![]() Note: Clicking on the above names will link to the CPL where they were voted onto the list. He’s a tremendous defensive center fielder, and Spring Training made it clear that Johnson, one of the fastest players in the organization, was using the new rules and base size to his advantage. Now Johnson will start the year in AAA, but it’s safe to say that we’ll see him in the Majors a fair bit this year. Suddenly Johnson became a thing, and he was in line to make the Opening Day roster before a last-minute trade for Matt Beaty changed the equation. Instead, it was two other things: going a perfect 12-for-12 stealing bases, and being around while Mitch Haniger and Austin Slater suffered injuries that took them off the Opening Day roster. That wasn’t what got eyeballs on him, though. Johnson hit decently in the spring, going 13-42 with four doubles and seven walks. He cleared waivers and was outrighted to AAA Sacramento, but we all viewed him as depth in Sacramento, not San Francisco.īut Spring Training changed everything. The Giants added him to the 40-man and active rosters late last season, and he got a brief cup of coffee, appearing in 11 games and hitting 2-18. He methodically worked his way through the system by being just good enough, but was really always viewed as Minor League depth as opposed to an honest-to-goodness prospect. Johnson, a 27-year old switch-hitter, was a sixth-round pick by the Giants back in 2017. It’s center fielder Bryce Johnson, who has been voted the No. The penultimate name on the list is far and away the most surprising name, which is to say someone who probably wouldn’t have been on anyone’s list of the Giants top 44 prospects when we started this exercise in December. One name needs to be added, and then we’ll have our complete rankings of the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. It’s time for the final chapter of the Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List.
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