2023 San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects Chat

Josh Norris hosted a chat to discuss the Giants system.

Aeverson Arteaga is better defensively at shortstop than Marco Luciano. Luciano could be moved to second base.

Marco Luciano and Aeverson Arteaga are the better defensively at shortstop. Luciano might be moved to second base if Casey Schmitt is entrenched at third-base.

2023 San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects Chat.

Josh Norris and Roger are discussing the Top 100 prospects. Luciano and Harrison are slam dunks, but Schmitt might be a similar high-percentage shot for the back of the list.

2023 San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects Chat. Roger (Washington DC) and Josh Norris (Josh Norris) discuss Manuel Mercedes. Mercedes got pushed aggressively last year and had some bumps, but still has an exciting arm.

Manuel Mercedes had some bumps last year but still had an exciting arm.

2023 San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects Chat takes place today. Frederick (Boston) and Josh Norris (San Francisco) discuss Eric Silva. Eric's stats haven't matched his excitement yet. Josh explains that Silva's stuff doesn't match the results.

2023 San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects Chat. Eric Silva is a back-end starter prospect.

Josh Norris gives his opinion on Jairo Pomares and Luis Toribio. Pomare has some interesting characteristics in his favor but needs to tweak his approach to make them play more often. Toriio struck out 35% of the time at High-A and isn't a great defender.

Hunter Bishop and Will Wilson were drafted by the Giants in the 1st round. Bishop has hit tool questions coming out of the draft and they've only been exacerbated as a pro. Wilson's ceiling seems closer to a 4A guy than what had been projected.

Hunter Bishop and Will Wilson were drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round.

Carter Williams had a great season at Eugene. Josh Norris thinks he's probably going to be an organizational player.

Carter Williams had a great season. Will he make the top-30?

Josh Norris explains why Kyle Harrison's success has to do with the deception created in his delivery. Anthony Volpe explains what makes Harrison so tough for hitters. Josh Norris doesn't like doing comps. He explains that Harrison gets so low in the delivery because his back knee sometimes scrapes the mound. It's especially deceptive on high fastballs.

Royce and Josh Norris discuss the recent draft trends. Josh believes the Giants shot the moon with Whisenhunt and Crawford this year. Royce believes in upside over safety. The Giants could look quite smart in a couple of years.

The last few drafts have had good finds after the first round and duds after that.

Josh Norris and Riley discuss the prospects of the San Francisco Giants. Riley is interested in Carson Seymour. Josh Norris thinks Seymour is an intriguing prospect. Riley likes Darin Ruf, who is a player for his fantasy team.

2023 San Francisco Giants Top 10 Prospects Chat. Zac (NYC) and Josh Norris discuss Patrick Bailey. Josh thinks Bailey is a glove-first catcher with a little bit of emergency power.

Patrick Bailey is a prospect of the San Francisco Giants.

Casey Schmitt was sent to Sacramento at end of the season after playing 30 games in Double A. Josh Norris thinks Sch Mitt will start at Triple-A next year. Roger thinks he's probably going to make the Top 100.

Giants sent Casey Schmitt up to Sacramento at end of the year after just 30 games in Double A.

Ryan Murphy had a disappointing season due to injury. Josh Norris thinks he will have to improve his command and control to get outs in 2023. Josh and Roger will chat about it on Rangers Chat in a few days.

Ryan Murphy was injured a lot last season.