month and, like a whole lot of gamers adjusting to huge league stuff, over time he ought to begin squaring these pitches up fairly 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 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 School (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 a giant believer in mixing trendy knowledge and know-how with “conventional” 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 web site shifting ahead.