San Francisco Giants Top 20 Prospects
San Francisco Giants Top 20 Prospects
By John Sickels
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS TOP 20 PROSPECTS
1. Matt Cain, RHP, Grade A-
2. Marcus Sanders, 2B, Grade B+
3. Merkin Valdez, RHP, B+
4. Eddy Martinez-Esteve, "OF," B+
5. Travis Ishikawa, 1B, B
6. Nate Schierholtz, OF, B
7. Jonathan Sanchez, LHP, B
8. Kevin Frandsen, 3B, B
9. Dan Griffin, RHP, B-
10. Pedro Sandoval, 3B, B-
11. Shairon Martis, RHP, B-
12. Freddy Lewis, OF, C+
13. Waldis Joaquin, RHP, C+
14. Ben Copeland, OF, C+
15. Jeremy Accardo, RHP, C+
16. Jon Coutlangus, LHP, C+
17. Dan Ortmeier, OF, C+
18. Brian Horwitz, OF, C+
19. Brian Wilson, RHP, C+
20. Ben Nieto, LHP, C+
I have to say that this list surprises me. . .it's a lot better than I
thought. Either the Giants have a better farm system than they are given
credit for, or I gave out too many Grade C+ ratings and some of those guys
should be just plain C.
I do think that things have improved in this system. Cain is obviously a
stud, and Sanders looks like an excellent prospect to me. I'm worried about
Valdez's durability, but if his arm holds up he should be a good pitcher. EME
has a Grade A bat but problems with defense push him down to B+.
Ishikawa and Schierholtz face Double-A this year....my guess is that one
breaks through and one falls apart, which is which I'm not sure. Watch for
Shairon Martis and Waldis Joaquin, short-season sleepers with good arms.
Craig Whitaker has a Grade C rating and is #21 on this list, but he has a
higher ceiling than guys like Wilson or Nieto and could rank ahead of them
depending on how you want to weight current performance vs. long-term
potential. This is probably an indicator that I overrated Wilson and Nieto,
and possibly Accardo, Coutlangus, and Horwitz, too. I must have been in a
good mood when I wrote up the Giants grades, but there are too many to change
so I will have to stick with what I wrote and hope it doesn't look too stupid
6 months from now.
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