{"id":678319,"date":"2026-04-18T11:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678319\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T11:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:28:05","slug":"former-sf-giants-top-prospects-yankees-hot-streak-just-hit-an-impressive-new-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678319\/","title":{"rendered":"Former SF Giants top prospect’s Yankees hot streak just hit an impressive new peak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SF Giants cut bait on former top prospect Marco Luciano in the offseason and after an odyssey<\/a> he ended up with the New York Yankees. He is currently tearing it up<\/a> with New York’s Double-A affiliate the Somerset Patriots and is displaying his power in a major way. <\/p>\n

Luciano just had a two-homer game and is putting up some solid numbers thus far:<\/p>\n

“I think the @Yankees<\/a> have found themselves something special in Marco Luciano…” <\/p>\n

MARCO LUCIANO, AGAIN!!! He crushes his second homer of the night over 400 feet to tie the game!!! pic.twitter.com\/cdPTdL2Wew<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Somerset Patriots (@SOMPatriots) April 17, 2026<\/a>Marco Luciano seems to have found a home in Yankees organization<\/p>\n

After that two-homer performance, Luciano is now slashing .364\/.462\/.788 with three homers and five runs batted in across 10 games. It’s an impressive start and it would not be a surprise if he moved up to Triple-A sometime soon for New York if he keeps it up.<\/p>\n

It’s good to see Luciano succeeding early on with a new team after things just did not work out in San Francisco. The Giants simply did not have any room for him and he was out of minor league options so they had no other choice but to get rid of him as it seemed unlikely any team would be willing to trade for him.<\/p>\n

Once thought of as San Francisco’s shortstop of the future, it became clear in 2024 that Luciano was not cut out to be a big league infielder which led to the Giants converting him into an outfielder.<\/p>\n

He put up really impressive power numbers in Triple-A last season but never earned a call-up to the big leagues as his batting average was quite low and his defense in the outfield was not much better than his infield defense.<\/p>\n

San Francisco had to move on from several young outfielders prior to the regular season. The Giants got rid of Wade Meckler<\/a> and then traded Luis Matos to the Milwaukee Brewers after he failed to make the Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to blame former Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi for calling these guys up too soon<\/a>. While that’s true, it also speaks to the fact that none of them were developed properly and were not really given ample opportunities to prove themselves at the big league level.<\/p>\n

San Francisco’s outfield has not been all that good<\/a> so far this season so it will be interesting to see if the Giants end up regretting letting some of these guys go a few years down the road.<\/p>\n

It’s nice to see Luciano have some success, though. The 24-year-old deserves some positives after the last few seasons.<\/p>\n

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