Apologies to anyone who was looking for a mega roundup on Monday recapping the weekend\u2019s games. I sadly was unable to get to it this time around, but you can expect it next weekend! Now let\u2019s dive into Tuesday\u2019s action on the farm, which featured 4 games \u2026 the Arizona Complex League is in action, but High-A Eugene had the day off.<\/p>\n
Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL)<\/a><\/p>\n All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in that particular game.<\/p>\n Not too much news. The Giants added to their international signing corps, by inking 16-year old Venezuelan LHP Moises Soto. Catcher Ty Hanchey was sent from High-A Eugene to AAA Sacramento to add some depth behind the dish for the River Cats after Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s promotion. AAA LHP Nick Margevicius and High-A utility player Jean Carlos Sio (No. 44 CPL) were sent to the Complex League to begin rehab assignments.<\/p>\n AA Richmond RHP Darien Smith was named Pitcher of the Month in the Eastern League after finishing the month with a 1.35 ERA (which was lowered after his 1st May outing, when he tossed 5 shutout frames). And High-A Eugene LHP Charlie McDaniel earned Pitcher of the Month honors in the Northwest League, after a 1.10 ERA in 4 April starts (he also lowered his figures with his 1st May outing, as he threw 4 scoreless innings). Congrats to the pair, who were both undrafted free agents!<\/p>\n Sacramento River Cats lost to the Reno Aces (Diamondbacks) 4-0 It goes without saying that Monday\u2019s promotions of Bryce Eldridge (No. 1 CPL) and Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez (No. 16 CPL) are incredibly exciting for anyone watching the Major League team. But there\u2019s a necessary evil in there: it sure makes the AAA team a lot less exciting. And so it was very fitting that the River Cats began the next chapter of their season by getting shut out, and failing to record an extra-base hit at all.<\/p>\n With Eldridge and Rodr\u00edguez gone, Sacramento only has 2 position players who appeared on our Community Prospect List, but that pair provided the bulk of the team\u2019s 6 hits, as right fielder Victor Bericoto (No. 35 CPL) hit 2-4, while second baseman Nate Furman (No. 39 CPL) went 2-5 with a strikeout. Neither player has an outrageous overall line in their 1st real run through AAA \u2014 Bericoto has an .822 OPS and a 119 wRC+, while Furman is at .780 and 118 \u2014 but their contact skills have been very impressive. For the right-handed hitting Bericoto, that means a .313 batting average and a 19.7% strikeout rate, and for the left-handed hitting Furman, a .287 average and a 12.1% K rate.<\/p>\n Center fielder Harrison Bader began his rehab assignment and hit 1-3 with a strikeout. The single was loud contact, but the reports from the McCoven weren\u2019t stellar.<\/p>\n It was a very rough game for RHP Carson Seymour, who couldn\u2019t find the strike zone. Seymour threw just 55 of 91 pitches for strikes while walking 4 batters in 5.2 innings, and hitting another. When he did find the strike zone, things went pretty well for him: he gave up 5 hits in those 5.2 innings, with 4 being singles and 1 a double, and he struck out 6 batters. The strikeouts have been lacking a little bit this year, so that was nice to see for Seymour, who now has a 4.50 ERA and a 4.77 FIP through 7 starts after giving up 4 runs in this game.<\/p>\n LHP Sam Hentges made another rehab appearance and pitched 1.1 no-hit innings with a strikeout, though he walked 2 batters. Through 9 rehab games and 9 innings, Hentges has allowed just 2 hits, but the reports continue to be that he isn\u2019t looking great \u2026 in this game, his fastball sat around 91 and peaked at 92.3, which is quite a drop from his last stint in the Majors, when he averaged 95. Hentges\u2019 rehab window is about to close, so the Giants will have to make a decision on whether this version of him is an upgrade over Ryan Burucki or not. Hentges is on a Major League deal and doesn\u2019t have options, so the Giants hands are a little tied, though if the dip in velo is at all due to physical issues, they could throw him back on the Injured List.<\/p>\n Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the Akron RubberDucks (Guardians) 5-0 The Squirrels just keep rolling along, and they did it this game on both sides of the ball, with a dominant pitching performance and a barrage of big flies.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s start on the mound, because we haven\u2019t had a ton of opportunities to give LHP Joe Whitman (No. 26 CPL) his flowers lately, and this game provided such a chance. Whitman had one of his best games as a pro, pitching 6 dominant scoreless innings, while allowing only 1 hit. He did a good job of staying in the strike zone and staying ahead in counts, and finished the day with 7 strikeouts against just 2 walks.<\/p>\n That part is good and dandy, but it\u2019s the 1 hit that really stands out to me. Whitman has had solid strikeout and walk numbers for a while, which is part of why his FIP has dramatically outperformed his ERA ever since he arrived in Richmond at the start of the 2025 season. But the former compensatory round selection (No. 69 overall in 2023) just keeps throwing hittable pitches: he gave up 129 hits in 117.1 innings last year, and was at almost exactly a hit per inning entering this start.<\/p>\n With the outing, Whitman lowered his ERA to 4.76 and his FIP to 3.36 \u2026 he\u2019ll have to keep working on the hit suppression, but his strikeout rate (30.2%) minus walk rate (8.6%) now ranks 7th out of 39 Eastern League pitchers with at least 20 innings thrown this year. There\u2019s a solid foundation there.<\/p>\n RHP Tyler Vogel followed up Whitman\u2019s great game with a dominant bounce-back performance. Vogel started the year with 7 consecutive outings without an earned run, but gave up earned runs in each of his last 2 outings. This one? 2 perfect innings with 3 strikeouts, while throwing 16 of 21 pitches for strikes. Fantastic! Walks have been a huge issue for Vogel this year (he has 11 in 12 innings), but he\u2019s been quite a strikeout artist and has limited damage with the bat. He has a 1.50 ERA on the year, though the walks have inflated his FIP to 5.16.<\/p>\n On offense there were big swings abounding, and Richmond really took advantage of their hits: they only had 8 of them, but 6 went for extra bases. The biggest hit and biggest day both belonged to shortstop Maui Ahuna (No. 33 CPL), who hit 2-4 with a 2-run home run to cap the scoring.<\/p>\n Ahuna, who struck out once, has shown some impressive things as he adjusts to AA life after just 11 games in High-A. Concerns remain \u2014 his swinging strike rate of 19.8% is the 3rd-highest among the 97 qualified hitters in the Eastern League, while his 31.7% strikeout rate is 15th-highest \u2014 but there\u2019s no denying the impact he can have on the ball when he does make contact. Ahuna now has 10 extra-base hits in 101 plate appearances this year (including 3 home runs), and his .178 isolated slugging percentage is comfortably above league average. Those are highly impressive traits for someone who is a dynamic defensive player at shortstop!<\/p>\n First baseman Sabin Ceballos (No. 43 CPL) homered again, in yet another data point suggesting that his lackluster 2025 is well behind him.<\/p>\n The 23-year old saw his power evaporate in AA last year, where he had just 6 home runs in 420 plate appearances. But after Tuesday\u2019s game he has already matched those 6 home runs \u2026 and in just 106 plate appearances. Whatever he did this offseason worked, as he\u2019s sitting on a .922 OPS and a 137 wRC+. You have to wonder if he might be one of the earlier promotions this year, given his experience at the level, his current performance, and the fact that his primary position (third base) is currently blocked by a higher-ranking prospect in Richmond, while both corners are fairly open in Sacramento.<\/p>\n Rounding out the dinger party was designated hitter Zach Morgan, who went 1-3 with a sacrifice fly and a solo shot, his 1st of the year. A 7th-round pick in 2022, Morgan is more organizational depth than pure prospect at this point, and only has 35 plate appearances on the year as he is behind Drew Cavanaugh (No. 19 CPL) and Adri\u00e1n Sugastey on the catcher depth chart. But he\u2019s made the most of his opportunities, as the 26-year old is sporting a 1.020 OPS and a 174 wRC+ through those 35 plate appearances.<\/p>\n Left fielder Scott Bandura continued his dynamic season by hitting 1-2 with a double, 2 walks, and a stolen base, while center fielder Bo Davidson (No. 4 CPL) and third baseman Parks Harber (No. 17 CPL) both hit 1-4 with a double and a strikeout.<\/p>\n
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