A Look at the San Francisco Giants Last Five First Round Draft Picks

Apr 1, 2017; Oakland, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants pitcher Tyler Beede (32) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports

Another top prospect that is knocking on the door is Tyler Beede. He overtook Arroyo as the San Francisco Giants top prospect entering the 2017 season. MLB.com had him ranked one spot ahead of Arroyo at 88.

He was taken with the 14th pick in the 2014 draft out of Vanderbilt University. The Commodores have been spitting out major league pitchers for years now, and the Giants are hoping Beede is the next one.

He threw just 15 innings after getting drafted in 2014, but struck out 18 in those innings with a 3.00 ERA.

In 2015 he split time between High-A and Double-A where he compiled a 3.97 ERA in 124.2 innings with just 86 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.259.

He bounced back in 2016 with an ERA of 2.81 in 147.1 innings with 135 strikeouts — all at the Double-A level.

Some thought that Beede had a chance to make the Giants starting rotation out of spring training, but that was a long shot.

Through four starts in Triple-A this year he has a 4.29 ERA in 21 innings with just 13 strikeouts. It looks like he’s having the same struggles as when he first got to Double-A.

Beede turns 24 this May so you hope that he’s close to making his major league debut. It will be interesting to see if he adjusts at the Triple-A level this year, or if he needs another year there to figure things out.

I’m not as sold on Beede as some are. He’s never had a WHIP under 1.2 in the minors. He needs to improve his walk-to-strikeout ratio in the minors before he can be trusted at the major league level.

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