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In 2011, a 19 year old Jose Ramirez made his pro debut in the AZL, hitting .325 with a miniscule strikeout rate, though showing little power with just 1 HR and a .448 SLG. Last year, an 18/19 year old Yorlis Rodriguez made his pro debut in the AZL, hitting .323 with a very low strikeout rate, though showing little power with just 2 HRs and a .445 SLG. So am I predicting a future 40 HR season for Yorlis? No, that would be silly! But I am saying that an ability to put the bat on the ball is a pretty good skill for a teenager to be moving forward with (Sidenote: yes, yes, of course I’m saying Yorlis will hit 35 HRs and make an MVP run in the future!)
All of which is to say we’ve added Yorlis to the board! One of the team’s capped $300,000 international signings in 2017, Rodriguez was the only one to move straight to the AZL, following his experience on the international tournament circle with Cuba’s 15U national team (for whom he hit .366/.453/.530 way back in 2014).
Updating the list:
- Joey Bart
- Heliot Ramos
- Marco Luciano
- Shaun Anderson
- Logan Webb
- Alexander Canario
- Chris Shaw
- Ray Black
- Melvin Adon
- Sean Hjelle
- Gregory Santos
- Aramis Garcia
- Heath Quinn
- Juan De Paula
- Jalen Miller
- Ryan Howard
- Camilo Doval
- Jacob Gonzalez
- Jake Wong
- Luis Toribio
- Seth Corry
- Abiatal Avelino
- Sandro Fabian
- Garrett Williams
- Diego Rincones
- Jairo Pomares
- Drew Ferguson
- Pat Ruotolo
- Tyler Beede
- Travis Bergen
- Jose Marte
- Aaron Bond
- Sam Coonrod
- Blake Rivera
- David Villar
- Manuel Geraldo
- Conner Menez
- Malique Ziegler
- Yorlis Rodriguez
And now we arrive #40! Can it possibly matter who the 40th ranked prospect in a system that doesn’t have 40 good prospects is? Well, ours is not to reason why, ours is just to vote and ....er.. fight with each other. Here’s your candidates for today.
Poll
Who is the Giants 2019 #40 prospect?
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15%
Jordan Johnson
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16%
Keaton Winn
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17%
Mac Marshall
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23%
PJ Hilson
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26%
Ricardo Genoves
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