Community Prospect List No. 34

Who is the 34th-best prospect on the farm?

Spring Training is officially here! And that means that we’re about to see a lot of San Francisco Giants prospects in action. The Giants have some prospects on their 40-man roster, some more who are non-roster invitees, and a whole bunch more who are in Minor League camp but will make their way into Cactus League games.

Which makes it a fun time to be continuing our 2025 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, which will end when we’ve ranked the top 44 prospects in the Giant system.

Unfortunately, the latest name on the list is not someone you’ll see in games this spring: it’s left-handed reliever Juan Sánchez, who has been voted as the No. 33 prospect in the system, a rise of three spots over his place on last year’s list.

Sánchez might not be in Spring Training this year, but he did open a lot of eyes in Scottsdale last year. After an excellent 2023 in AA and AAA that had him in consideration for Rule 5 protection, Sánchez arrived to the 2024 Cactus League as a non-roster invitee and immediately impressed. In nine appearances and 10.1 innings, Sánchez allowed just five hits, four walks, and three earned runs, for a 2.61 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP. Showing off improved velocity, Sánchez also struck out 13 batters. He earned the praise of Bob Melvin, seemed in consideration to grab an Opening Day roster spot, and appeared a near-lock to make his MLB debut later in the year.

And then the bad news came. Sánchez started the 2024 season strong with AAA Sacramento, but quickly started to have serious command issues. As is so often the case with pitchers, there was a reason for the drop-off in performance: Sánchez was shut down in June, and underwent Tommy John surgery.

The future is still bright for Sánchez. He only turned 24 in November, and is still one of the best relief options on the farm. He’ll likely return to the mound at some point during the upcoming season, and should factor into the Giants bullpen plans in 2026.

Now let’s add to the list, and we have some new names to vote on!

The list so far

1. Bryce Eldridge — 1B
2. Carson Whisenhunt — LHP
3. James Tibbs III — OF
4. Rayner Arias — OF
5. Josuar de Jesus González — SS
6. Jhonny Level — SS
7. Mason Black — RHP
8. Dakota Jordan — OF
9. Joe Whitman — LHP
10. Reggie Crawford — LHP
11. Bo Davidson — OF
12. Aeverson Arteaga — SS
13. Wade Meckler — OF
14. Walker Martin — SS
15. Trevor McDonald — RHP
16. Diego Velasquez — SS/2B
17. Lisbel Diaz — OF
18. Sabin Ceballos — 3B
19. Carson Ragsdale — RHP
20. Trent Harris — RHP
21. Carson Seymour — RHP
22. Jose Ortiz — CF
23. Maui Ahuna — SS
24. Victor Bericoto — OF/1B
25. Robert Hipwell — 3B
26. Jonah Cox — CF
27. Josh Bostick — RHP
28. Argenis Cayama — RHP
29. Jack Choate — LHP
30. Jakob Christian — OF
31. Jacob Bresnahan — LHP
32. Cole Waites — RHP
33. Juan Sánchez — LHP

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

No. 34 prospect nominees

Hunter Bishop — 26.7-year old OF — .706 OPS/76 wRC+ in AAA (413 PA); .672 OPS/96 wRC+ in AA (105 PA)

Gerelmi Maldonado — 21.1-year old RHP — did not play in 2024 (in 2023, 4.71 ERA/4.83 FIP in 65 Low-A IP)

Spencer Miles — 24.6-year old RHP — 4.91 ERA/2.79 FIP in ACL (7.1 IP)

Onil Perez — 22.5-year old C — .637 OPS/87 wRC+ in High-A (350 PA)

Ryan Reckley — 20.5-year old 2B — .651 OPS/76 wRC+ in Low-A (78 PA); .939 OPS/145 wRC+ in ACL (120 PA)

Adrián Sugastey — 22.3-year old C — .545 OPS/54 wRC+ in AA (191 PA)

Note: Each player’s first name links to their Baseball-Reference page, and their last name links to their Fangraphs page. All stats are from the 2024 season.