I think we can close the books and ring the cash register on the Giants 2009 draft at this point. Clearly not as fruitful as the 2008 version that produced Buster Posey, Conor Gillaspie (oops!!), Roger Kieschnick and Brandon Crawford, to say nothing lesser for Eric Surkamo in the 6th round and Juan Perez in the 13th round.
Whew!!! that was a good draft.
The 2009 version would stand on its own if Zack Wheeler was still here and Brandon Belt actually signed ( oh yeah he did!! ) and stays healthy and prospers. The rest of the crop looks played out, although Chris Dominguez could become a late bloomer somewhere.
from SFGiants.com:
San Francisco Giants 2009 Draft Results | SFGiants.com: Team:
A listing of the San Francisco Giants's 2009 draft picks Name Pos B/T Ht Wt DOB Round Pick # Signed Zack Wheeler P L / R 6' 4" 195 05/30/1990 1 6 08/17/2009 Tommy Joseph C R / R 6' 1" 225 07/16/1991 2 55 08/17/2009 Chris Dominguez 3B R / R 6' 4" 235 11/22/1986 3 86 06/23/2009 Jason Stoffel P R / R 6' 1" 235 09/15/1988 4 117 07/18/2009 Brandon Belt 1B L / L 6' 5" 220 04/20/1988 5 147 Unsigned Matthew Graham P R / R 6' 4" 225 05/01/1990 6 177 Unsigned Nick Liles 2B R / R 6' 1" 185 07/23/1987 7 207 06/21/2009 Gus Benusa CF L / L 6' 1" 190 01/30/1991 8 237 06/19/2009 Evan Crawford CF R / R 6' 2" 165 08/05/1988 9 267 06/29/2009 Jeremy Toole P R / R 6' 4" 235 06/17/1988 10 297 06/18/2009 John Eshleman SS R / R 6' 0" 185 04/08/1989 11 327 06/18/2009 Chris Heston P R / R 6' 3" 195 04/10/1988 12 357 07/02/2009 Shawn Sanford P R / R 6' 0" 210 08/28/1988 13 387 06/24/2009 Bryan Salsbury P R / R 6' 2" 185 10/22/1989 14 417 06/19/2009 Kyle Vazquez P R / R 6' 3" 175 06/29/1988 15 447 06/18/2009 Ryan Cavan SS S / R 5' 11" 180 06/28/1987 16 477 06/18/2009 Chris Gloor P L / L 6' 6" 255 03/07/1987 17 507 06/18/2009 Jonathan Walsh OF S / R 6' 2" 208 11/14/1990 18 537 Unsigned Jason Walls P R / R 6' 5" 205 02/22/1988 19 567 Unsigned Mitchell Mormann P R / R 6' 6" 220 03/17/1989 20 597 Unsigned Zak Wasserman 1B L / L 6' 6" 225 08/30/1990 21 627 Unsigned Drew Biery 3B R / R 6' 2" 215 05/14/1986 22 657 06/18/2009 Adam Champion P L / L 6' 7" 230 09/22/1987 23 687 Unsigned Alex Burg C R / R 6' 0" 190 08/09/1987 24 717 Unsigned Taylor Rogers P R / R 6' 4" 200 06/05/1987 25 747 06/18/2009 Luis Munoz CF R / R 6' 0" 165 10/10/1991 26 777 06/19/2009 Kyle Mach 3B R / R 5' 10" 190 11/08/1986 27 807 06/21/2009 Jamaine Cotton P R / R 6' 1" 205 09/27/1990 28 837 Unsigned Luke Demko P R / R 6' 7" 260 06/26/1986 29 867 Unsigned Craig Westcott P L / R 6' 4" 215 03/01/1986 30 897 06/15/2009 Diego Seastrunk C S / R 5' 9" 210 01/11/1988 31 927 Unsigned Luke Anders 1B L / L 6' 6" 225 10/02/1986 32 957 06/18/2009 Jake Dunning P R / R 6' 4" 190 08/12/1988 33 987 Unsigned Brandon Kirby CF R / R 6' 0" 185 12/10/1990 34 1017 Unsigned Brandon Graves P L / L 6' 1" 190 08/07/1986 35 1047 06/18/2009 Ryan Scoma RF L / R 6' 2" 180 09/12/1987 36 1077 06/19/2009 Ryan Lollis RF L / L 6' 2" 185 12/16/1986 37 1107 06/18/2009 Addison Proszek P R / R 6' 5" 260 04/17/1987 38 1137 06/19/2009 Kyle Henson C R / R 5' 11" 185 12/07/1986 39 1167 06/18/2009 Jonathan White LF L / L 6' 2" 200 06/16/1986 40 1197 06/19/2009 Gary Moran P R / R 6' 8" 265 05/21/1985 41 1227 06/18/2009 Nicholas Schwaner 3B L / R 6' 1" 215 02/27/1988 42 1257 Unsigned Matthew Jansen P L / L 6' 2" 210 05/25/1987 43 1287 Unsigned Joseph Lewis 1B L / R 6' 5" 205 09/17/1990 44 1317 Unsigned Kyle Kramp P R / R 6' 4" 195 12/23/1990 45 1347 Unsigned Juan Martinez SS R / R 5' 10" 190 12/26/1986 46 1377 06/18/2009 Michael Ness P R / R 6' 4" 210 10/20/1987 47 1407 Unsigned Randolph Oduber LF R / L 6' 3" 190 03/18/1989 48 1437 Unsigned Austin Goolsby C R / R 6' 2" 185 04/28/1988 49 1467 Unsigned Kaohi Downing P R / R 5' 11" 180 05/07/1986 50 1497 06/19/2009
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Tommy Joseph may end up continuing a recent trend in this organization of failed HS hitters, albeit still a small sample. And maybe that is what my gripe may be in the future, not that the Giants cannot develop hitters per se, but that they may have have an inability to either scout and project the younger HS hitters or develop the ones they do select. They have had better luck with the supposed, lower ceiling WYSIWYG ( What you see is what you get ) college hitters like Posey Belt and Crwaford and their International signings.
If you tell me they are "developing" hitters in the mold of Pablo Sandoval I'm just going to scream, but there again, comparing apples and oranges.
And please don't anybody turn this post into a reprisal of the mush headed Domincan statement from way back because if I was in the player development department and you brought me a young Hunter Pence, I would probably try to change almost everything about him as a hitter as well, except the results.
Some guys you just have to throw the book away.
The Incredible Hunter Pence:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/heat-index/2014/09/11/hunter-pence-throws-his-bat-for-rbi-single-against-diamondbacks/15469467/
https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/AFD22D83EB1121946756767162368_2ab547f9b8a.2.1.3531984034730179881.mp4?versionId=nsKEysG5Ymt0qXFdsRx875OcHYXhqDSj
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