Post by rog on Sept 25, 2018 8:19:10 GMT -5
The most major league ready Giants prospect we haven't seen at the major league level may be Shaun Anderson, picked up in the Eduardo Nunez trade. Anderson posted a 3.45 ERA in AA this season and followed it with 4.18 in AAA, for a combined 3.69.
Anderson gave up a hit per inning, but his strength was limiting his walks to just 33 in 141 innings. Anderson allowed a combined .258 batting average, and his strikeouts fell to just 34 in 47 AAA innings.
If the Giants trade pitching as expected, Anderson could at some point next season wind up in the Giants' rotation. IIRC he has three decent pitches, and his stuff likely plays better than it did this season. Anderson is about an average groundball/fly ball pitcher with less than great strikeout stuff. He'll rely on his fielders, and AT&T could help him.
With the exception of fewer strikeouts and home runs, Anderson put up similar AAA raw numbers to Dereck Rodriguez. Dereck though saw his home run rate cut in a quarter once he reached the majors. With 1.0 homers per nine innings for Sacramento, home runs weren't a problem for Anderson.
A closer in college, Anderson projects to a possible bottom-of-the-rotation starter who might be the Giants' #5 starter by next season. He appears to have a high floor but a low ceiling.
That's the opposite of Gregory Santos, the other pitcher in the Nunez trade. Just 19, Santos is a ground ball pitcher with strikeout potential who has a high ceiling but also might barely if ever see the major leagues. Just the kind of prospect though who fits the Giants' future. Santos' arrival date is likely around 2021. He could wind up being a near-ace -- or a complete bust.
If not as a starter though, Santos does project as a good bullpen arm capable of both strikeouts and double plays. Hard to make a good assessment of Santos, but I like him. A possible negative is that he was literally knocked out of his third to last start this season for Salem-Keizer, taking a line drive off his head and didn't pitch well in two two starts after his return, yielding 14 hits in seven innings.
Santos wound up the season with a disappointing 4.53 ERA, but he struck out nearly a batter per inning, had a 3 to 1 K/BB ratio and continued to induce plenty of ground balls. He cut his walk rate by a quarter while increasing his strikeouts, doing so even as he skipped a level from the Dominican Rookie League to Short Season A ball. In a plus scenario, he would reach San Jose by the end of next season.
Anderson gave up a hit per inning, but his strength was limiting his walks to just 33 in 141 innings. Anderson allowed a combined .258 batting average, and his strikeouts fell to just 34 in 47 AAA innings.
If the Giants trade pitching as expected, Anderson could at some point next season wind up in the Giants' rotation. IIRC he has three decent pitches, and his stuff likely plays better than it did this season. Anderson is about an average groundball/fly ball pitcher with less than great strikeout stuff. He'll rely on his fielders, and AT&T could help him.
With the exception of fewer strikeouts and home runs, Anderson put up similar AAA raw numbers to Dereck Rodriguez. Dereck though saw his home run rate cut in a quarter once he reached the majors. With 1.0 homers per nine innings for Sacramento, home runs weren't a problem for Anderson.
A closer in college, Anderson projects to a possible bottom-of-the-rotation starter who might be the Giants' #5 starter by next season. He appears to have a high floor but a low ceiling.
That's the opposite of Gregory Santos, the other pitcher in the Nunez trade. Just 19, Santos is a ground ball pitcher with strikeout potential who has a high ceiling but also might barely if ever see the major leagues. Just the kind of prospect though who fits the Giants' future. Santos' arrival date is likely around 2021. He could wind up being a near-ace -- or a complete bust.
If not as a starter though, Santos does project as a good bullpen arm capable of both strikeouts and double plays. Hard to make a good assessment of Santos, but I like him. A possible negative is that he was literally knocked out of his third to last start this season for Salem-Keizer, taking a line drive off his head and didn't pitch well in two two starts after his return, yielding 14 hits in seven innings.
Santos wound up the season with a disappointing 4.53 ERA, but he struck out nearly a batter per inning, had a 3 to 1 K/BB ratio and continued to induce plenty of ground balls. He cut his walk rate by a quarter while increasing his strikeouts, doing so even as he skipped a level from the Dominican Rookie League to Short Season A ball. In a plus scenario, he would reach San Jose by the end of next season.