San Francisco Giants Top 20 Prospects By John Sickels SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS TOP 20 PROSPECTS 1. Matt Cain, RHP, Grade A- 2. Marcus Sanders, 2B, Grade B+ 3. Merkin Valdez, RHP, B+ 4. Eddy Martinez-Esteve, "OF," B+ 5. Travis Ishikawa, 1B, B 6. Nate Schierholtz, OF, B 7. Jonathan Sanchez, LHP, B 8. Kevin Frandsen, 3B, B 9. Dan Griffin, RHP, B- 10. Pedro Sandoval, 3B, B- 11. Shairon Martis, RHP, B- 12. Freddy Lewis, OF, C+ 13. Waldis Joaquin, RHP, C+ 14. Ben Copeland, OF, C+ 15. Jeremy Accardo, RHP, C+ 16. Jon Coutlangus, LHP, C+ 17. Dan Ortmeier, OF, C+ 18. Brian Horwitz, OF, C+ 19. Brian Wilson, RHP, C+ 20. Ben Nieto, LHP, C+ I have to say that this list surprises me. . .it's a lot better than I thought. Either the Giants have a better farm system than they are given credit for, or I gave out too many Grade C+ ratings and some of those guys should be just plain C. I do think that things have improved in this system. Cain is obviously a stud, and Sanders looks like an excellent prospect to me. I'm worried about Valdez's durability, but if his arm holds up he should be a good pitcher. EME has a Grade A bat but problems with defense push him down to B+. Ishikawa and Schierholtz face Double-A this year....my guess is that one breaks through and one falls apart, which is which I'm not sure. Watch for Shairon Martis and Waldis Joaquin, short-season sleepers with good arms. Craig Whitaker has a Grade C rating and is #21 on this list, but he has a higher ceiling than guys like Wilson or Nieto and could rank ahead of them depending on how you want to weight current performance vs. long-term potential. This is probably an indicator that I overrated Wilson and Nieto, and possibly Accardo, Coutlangus, and Horwitz, too. I must have been in a good mood when I wrote up the Giants grades, but there are too many to change so I will have to stick with what I wrote and hope it doesn't look too stupid 6 months from now. --

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