On Monday, we kicked off the latest annual installment of the Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, in which we rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. We began by nominating prospects to be in contention for the coveted title of “top prospect,” a label that Kyle Harrison hopes to hold onto for a second year.
And then we got a curveball (a curveball that was slapped the other way for a single, I might add). On Tuesday, the Giants made easily their largest free agent signing in the Farhan Zaidi era, inking KBO center fielder Jung-hoo Lee to a six-year deal worth $113 million, with nearly $20 million added in posting fees.