For those of you eagerly awaiting this year’s Prospect Handbook, today’s podcast should be a treat. Baseball America’s Josh Norris, who covers the Giants’ system for BA took some time to talk about his Giants Top 10 — which has surprises in it! We talked about guys who popped at Instrux, Joey Bart’s major league experience, Marco Luciano’s time at the Alternate Site, and lots and lots of Luis Matos chat!
Wow! This was great ... I’m out on my walk listening to this, and when Josh says “some in the org think Matos is above Luciano” I spit out “WTF!” and some folks walking past me looked shocked and did a double-take! lol now have Matos #3 and Harrison at #5.
He seems to confirm several of my growing assumptions: (1) Ramos won't be a CF regularly; (2) Bishop won't be a CF either, and is at this point a massive LHH-power gamble; (3) Bart is something of a RHH-power gamble; (4) Harrison is the Next Great Hope; and (5) Matos is the future in CF for San Francisco.
At this point, I'm ranking them 1-Marciano, 2-Matos, 3-Ramos, 4-Harrison, and 5-Bart. I'll have to go over the rest for a bit, but I doubt Bishop makes my top ten.
I would what Norris would have said about Kilian or Swiney, if asked. I think Swiney makes my top ten now.
There R Giants Pod-18 with Josh Norris
Wow! This was great ... I’m out on my walk listening to this, and when Josh says “some in the org think Matos is above Luciano” I spit out “WTF!” and some folks walking past me looked shocked and did a double-take! lol now have Matos #3 and Harrison at #5.
He seems to confirm several of my growing assumptions: (1) Ramos won't be a CF regularly; (2) Bishop won't be a CF either, and is at this point a massive LHH-power gamble; (3) Bart is something of a RHH-power gamble; (4) Harrison is the Next Great Hope; and (5) Matos is the future in CF for San Francisco.
At this point, I'm ranking them 1-Marciano, 2-Matos, 3-Ramos, 4-Harrison, and 5-Bart. I'll have to go over the rest for a bit, but I doubt Bishop makes my top ten.
I would what Norris would have said about Kilian or Swiney, if asked. I think Swiney makes my top ten now.