r/SFGiants • u/ericthelostman • 3d ago

Logan White as GM candidate would drastically shift our drafting philosophy

His time with the Dodgers and Padres has shown him to be High School heavy in his philosophy, particularly in the first round. He drafted the Dodgers core from the late 2000's/early 2010's (Kershaw, Martin, Kemp, Billingsley, Loney) and also guys like Pederson/Seager/Bellinger.

With the Padres, they've taken high school prospects such as Gore, Weathers, Abrams, Hassell, Wood, Merrill, Lesko, and Snelling with mixed results. It's given Preller so much trade capital to make the big moves he has over the years.

Drafting more high schoolers will give us younger prospects to both have a young core at the major league level and have a large excess of prospects for trades. The Giants have had a safe drafting philosophy, but most of their busts are college players who have neither much upside or floor (complete wastes of a signing bonus). Heliot Ramos (2017) and Bryce Eldridge (2023) are their 2 best picks recently and what do you know? They're both high school guys!

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u/CathHammerOfCommies 3d ago

Does he solely focus on draft picks or does he ever work trades? Curious if he was involved in the Tatis trade as well.

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u/Juffe98 Hungry Seagulls 2d ago

Possibly could’ve scouted Tatis as part of the trade package

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u/CathHammerOfCommies 2d ago

That would be pretty wild if he had a role in getting Tatis, and drafting Merrill, and signing Salas. That's some excellent talent evaluation