Sunday, April 19, 2015

BaseballAmerica.com: Stats: Chase Johnson

San Francisco Giants prospect Chase Johnson

This is a guy I could see moving up prospect charts pretty rapidly. A low 90's fastball and a tweener breaking ball (curve/slurve) with a build similar to Chris Heston, may leave his ceiling at a 3rd or 4th starter. But you need guys like that too. Johnson was a reliever in college, so a move back to the bullpen would not be out of the question either.

Johnson is currently stationed in High-A San Jose, so his approximate ETA in San Francisco would be either 2019 based on a one year per level adavnce or 2017 if he amps it up and hits the bigs by 25. Heston just turned 27 years old, I believe, so maybe patience is a virtue after all.

from Baseball America:
Chase Johnson
Proper Name: Chase Lucas Johnson
Born: Jan. 9, 1992 in Fallbrook, Calif.
High School: Fallbrook (Calif.) HS
College: Cal Poly
Ht.: 6-3 Wt.: 185
Bats: R Throws: R
CAREER STATISTICS2015 GAME LOGS2015 SPLITSSPRING TRAINING
YEARAGECLUBLGCLASSWLERAGGSCGSVIPHRERHRBBSOBB/9SO/9WHIPG/F
201321GiantsAZLR101.6930005.15110171.6911.811.13#INF
201321Salem-KeizerNWLSS324.1710100041.0362419312372.638.121.172.74
201422AugustaSALLoA474.57232200110.11116956540943.267.671.373.56
201523San JoseCALHiA103.3821008.07430484.509.001.386.00
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS994.32383300164.215998798571463.127.981.313.50
DRAFT HISTORY [-]
Drafted in the 26th round (796th overall) by the Texas Rangers in 2010 (did not sign)
Drafted in the 3rd round (101st overall) by the San Francisco Giants in 2013 (signed for $440,000)  Draft Report [+]  Premium



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