Minor league guru Kevin Goldstein recently unveiled his top ten Giants prospects in his latest Future Shock. He list only one Giant as an excellent prospect and that’s right handed pitcher Tim Lincecum. Lincecum was very dominating in his stint at High A and with nothing left to prove there, he’ll probably start the season at Double A.
The Giants also have two “very good” prospects in Angel Villalona and Jonathon Sanchez. Villalona probably won’t be seen for a while because he’s only 16 years old. Sanchez showed some problems with command when he got his cup of coffee but there’s a solid chance he could be the Giants fifth starter in 2007. He’s got nothing left to prove in the minors as he looked very good in stops at Double A and Triple A last year.
Rounding out the top five are Emmanual Burriss, a shortstop who’s still several years away, and Eddy Martinez-Esteve, who will probably start the season at Triple A.
Overall, Goldstein says the Giants system isn’t very good. No big surprise there and this gets back to my discussion in the Barry Zito post about the Giants not having a plan.
