Marco Luciano is moving up in the world. The shortstop, who is unanimously viewed by prospect analysts as the top prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization (and one of the best prospects in baseball) has been promoted to High-A, where he’ll join the Eugene Emeralds.
Luciano — a 19-year old right-handed hitter who was an international free agent signing in 2018 — was tearing the stitches off of the ball for the Low-A San Jose Giants. In 70 games in San Jose he hit .278/.373/.556, while leading the league in home runs with 18.