Last week, MLB Pipeline declared Joey Bart to be the best catching prospect in baseball and the best defensive prospect in the Giants’ system. These are really nice acknowledgements by the cool kids, as it’s exceedingly rare to see the Giants’ farm system recognized for anything remotely positive. Most of their “recent” success involved Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner (and Matt Duffy, if you’re feeling generous); but, not all of their prospect “hits” have wound up on their major league roster.
Last month, MLB.com took a look at the best and worst first-round draft picks for every team since 2009, and Zack Wheeler (taken with the 6th pick in 2009) was rated as the team’s best performer since then.