Everything SF Giants fans need to know about the Low-A San Jose Giants

We have covered three of the four SF Giants minor league affiliates this week. This includes the Sacramento River Cats, Richmond Flying Squirrels, and Eugene Emeralds. Last up on the list is the San Jose Giants.

Everything SF Giants fans need to know about the Low-A San Jose Giants

Players in the IL

Sam Bower
Wilkelma Castillo
Mauricio Estrella
Marques Johnson
Gerelmi Maldonado
Mikell Manzano
Spencer Miles
Kanoa Pagan
Liam Simon
Ian Villers

Pitchers

Joshua Bostick (#41 prospect)

Bostick has the potential to break out in 2024 and see a similar success that Hayden Birdsong enjoyed health-permitting. His fastball tops out in the high-90s, sitting in the mid-90s with good life up in the zone. He's already cleaned up his delivery once he turned pro where he could enjoy improved control. His slider flashes above average with late tilt and good depth that should be used more often as he heavily relied on his fastball. There is a changeup but it's a clear third pitch. If he can't be a starter, Bostick clearly has the stuff to become an impact reliever.

Dylan Carmouche

In terms of pure funk, Carmouche probably has the funkiest funk among all pitchers on San Jose's pitching staff. He has an odd tempo on the mound with a short arm action that allows him to hide the ball until the very end of his release. That helps his middling fastball which sits in the high-80s to look a tick harder and he pairs it up with a changeup that flashes above-average to plus, helping the heater look even quicker. He also has a curveball that looks average at best.

Junior Flores

Flores spent all of his pro career in the backfields as he continues to improve his stuff and gain weight. He looks much heavier than his 170-pound listed weight would suggest. He has a deliberate tempo on the mound and falls to the first base side quite intensely as he tries to get the maximum downhill plane to his fastball. The heater can touch the mid-90s and his best secondary pitch is a slider that has good depth and some sweeping action.

Trent Harris

Harris was signed by the Giants last July and showed out with an impressive stretch with San Jose toward the end of last season. His operation is centered around a fastball-curveball operation where the heater can reach up to 95 mph with good carry above the zone. Not a lot of tailing movement coming into righties but more than enough to succeed. The curveball is an above-average pitch with a big shape that he can drop for strikes or get hitters to chase. He also throws strikes at a good rate.