Class of 2018 HS Baseball Player National Rankings | Perfect Game USA

So this is the early list of the top HS prospects for the Giants to consider with the 2nd pick overall.

from Perfect Game USA:
Class of 2018 HS Baseball Player National Rankings | Perfect Game USA:

The buzz from the west coast is the Giants are paying attention to Matthew Liberatore, which should scare the daylights out of the entire Liberatore family the way that Giants pitchers are flocking to the DL. And why is a kid from AZ playing for a Central Florida travel team. Come on people!! But a 6-5, 200 LHP who throws 95MPH will get a lot of national attention.

• Ethan Hankins, the 6-6, 200 RHP from Georgia still sits at the top of the list. Throws 97MPH.
• Kumar Rocker, also from Georgia and 6-5, 250 RHP to boot is still lurking around the top. Throws 98MPH.

Does anyone pitch at < 90 MPH anymore?

The Florida prospects,

• Carter Stewart 6-6, 200 RHP from Melbourne, FL 
• Mason Denaburg 6-4, 195 RHP from Merritt Island 

round out the pitchers in the Top Ten. Denaburg throws 97MPH and Stewart throws a low-90's FB      ( OMG!! ) but has the best spin rate TrackMan has ever recorded. So TrackMan loves him, but what does TrackMan know? If this Stewart kid hits, owners will wonder (a la Marge Schott) why we need all these scouts when we have TrackMan?

It seems like a deep pitching class this year, which could entice the Giants to go HS pitcher/College pitcher or vice-versa with their first two selections. I can't see them going for an everyday hitter since they have to hit and the Giants don't seem to have anyone that can develop hitters on staff. If they did, OF Travis Swaggerty is drawing comparisons to Andrew Benintendi, who was a darling of the prospect-paparazzi in Gigante-land.

So, put me down for Swaggerty as a long shot, if Beede and Suarez step-up and deliver on their potential. Otherwise, all other things being equal among the HS pitchers, it's Liberatore based on his left-handedness.

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