SF Giants prove they may be better than the Dodgers in 2030 with 29-2 drubbing in ACL

The SF Giants may have lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night 4-0, but out in the Arizona Complex League the Giants’ rookie league affiliate beat the Dodgers’ rookie league affiliate by a jaw-dropping score of 29-2. That bodes well for the future at least.

It was a pretty insane box score and two of the Giants’ top prospects absolutely went off. Josuar Gonzalez, who the team signed as an international free agent in early 2025, and Luis Hernandez, who the Giants signed earlier this year, both had massive games.

Giants get a nice dose of hope for the future with lopsided defeat of Dodgers affiliate in ACL

Gonzalez had three hits in three at-bats including a double while also drawing three walks and drove in four runs. Hernandez went 5-for-5 at the dish and had three doubles and a home run while driving in nine runs.

One doesn’t want to get too excited about what some teenagers are doing in Arizona, but Giants fans are allowed to feel a little bit of hope and can at least dream of a day when the team has a more talented roster than the Dodgers.

It will take a long time because not only do the Dodgers have seemingly limitless money and sign practically every big free agent there is, but they also draft and develop better than any other organization in the game. The Giants have been trying to improve their farm system for years and they are headed in the right direction so results like the one on Wednesday night are definitely a positive sign for the organization as a whole.

Gonzalez has been great this season. The 18-year-old shortstop from the Dominican Republic is hitting .412/.565/.529 so far in the ACL. He’s the No. 2 prospect in the organization and has been compared to Jose Reyes and Francisco Lindor so he's got a ton of promise.

As for Hernandez, the 17-year-old shortstop out of Venezuela is hitting .406/.474/.906 with four home runs and 18 runs batted in and his first hit in the ACL was a grand slam.

Of course, it is smart to pump the brakes a little. It would be a bit of a shock if either Gonzalez or Hernandez debuted with the Giants this decade. They still have to work their way through multiple levels of minor league ball before they can reach the majors and Giants fans have been burned by young international talents like Marco Luciano and Luis Matos before so we know how the story can go.

Still, it’s easy to picture it. The year is 2030. Shohei Ohtani is old and washed up. He throws a weak 85 mile per hour fastball to Josuar Gonzalez who crushes it so hard that it leaves UNIQLO Field entirely. The boos rain down on Ohtani. He tries a curveball that doesn't curve on the second pitch to Hernandez who crushes it into the lights like in The Natural and the sparks from the light explosion burn the field to the ground. Everyone gets out safely of course, but Ohtani is so ashamed that he returns to Japan and gambles all of his money away.

It’s just a demented fever dream and it’s all we have for now, but when the Dodgers seem like an unstoppable behemoth sometimes dreams are what can give us just a ray of hope for the future.

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