The Next Wave is Not Coming for the San Francisco Giants
What helped the San Francisco Giants go on an epic run at the beginning of this decade was that they always had another wave of great players coming through the farm system. But after years of bad scouting and drafting, that well has dried up and there is no help on the way.
As we already mentioned, the core that helped bring the Giants their last World Series is on their way out, but yet there is no one ready to replace them.
The San Francisco Giants have one of the worst farm systems in all of baseball. And the prospects they have brought up to the majors have not panned out yet.
Tyler Beede and Chris Shaw were recently two of the top prospects in their organization, but they both struggled in their first taste of the big leagues — albeit small sample sizes.
Right now, the only legit prospect they have in their organization is their second overall pick from last year’s draft in Joey Bart. There is a chance he could be the replacement for Posey.
Dereck Rodriguez and Andrew Suarez each had solid rookie campaigns in 2018, but I don’t think anyone sees them replacing Bumgarner in the rotation.
They’ve had a lot of solid outfield prospects over the last several years, but none of them have lived up to the hype so far.
It’s hard to sustain success when you don’t have the next wave coming through the farm system. You can’t rely on free agency to fill all your holes.
The Giants had success by building from within, and they need to get back to that mentality.