2022 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 42

With the 41st chapter of the 2022 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List behind us, we have just three San Francisco Giants prospects to rank before our fun little exercise is complete.

Coming in at No. 41 on the list is outfielder Armani Smith, who rises three spots from his placement last year, when he tied for the final spot on the CPL. Smith, who is a 23-year old righty, started last year with the Low-A San Jose Giants, where he hit .339/.365/.627 (148 wRC+) in 65 plate appearances before a quick promotion to the High-A Eugene Emeralds. Once in Eugene, Smith slashed .279/.351/.442 (113 wRC+).

That performance earned him an invite to Spring Training, and he’s done very well, hitting 3-8 with 2 home runs entering Monday’s game.

Now let’s get started on the final three. Rec the reply in the comments of the player you want to vote for.

The list so far

1. Marco Luciano
2. Joey Bart
3. Luis Matos
4. Heliot Ramos
5. Kyle Harrison
6. Camilo Doval
7. Jairo Pomares
8. Will Bednar
9. Patrick Bailey
10. Hunter Bishop
11. Ryan Reckley
12. Aeverson Arteaga
13. Ryan Murphy
14. Matt Mikulski
15. Diego Rincones
16. R.J. Dabovich
17. Nick Swiney
18. Will Wilson
19. David Villar
20. Ricardo Genovés
21. Sammy Long
22. Randy Rodriguez
23. Manuel Mercedes
24. Casey Schmitt
25. Ismael Munguia
26. Kervin Castro
27. Adrian Sugastey
28. Brett Auerbach
29. Chris Wright
30. Sean Hjelle
31. Prelander Berroa
32. Gregory Santos
33. Seth Corry
34. Grant McCray
35. Tyler Fitzgerald
36. Carson Ragsdale
37. Alexander Suarez
38. Eric Silva
39. Luis Toribio
40. Esmerlin Vinicio
41. Armani Smith

Note: Clicking on the above names will link to the CPL where they were voted onto the list.

On to No. 42!

No. 42 prospect nominees

Tristan Beck — 25.8 years, 5.81 FIP in AA (18.1 IP), 5.05 FIP in Low-A (7.1 IP), 3.09 FIP in ACL (11.2 IP)
Mason Black — 21.6 years, 2021 draft pick (yet to debut)
Jimmy Glowenke — 22.9 years, 116 wRC+ in Low-A (425 PA)
Juan Perez — 17.5 years, 2021 J2 signing (yet to debut)
Blake Rivera — 24.2 years, 4.91 FIP in High-A (14 IP), 3.89 FIP in ACL (10.1 IP)
Kai-Wei Teng — 23.3 years, 4.54 FIP in High-A (95.2 IP)

Note: Each player’s first name links to their Baseball-Reference page, and their last name links to their Fangraphs page.