At the beginning of every baseball season, pitchers are typically ahead of hitters. The same can be said of Giants prospects in the Arizona Fall League.
Hitters must find timing early on to catch up to a 95 mph fastball and adjust to an 88 mph slider one pitch later. With the AFL being an extension of the minor league season, you would think hitters and pitchers would be on more of an even playing field. Through the first two weeks, that’s far from the truth for the seven Giants prospects on the Scottsdale Scorpions.
Between four pitchers — Garrett Williams, Melvin Adon, Sam Wolff, and Chase Johnson — the quadruplet has a 1.