Giants interested in another Dominican prospect

by JT Jordan on Jun 23, 2007 11:32 AM PDT

According to Baseball America, the Giants, as well as the Blue Jays, Mets and Rangers, are interested in 16-year old Jose Ricardo Garcia.

I feel guilty for copy and pasting directly from the page, as it's members only, but I'll summarize it:

Garcia is a 6'2", 190 lb OF. He's rigid in his approach, but has real raw power, and there are apparently no questions about his ability to drive the ball. He's strong enough to hit in the Bigs right now. He's a below average runner, but when he gets going his momentum helps him. He doesn't have that strong of an arm, so he is a Left Fielder in the making.

There are some questions on his approach, and how he handles pitches in on the hands and solid offspeed pitches are going to be key for him when he moves on to the States.

There wasn't any information on his handedness, but I assume he's a righty in both the field and at the plate. He sounds pretty impressive . . .speculate and discuss away, McCovenites!

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Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

Man these kids are B-I-G.

I can barely scrape 185 when I'm fat.

I have to say, though, the prospect of Villalona bating 3rd and "Jacks" Garcia batting fourth for years to come can get pretty drool worthy when we focus only on the upside.

And "Jacks" not because Jack is an American name. That's an unfortunate side effect. "Jacks" because it's my favorite word for a homerun. JACKED IT! Booya!

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2007 11:42 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

Don't worry. It will come. I was 6'1" 140 lbs when I got out of HS. Now I am 6'3" 200 lbs.

It also helps to move to the midwest, home of giant portions.

by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Jun 23, 2007 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

It helps my cause that I'm 3/4ths of a whole foot shorter than you.

But the closer I get to 30, the closer I'm likely to get. That is, assuming I keep up my habit of not remotely exercising.

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2007 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

The closer I'm likely to get to 200+, I mean.

Coming to you by proxy (I adopted: Dave Righetti!)

by howtheyscored on Jun 23, 2007 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

Get married and have a kid (if you don't already). If anything can put on weight it's marriage and fatherhood.

Noonan. Nooooonan!

by Giant Fan in Singapore on Jun 23, 2007 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

Or just drink a bit too much beer, that's working for me real well.

Mmmmmmmmm...Newcastle Brown Ale...Come to pappa !

Omar Vizquel hates Joey Barton too. He's a wanker, mate!

by PacBellBoozer on Jun 23, 2007 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

Having a kid and drinking more beer go hand in hand.

Sympathy pregnancy is a real bitch.... at least the first one.

"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes

by stevieg on Jun 24, 2007 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants in another Dominican prospect

There's actually a scientific name for it: Couvade Syndrome.

Noonan. Nooooonan!

by Giant Fan in Singapore on Jun 24, 2007 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in another Dominican prospec

The more the merrier!

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Jun 23, 2007 11:45 AM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in another Dominican prospec

It makes some sense. Why would the organization allow Sabean to splurge on just one big time Dominican prospect? I think there was indeed a bit of a philosophy switch indicated by the Villalona signing-- maybe the team will be willing to shell out the big bucks for the occasional really good young hitter..

Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...

by Smoke on the Water on Jun 23, 2007 4:15 PM PDT reply actions

Re: Giants interested in another Dominican prospec

there should be a wide swath of latin american talents signed. Jose Tabata? 550,000. Some pan out, most don't, but they make for good trade bait and some become special.

this is a split signature of solidarity for Palestine and the current Giants "team".

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Jun 23, 2007 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in another Dominican prospec

I say the younger we get 'em the better! Maybe at 16 we're more likely to have time to change poor hitting habits? I don't know. But it can't hurt can it?
Or is joining the Giants organization exactly what hurts young hitters?!? I think I just epiphanated all over the place.

Southern California: Water thieves and Dodgers fans.

by jasomack on Jun 24, 2007 7:36 PM PDT reply actions

16 Years Old.

I'm as excited as anybody about Big V, but sending a 16 year old kid out to play ball and basically live with a bunch of adult men, many of whom are at least 5-7 years older strikes me as coming darn close to child abuse. I really hope these big league teams that are signing these kids have given that some thought and are doing something to compensate. From what I've read recently about the living conditions of our AA players in CT, I really have my doubts that the Giants organization is paying enough attention to be even aware of that problem.

by DrBGiantsfan on Jun 24, 2007 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in another Dominican

I can't tell you how uncomfortable I am with people talking about teenagers like they're human traffic.

If I continue to be a sportswriter, and have any sort of success, my goal is to write an expose on how different countries treat their young kids in teaching them baseball...and the things they do to try and produce stars.

I love this sport, but the way the people that don't actually play it treat the people who do is truly disturbing.

by BruteSentiment on Jun 24, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions

I Agree

Looks like I was writing my response to the previous post at the same time you were writing this.

by DrBGiantsfan on Jun 24, 2007 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Re: Giants interested in another Dominican

The counter argument of course is that the kid got over $2M and gets to play baseball for a living. I grew up in the bay area far from poverty and I still would have traded anything to have that opportunity.

by mxmob33 on Jun 25, 2007 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions

$2 M

Short of a catastrophic event in his life, the $2 M would still be there at age 18.

by DrBGiantsfan on Jun 25, 2007 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: Garcia

I don't like the chances of the Giants' landing him if the Mets are involved. They have more money than us, and their GM, Omar Minaya is Dominican and loves to play the Dominican card. To a 16 year old kid about to be torn from his family, Omar would have a natural advantage. Unless the Giants have been close to this kid for a long time like they were with Villalona, I would expect the Mets to be the clear favorites.

Randy Messenger: "I know it's hard for me to replace Armando in Giants' fans hearts, but I will try my best."

by rxmeister on Jun 25, 2007 7:27 AM PDT reply actions