Thursday BP: Instrux

Hello and happy October. We’re officially three-quarters of the way through this year. Celebrate accordingly.

On Wednesday, The Athletic’s Melissa Lockard reported on the San Francisco Giants plans for the fall Instructional League. The Giants will have 66 players at Instructionals, and will try and use the time to make up for the lack of Minor Leagues and Arizona Fall League.

Lockard is one of the best prospect analysts around, and I highly recommend that you read her analysis of the invited players. Here’s the full list:

Right-handed pitchers
Ivan Armstrong
Solomon Bates
Tristan Beck
Prelander Berroa
Wilkelma Castillo
Kervin Castro
RJ Dabovich
Camilo Doval
Matt Frisbee
Norwith Gudino
Wil Jensen
Caleb Kilian
Jorge Labrador
Jose Marte
Trevor McDonald
Manuel Mercedes
Ryan Murphy
Jesus Ozoria
Taylor Rashi
Blake Rivera
Julio Rodriguez
Randy Rodriguez
Patrick Ruotolo
Gregory Santos
Cole Waites
Ty Weber
Preston White
Keaton Winn
Jake Wong

Left-handed pitchers
Seth Corry
Kyle Harrison
Haydn King
Mac Marshall
Juan Sanchez
Nick Swiney
Esmerlin Vinicio
Chris Wright

Catchers
Brett Auerbach
Patrick Bailey
Rob Emery
Ricardo Genoves
Rayner Santana
Adrian Sugastey

Infielders
Connor Cannon
Tyler Fitzgerald
Garrett Frechette
Jimmy Glowenke
Marco Luciano
Sean Roby
Dilan Rosario
Ghordy Santos
Casey Schmitt
Luis Toribio
Simon Whiteman
Will Wilson
Logan Wyatt

Outfielders
Victor Bericoto
Hunter Bishop
Alexander Canario
Franklin Labour
Luis Matos
Grant McCray
Heliot Ramos
Diego Rincones
Armani Smith
Alexander Suarez

Did Barry Bonds hit a home run today?

He did.

October 1, 1993: Against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bonds hit a pair of 3-run home runs. A 3rd-inning blast off of Ramon Martinez scored Will Clark and Matt Williams, and tied the game 4-4. A 5th inning shot off of Omar Daal also scored Clark and Williams, and gave the Giants a 7-4 lead. They would win 8-7 (beat LA). They were his 45th and 46th homers of the year.

Old, random MCC article for you to read

Giants end losing skid with Brandon Belt dingers, Madison Bumgarner complete game (Aug. 11, 2015 — Grant Brisbee)

Giants links

• Roger Munter looks back on Joey Bart’s season (There R Giants)
• Alex Pavlovic on the mutual interest between the Giants and free agents Drew Smyly and Kevin Gausman (NBC Sports Bay Area)
• Kerry Crowley on why Farhan Zaidi sees this year’s pain as a sign of progress (Mercury News)
• John Shea wonders if Gabe Kapler will get Manager of the Year votes (SF Chronicle)
• Alex Pavlovic on five roster holes that must be filled during the offseason (NBC Sports Bay Area)
• Henry Schulman on the plan that Farhan Zaidi has laid out for the upcoming months (SF Chronicle)
• Mark W. Sanchez on how the offseason has to begin with starting pitching (KNBR)
• Alex Pavlovic on why Farhan Zaidi considers the season a success (NBC Sports Bay Area)

I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday.