SF has a new top prospect
MLB.com now ranks Luciano ahead of Bart and Ramos
The buzz around Giants shortstop prospect Marco Luciano continues to grow.
Despite Luciano’s early struggles at the plate this spring — he’s 1-for-12 with nine strikeouts— excitement surrounding the 19-year-old’s potential to be a future major league star remains widespread.
MLB.com released an updated list of the top 30 prospects in the Giants’ organization Thursday and ranked Luciano first, ahead of former first round draft picks Joey Bart (No. 2) and Heliot Ramos (No. 3).
After Bart ranked 14th and Luciano checked in at No. 35 on MLB.com’s top 100 prospects list last spring, Bart dropped to 23rd in the 2021 rankings while Luciano climbed all the way up to No. 16.
Ramos is the only other player in the Giants farm system who is
a consensus top 100 prospect across the industry as MLB ranks him as the No. 65 overall prospect.
It’s possible Ramos will continue to climb rankings before making his major league debut, which could come as soon as this summer if he builds off of what’s already been an impressive spring.
Ramos has slugged three home runs in Cactus League games this week including two on Sunday against the Reds and another mammoth solo shot on Tuesday against the Brewers.
The Giants’ 2019 first sround draft choice, Hunter Bishop, is the fourth-highest rated prospect in their farm system and ranks as the No. 71 overall prospect on MLB.com’s top-100 list.
Left-handed pitcher Seth Corry, a third round draft choice in 2017, is the Giants’ top-ranked pitching prospect as he’s the fifth overall prospect in the farm system and No. 99 among the top 100.
MLB.com says Luciano has the best hit tool and power tool in the Giants’ farm system and his 60-grade arm is tied with a few others including Bart and Ramos for the best in the system. The evaluators at MLB also say Corry has the best curveball and one of the best changeups in the system, which should give him the chance to become a future mainstay in the Giants’ rotation.