Call to the pen
Fansided

San Francisco Giants: 2018 minor league awards

By Benjamin Chase

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Steven Duggar #6 of the San Francisco Giants in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 20, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Giants defeated the Mets 2-1 after 13 innings. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 20: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Steven Duggar #6 of the San Francisco Giants in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 20, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Giants defeated the Mets 2-1 after 13 innings. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
1 of 3
Next
San Francisco Giants
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 29: Derreck Rodriguez #57 of the San Francisco Giants pitches in the top of the second inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at AT&T Park on September 29, 2018 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /

The San Francisco Giants made a big push for the 2018 season, but it fell very short. What is on the farm that could provide light for the future?

As part of our continuing coverage at Call to the Pen of the minor leagues, we will be covering each organization’s top players for 2018. The coverage will go in reverse order of record. Today, we will look at the San Francisco Giants.

We are going to review the system’s leaders for each organization statistically, then choose one hitter and one pitcher to honor for every team. This will be primarily based on statistical performance, though some “age relative to level” could come into play, so a very impressive season from a 28-year-old in AA will rank below a nearly as impressive season from a 20-year-old at the same level.

After we review each organization’s hitter and pitcher of the year, we will close out October with Call To The Pen’s Minor League team of the year. That will lead into November starting our team top 10 prospect lists. In other words, there will be plenty of minor league content on the way at CTTP, so keep coming back for more each day this offseason!!

San Francisco Giants minor leagues

Significantly ripped for years about the lack of depth and lack of star power in the farm system, the San Francisco Giants made the odd move to strip that system even worse in a failed attempt to compete in 2018. With key players hitting free agency after 2018 and more after 2019, the farm system will need to produce very soon.

Recent drafts have focused on upside alongside a heavy return to the Latin American market, but that has provided a small top end to the system for the Giants. Depth is still lacking, but that doesn’t mean there were not some impressive performances on the season.

Before we offer up awards on the season, let’s take a look at the system’s statistical leaders:

Organization Leaders (min. 150 PA, 50 IP)

BA: Austin Slater .344
OBP: Luis Toribio .423
SLG: Joey Bart .588
OPS: Austin Slater .981
R: Jalen Miller 73
H: Manuel Geraldo, Wander Franco 143
2B: Wander Franco 39
3B: Logan Baldwin 10
HR: Chris Shaw 24
RBI: Gio Brusa 70
SB: Johneshwy Fargas 47
TB: Jalen Miller 222

W: Casey Kelly 10
G: Tyler Rogers 51
GS: Conner Menez 28
IP: Shaun Anderson 141 1/3
SV: Frank Rubio 19
K: Conner Menez 171
ERA: Olbis Parra 2.12
WHIP: John Russell 0.93
K/9: Camilo Doval 13.2
K/BB: Aaron Phillips 7.50

Home/San Francisco Giants