Giants Minor League Update

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Published: May 11, 2010

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On May 7, I informed my faithful readers who has been playing well at AAA Fresno.  Thus, this post will provide an update on the Giants’ AA, A+ and full season A teams.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels (Eastern League).  As hard as it may seem to believe (at least to those who closely follow minor league baseball), Richmond is appearing to be nearly as difficult a place to hit as Norwich, Connecticut was—at least for Giants’ prospects.  Clay Timpner is hitting a ridiculous .459 with a 1.079 OPS, but he is a 27 year old player who has spent the previous two and a half seasons at AAA Fresno.  He had a bad year in 2009, which got him demoted down to AA, but he’s really too good a player to be playing at the AA level.  Unfortunately, he’s not major league material either.  He won’t have a major league career unless he gets very lucky.

Richmond’s best looking position player prospect so far in 2010 is catcher Jackson Williams.  His .790 OPS is the best on the team after Timpner among those who’ve played regularly.  He was the 43rd player selected in the 2007 Draft, and he’s 24 this year, which still makes him a legitimate prospect, at least as a catcher.

Back-up catcher Tyler LaTorre has a robust .920 OPS in limited playing time, but he’s already 27 this year.  Left fielder Thomas Neal and shortstop Brandon Crawford, both of whom looked so good at A+ San Jose last year and are still young, have shown signs of life this year, but need to pick it up considerably before they’ll deserve promotions to AAA.

22-year-old Aussie Clayton Tanner has a 2.03 ERA after six starts, but his ratios are unimpressive.  24 year old Daryl Maday is 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA, but his ratios, while better than Tanner’s, are not as good as his record and ERA would suggest.  David Mixon has fine ratios to go with his 2.27 ERA, but he...
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