Community Prospect List No. 39

Who is the 39th-best prospect on the farm?

Believe it or not, we’ve somehow almost wrapped up the 2025 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, in which we’ll collectively rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. Opening Day is right around the corner, and so is the end of our list!

The latest name is the most recent player added to camp: catcher Adrián Sugastey, who has been voted as the No. 38 prospect in the system. It’s a drop of 13 spots for Sugastey after he came in at No. 25 in last year’s CPL.

Sugastey, who turned 22 in October, was added to the list of non-roster invitees a few days ago after the latest Tom Murphy injury setback. A right-handed hitter signed in 2019 out of Panama, Sugastey has long been lauded in the organization for his defense, leadership, and rapport with pitchers. He’s not going to win any Gold Gloves, but he definitely profiles as a player who should be an MLB talent behind the dish.

The question is if his offense can catch up enough to be playable at the next level. After a strong debut in the Arizona Complex League in 2021, Sugastey has never shown much with the bat. 2024 was an especially poor year, as his introduction to AA pitching did not go very well. Injuries limited him to just 53 games, and he hit just .210/.241/.304, for a .545 OPS and a 54 wRC+.

While his strikeout rate of 19.9% remained strong (despite being the worst of his career), his already-worrisome walk rate plummeted to just 2.6%. Power was mostly absent, with just one home run and 13 extra-base hits in 191 plate appearances. Sugastey is a textbook case of having such good bat-to-ball skills that it’s detrimental — he knows he can hit almost anything, so he swings at almost everything — so there’s certainly a chance that he can turn things around with a more balanced approach at the plate. For now, he’ll get some valuable reps in Spring Training, and then presumably return to Richmond for a second stint.

Now let’s add to the list!

The list so far

1. Bryce Eldridge — 1B
2. Carson Whisenhunt — LHP
3. James Tibbs III — OF
4. Rayner Arias — OF
5. Josuar de Jesus González — SS
6. Jhonny Level — SS
7. Mason Black — RHP
8. Dakota Jordan — OF
9. Joe Whitman — LHP
10. Reggie Crawford — LHP
11. Bo Davidson — OF
12. Aeverson Arteaga — SS
13. Wade Meckler — OF
14. Walker Martin — SS
15. Trevor McDonald — RHP
16. Diego Velasquez — SS/2B
17. Lisbel Diaz — OF
18. Sabin Ceballos — 3B
19. Carson Ragsdale — RHP
20. Trent Harris — RHP
21. Carson Seymour — RHP
22. Jose Ortiz — CF
23. Maui Ahuna — SS
24. Victor Bericoto — OF/1B
25. Robert Hipwell — 3B
26. Jonah Cox — CF
27. Josh Bostick — RHP
28. Argenis Cayama — RHP
29. Jack Choate — LHP
30. Jakob Christian — OF
31. Jacob Bresnahan — LHP
32. Cole Waites — RHP
33. Juan Sánchez — LHP
34. Hunter Bishop — OF
35. Ryan Reckley — 2B
36. Gerelmi Maldonado — RHP
37. Onil Perez — C
38. Adrián Sugastey

Note: Clicking on the above names will link to the CPL where they were voted onto the list.

No. 39 prospect nominees

Will Bednar — 24.8-year old RHP — 7.71 ERA/6.93 FIP in AA (32.2 IP); 3.18 ERA/4.06 FIP in High-A (11.1 IP); 3.60 ERA/3.97 FIP in Low-A (10 IP)

Jose Bello — 19.8-year old RHP — 7.71 ERA/4.27 FIP in ACL (2.1 IP); 2.49 ERA/2.36 FIP in DSL (25.1 IP)

Spencer Miles — 24.6-year old RHP — 4.91 ERA/2.79 FIP in ACL (7.1 IP)

Yohendry Sanchez — 18.3-year old C — .937 OPS/164 wRC+ in DSL (45 PA)

Oliver Tejada — 18.2-year old OF — .893 OPS/139 wRC+ in DSL (205 PA)

Note: Each player’s first name links to their Baseball-Reference page, and their last name links to their Fangraphs page. All stats are from the 2024 season.