It’s April 15th, which means that in baseball, it’s Jackie Robinson day. I’m sure that throughout today, you’ll read and hear much about the journey he went through. And there will be a lot of discussion about the still-low population of African-American players in the sport.
The Giants are one of three teams in MLB with no African-American players on the roster. And it may not change anytime soon, at least not through the system. Of the MLB Pipeline Top 30 prospects, the Giants have only one African-American player on the list: Jalen Miller, at #28.