There R Giants Top 50: 31-35
Here be arms!
Photo Credit: Mizzou Athletics
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
It’s arms, arms, everywhere you look! The strength of this system right now appears to be in a big wave of quality pitching. Twenty-eight of my top 50 are hurlers, and there were absolutely severals others who could have made this list, but got elbowed out of the way at the last minute. (There’s more on the way, too! Keep an eye on a kid named Melvin Pineda next year).
We’re in a particularly pitchy part of the list at the moment, as all five of today’s subjects — and nine of the next 11 players — toe the ol’ rubber. For you fans of nasty stuff on the black, now is your time! For you lovers of offense….uh….here, have a highlight…hopefully this helps you cope until the next time we next see a player swinging a bat with intent:
As it happens, today’s particular group of pitchers is heavy on relative newcomers, so perhaps it’s a good time to catch up on things and get better acquainted with folks.
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