It seems like a lot of prospect sites out there tend to think a lot of the giants pitching prospects tend to have high reliever risk and I'm curious if that's coming from the fact than many of the pitching prospects in the system tend to only have 2 legitimate pitches. I guess my question is a 4-seam fastball combined with a sinker and some third pitch like a slider, curve, or splitter (in Winn's case) enough to enable pitchers to be legitimate starting pitchers?
The second half of Richmond's season, to me, seems like it will be of most interest to the 2024 Giants, to see how development continues for Brown, Luciano, Meckler, Black and Whisenhunt. For those five guys, what is one developmental step you would think would be most important for each guy, or, if more appropriate, what is one developmental step you would WANT to see each of them take.
Appreciate all the hard work, love reading your content!
Could you talk a little about Logan Wyatt? He always had a great eye, but he seems to finally be hitting for some power with a modest increase in strikeout rate. What changed? He's giving me LaMonte Wade Jr vibes at first base.
Having trouble phrasing this as a question, so I’ll just ask if you agree with my perception. Despite the (flawed) narrative that last year was the injury year on the farm, I’ve found the number of injuries this year remarkably high (even excluding more recent ones like Arias/Roupp). There was a week in early May when every player in the org who had exceeded rookie eligibility was either in MLB or on an IL somewhere, that’ll make the depth look pretty bad! And in my roster tracking, I don’t think more than one affiliate at a time has had a full roster (Richmond mostly has due to the lower limit), certainly not for any prolonged stretch. Last year that seemed a rare occurrence in the first half. Does this match your perception?
I have been closely following the group of pitchers selected in the 2021 draft. The first nine picks were all pitchers, and we've seen and heard many good things about them, especially from Roger M. and There R Giants. How are they progressing in their second (or maybe third) year of professional baseball? Especially interested in Mason Black, Eric Silva and Seth Lonsway. Also wondering if we will soon see good pitching from first round pick Will Bednar and/or second round pick Mike Mikulski. Rohan Handa was an interesting pick. Anything happening there? Our Giants need some good young pitchers from this class. How soon might we see them in SF?
It's great to see Victor Bericoto getting promoted to Double-A. I've been intrigued by his well-rounded offensive game, including slugging .533 at High-A despite being listed at 155 pounds. Wow! How do you see his prospect stock at this point? What's next in his development/ where do the Giants want to see growth? And is he equally adept at RF, LF and 1B?
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Hi Alex, I haven't heard anybody else mention this and I do get unsubscriptions, so I'm guessing yours isn't a typical experience. I can take care of it though, just email me your name and email address that you signed up with and I will make sure you're taken off the books. Send email to ThereRGiants@gmail.com.
Fangraphs released its Giants list, which carries an immense amount of information. One trend they noted was that Giants seem to be hit or miss with pitchers. There are always with a lot of pop up guys like Birdsong and Black, but high draft picks seem to have not worked out.
They point they Giants have a type: "often pitchers with lower arm slots rather than drop-and-drive types who create backspinning axis on their fastballs."
Do the Giants adhere maybe too much to molding pitchers into a single type? Is this why the high draft picks have been failing. Can we glean any information from that, or is it all just random noise and the ephemeral nature of prospects?
It seems like a lot of prospect sites out there tend to think a lot of the giants pitching prospects tend to have high reliever risk and I'm curious if that's coming from the fact than many of the pitching prospects in the system tend to only have 2 legitimate pitches. I guess my question is a 4-seam fastball combined with a sinker and some third pitch like a slider, curve, or splitter (in Winn's case) enough to enable pitchers to be legitimate starting pitchers?
The second half of Richmond's season, to me, seems like it will be of most interest to the 2024 Giants, to see how development continues for Brown, Luciano, Meckler, Black and Whisenhunt. For those five guys, what is one developmental step you would think would be most important for each guy, or, if more appropriate, what is one developmental step you would WANT to see each of them take.
Appreciate all the hard work, love reading your content!
I also forgot to throw Roupp in here!
I haven't seen anything recently on Jairo Pomares and his rehab. Any news there?
Could you talk a little about Logan Wyatt? He always had a great eye, but he seems to finally be hitting for some power with a modest increase in strikeout rate. What changed? He's giving me LaMonte Wade Jr vibes at first base.
Any word on when Chen Hsun Lee will debut?
Having trouble phrasing this as a question, so I’ll just ask if you agree with my perception. Despite the (flawed) narrative that last year was the injury year on the farm, I’ve found the number of injuries this year remarkably high (even excluding more recent ones like Arias/Roupp). There was a week in early May when every player in the org who had exceeded rookie eligibility was either in MLB or on an IL somewhere, that’ll make the depth look pretty bad! And in my roster tracking, I don’t think more than one affiliate at a time has had a full roster (Richmond mostly has due to the lower limit), certainly not for any prolonged stretch. Last year that seemed a rare occurrence in the first half. Does this match your perception?
I have been closely following the group of pitchers selected in the 2021 draft. The first nine picks were all pitchers, and we've seen and heard many good things about them, especially from Roger M. and There R Giants. How are they progressing in their second (or maybe third) year of professional baseball? Especially interested in Mason Black, Eric Silva and Seth Lonsway. Also wondering if we will soon see good pitching from first round pick Will Bednar and/or second round pick Mike Mikulski. Rohan Handa was an interesting pick. Anything happening there? Our Giants need some good young pitchers from this class. How soon might we see them in SF?
It's great to see Victor Bericoto getting promoted to Double-A. I've been intrigued by his well-rounded offensive game, including slugging .533 at High-A despite being listed at 155 pounds. Wow! How do you see his prospect stock at this point? What's next in his development/ where do the Giants want to see growth? And is he equally adept at RF, LF and 1B?
Any news on Will Bednar? Seems to have disappeared again after a brief ACL showing.
I know injury reports are tough to come by, but any word on Rayner Arias? Not to speculate but last I heard it was a season ender.
I'm trying to unsubscribe, but when I tried to unsubscribe, substack showed errors several different times. It really bugs me when apps and emailers find ways AROUND the Unsubscribe law/requirements. Can you do something about this? How do I contact you to get you to unsubscribe me? Or is it substack that is being disingenuous, or is simply a very disfunctional and error-filled app?
Hi Alex, I haven't heard anybody else mention this and I do get unsubscriptions, so I'm guessing yours isn't a typical experience. I can take care of it though, just email me your name and email address that you signed up with and I will make sure you're taken off the books. Send email to ThereRGiants@gmail.com.
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Fangraphs released its Giants list, which carries an immense amount of information. One trend they noted was that Giants seem to be hit or miss with pitchers. There are always with a lot of pop up guys like Birdsong and Black, but high draft picks seem to have not worked out.
They point they Giants have a type: "often pitchers with lower arm slots rather than drop-and-drive types who create backspinning axis on their fastballs."
Do the Giants adhere maybe too much to molding pitchers into a single type? Is this why the high draft picks have been failing. Can we glean any information from that, or is it all just random noise and the ephemeral nature of prospects?
Thanks!