Giants Prospect Report a real yawner - Astros George Springer is not

Susac showing he is maybe still a year or so away as a hitter, probably best if he keeps getting AB's in AAA, unless injury bug hits behind the dish. And Hector does seem to get hit by a lot of balls. Brown, Jones and Arroyo provide the hat trick of disappointment, the younger guys struggles at those levels are somewhat alarming at this point. Brown is showing signs of life, blocked by Blanco and Perez may tell you all you need to know.

Nothing to get excited about yesterday on the pitching front. The new draft signees should start posting some stats fairly soon. We'll keep an eye out.

Baseball America Prospect Report
Compiled by Baseball America   June 27, 2014

SF		AAA		Susac, Andrew C		4		0		2		0		.276		BB (21)
SF		AAA		Brown, Gary CF		3		2		2		1		.270		BB (21), 2 SB (13)
SF		LoA		Jones, Ryder 3B		4		1		2		0		.247		2B (15), BB (15), SB (3)
SF		SS		Arroyo, Christian SS		5		1		2		1		.150		2B (1)

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SF		AA		Hall, Cody		1		0		0		0		0		1		2.91		Sv (8)
SF		AAA		Cordier, Erik		0.2		0		0		0		0		0		3.86
SF		AAA		Kickham, Mike		8.1		2		0		0		3		9		3.68		W (6-5)
SF		HiA		Johnson, Stephen		2.2		3		0		0		0		5		3.28

This Springer kid down in Houston is not much of a disappointment however. I've stumbled onto a couple of Astros games recently on ROKU and this kid can just launch balls. They get out of the park in a hurry. He's still striking out a lot, but given the rate and the impact of his bombs, the strikeouts may be worth it.  

from milb.com:

 http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130528&content_id=48820016&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb

"He does a lot of good things," Bodie said. "He came up here last year at the end of the season in August, and he was not able to do those things.

"There are certain locations where people will throw to him and he has trouble getting to those points, but he's made adjustments to hit some pitches he's been getting after they got him out a certain way. He can come back and make those adjustments. You mature as you go through it, and it's a slow process at times, but he's doing a good job of doing it."

Springer's talents put him in a special category. Like everybody at Double-A, he still has strides to make, but at least athletically, he's in a rare class -- Bodie even mentioned Mike Trout as a player he saw at Double-A with a similarly diverse set of talents.

"When you're watching somebody who possesses those attributes and skills, namely the speed and the power, the sky is the limit for players like that," Bodie said. "Plus he plays a premium position.

"He's an exciting player, and he has a chance to be a perennial All-Star."