PHOENIX — It isn’t the impressive, raw power that’s turning heads at the Giants’ minor league complex in Scottsdale.
It isn’t the remarkably quick bat speed, the strong, accurate throwing arm or the ability to handle advanced pitching, either.
When the Giants signed Marco Luciano, a gifted shortstop prospect out of the Dominican Republic, they knew all about the tools that would give him a chance to become a major league star. They expected the power, the bat speed and the ability to handle the shortstop position.
What they didn’t know is how Luciano would handle adversity.