There R Giants #9 Carson Whisenhunt
Draft Gambit: Part 2!
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Top 50 time is here! So far we’ve looked at:
50: Victor Bericoto
49: Chris Wright
48: Sean Roby
47: P.J. Hilson
46: Alexander Suarez
45: Mikell Manzano
44: Diego Velasquez
43: Carson Ragsdale
42: William Kempner
41: Seth Lonsway
40: Shane Matheny
39: Sean Hjelle
38: Brett Auerbach
37: Ricardo Genovés
36: Hunter Bishop
35: Nick Zwack
34: Erik Miller
33: Spencer Miles
32: Manuel Mercedes
31: Trevor McDonald
30: Ryan Reckley
29: Gerelmi Maldonado
28: Will Bednar
27: Ryan Murphy
26: Will Wilson
25: Nick Swiney
24: Jose Cruz
23: R.J. Dabovich
22: Adrian Sugastey
21: Patrick Bailey
20: Tristan Beck
19: Randy Rodriguez
18: Jairo Pomares
17: Carson Seymour
16: Landen Roupp
15: Tyler Fitzgerald
14: Heliot Ramos
13: Keaton Winn
12: Eric Silva
11: Cole Waites
#10: Reggie Crawford
Welcome back to the thrilling conclusion of our two part series: The Draft Gambit! In part one, we talked all about how the Giants schemed to find a way to get a top five type player without having a top five type pick. The answer, of course, was to find a player who might have been a top of the draft talent in a different part of the multiverse had he simply taken part in his spring college season as normal. Good idea! Excellent use of the ol’ risk/reward model.
But the Giants didn’t stop there! They went back to the same well — or a very similar well atop the same water table — with their 2nd round pick. For the second consecutive round, they took a college left-hander who had never seen the field that spring.
So for today’s edition of the Top 50, we dig into the strange case of Carson Whisenhunt, who could well be the guy on this list who is best positioned to jump to the top in the coming years.
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