San Francisco Giants top 10 prospects for 2019

10. Jake Wong, RHP

Birthday: 9/3/1996 (22)
Acquired: Draft, 3rd round, 2018
Level(s): short-season A-ball Salem-Keizer
Statistics: 0-2, 11 GS, 27 1/3 IP, 2.30 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 5.1% BB, 22.9% K

One of the schools that has not exactly hit on the national scene but has really seen a high level of talent come through in the last few years is Grand Canyon in Arizona. The San Francisco Giants drafted their ace, Jake Wong, in the 3rd round in 2018.

Wong has a thick build that should allow him to handle a heavy workload and maintain his velocity deep into games. His fastball sits mid-90s and can work up to 97-98 with incredible weight to the pitch and late life, making it difficult to loft his pitches and square him up.

With a simple delivery, Wong is able to stay on top of his curve to generate groundballs, and he has seen his change tick up plenty over the last 2 years to where it’s at least an average pitch. While he attacks the zone aggressively, one thing he could use is another pitch with some movement as his tendency to be in the zone allows hitters to be aggressive within the zone, so having something with a harder break that ends up outside of the zone once in a while could definitely help.

Wong was among the large group of top San Francisco Giants prospects that spent a good portion of the 2018 season with Salem-Keizer, and most likely at some point in 2019, he’ll be part of a large group of this top 10 that spends time at high-A San Jose as well, likely moving quick, but without a lot of upside, profiling as a backend starter.