It’s December. And you know what season that ushers in. That’s right! Prospect Rankings season! And I’ve happy to be joined this week by Eli Walsh who led Baseball Prospectus’ coverage of for BPro’s 2023 Giants’ rankings.

Eli and I talk about whether Marco Luciano or Kyle Harrison is the more “untouchable” prospect. How Luis Matos and Grant McCray compare to each other? Who’s breaking out of the 2021 draft of pitchers? And what the heck we can make of 2022 1st rounder Reggie Crawford? Plus there’s a curious amount of Austin Slater talk. Weird!

SCHEDULING NOTE — I’ve decided to flip the order of things this week. Instead of a Wednesday post, I’m putting out the podcast a day early to wait for the Rule 5 draft tonight. I’ll put out a post on the draft — and any other Giants’ news — in a post tomorrow, before launching into an in-depth assessment of the org position by position starting Friday.

State of the system (0:50)Luciano vs Harrison (2:45)Where does Luciano play? (5:40)Casey Schmitt’s offensive potential (6:55)Luis Matos and swing decisions (9:35)Matos, Grant McCray, and Vaun Brown (13:50)Heliot Ramos’ swing (22:10)All Those San Jose Pitchers! (25:30)Bednar and Mikulski (29:45)What do Giants have in Carson Seymour? (32:10)Do We Know Anything About Reggie Crawford’s potential? (33:40)Favorite Sleepers (36:35)

Intro/Outro: “I Wish You a Merry Christmas” by Little Eva and Big Dee Irwin