With a need for improving play all across the board, the San Francisco Giants are going to need their farm system to get better.
In looking at the San Francisco Giants' farm system, there are some good things to observe heading into the 2026 season.
But the Giants also want to make sure that their farm system is prepared for a bright, rosy future. Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey knows that the players who are in the minor-league system will get called up at some point.
That is, unless they just don't perform well at all.
On Thursday, Keith Law of The Athletic posted a story that reviewed all 30 major-league clubs' farm systems.
When rating the Giants, Law put them in a Tier 4 location. Law decided to clump teams together in tiers to better present a form of measurement through the MLB teams.
"The Giants have a couple of top-end prospects with high ceilings and good probability -- Josuar Gonzalez could easily be in the top 3 by August," Law wrote.
"But the strength of the system is all kinds of depth, with more high-ceiling guys (the uber-athletic Dakota Jordan, fast-rising pitcher Keyner Martinez) alongside very likely role players and back-end starters (Bo Davidson, Jesús Rodríguez, Carson Whisenhunt)," Law continued.
"Their 2025 deadline trades already look great in hindsight -- and trading relievers for prospects is nearly always the right strategy."
So, will any of these players have a role in 2026 under Giants manager Tony Vitello? That remains to be seen.
This season, the Giants need to get out of the gate fast. The ballclub wants to avoid finishing at or below .500 once again. In the past four seasons, San Francisco has not put up winning records under Gabe Kapler and Bob Melvin.
There might be some pressure on the ballclub to perform better all the way around.
In the 2025 season, Jordan played for the Class-A San Jose Giants. He had a slash line of .311/.377/.874, according to MiLB.com. Jordan was a fourth-round pick for the Giants in the 2024 MLB Draft out of Mississippi State.
As for Martinez, he's played two seasons of minor-league ball, according to Baseball Reference. He's 6-3 overall with a 2.47 ERA and 120 strikeouts. Martinez has played in Rookie and Class-A ball in the San Francisco minor-league system.
Things are looking good for the future stars that might find themselves in Oracle Park at some point.
But the Giants, much like other MLB teams in the tier system in The Athletic article, have room for improvement. Let's see if some of these minor-league standouts are moved up in the system throughout this season.
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