This is MASSIVE for the Giants...

The future of the San Francisco Giants is officially here, officially playing affiliated baseball. And we're going to break down all of the latest from the San Jose Giants here on SF Giants Digest. If you're new here, welcome to the channel. I'm your host, Michael Monreal. And if you've been here before, welcome back to SF Giants Digest. We're so glad you found your way back to the channel. Now, before we get into today's video, let me know down in the comment section who your favorite Giants prospect currently is. There's a lot to choose from, but I want to hear your favorite down in the comment section below. Also, if you haven't yet, go down below, hit that like button, and hit that subscribe button. It's two of the easiest ways to help support the channel. And about 75% of you guys watching the videos are not actually subscribed to the channel. It's completely free, takes just a second of your time, and really does help us continue to bring the best Giants content and analysis on YouTube. So if you enjoyed today's video, go down below, hit the like button, hit that subscribe button. That'd be much appreciated by myself and everyone here at SF Giants Digest. Now, getting into today's video. It is post-season baseball for the Giants. And some of you are probably thinking, what is he talking about? I am not talking about the San Francisco Giants. I am talking about the San Jose Giants of Low A. Now, of course, the Big League Giants did not make the playoffs, are really nowhere near the playoffs, but the minor leagues has been the most exciting part of this organization for basically the entirety of the 2026 campaign. With how bad the Big League Club has been in terms of winning, in terms of production, the minor leagues has been extremely intriguing to follow throughout the year. And this is the best the farm system has looked in 10, 15 years. It's been a very long time since the farm system has been loaded like it currently is. Now, for those that may not know, Jackson Flora has officially debuted. His first debut against the Fresno Grizzlies came last week, but he had his in the San Jose Giants post-season series. It was game two of the playoffs against the Stockton Ports, the affiliate of the Oakland or I should say Sacramento athletics. But Jackson Flora looked much, much better than his debut outing. Not to say his debut was bad. He just didn't have the slider, didn't have some of his off-speed stuff. And last night he was nasty for San Jose. Here's from Justice De Los Santos, who was there in person. Here's a shortcut of Jackson Flora go on Twitter and check out the video. But his line, two innings pitched, zero hits, zero runs, zero earned runs, two walks, four strikeouts. Now the first inning was a little shaky. He had the two walks in the first inning, but man, that second inning was just a glimpse of what we could see from the future of Jackson Flora. He struck out the side in that second inning, which ended up being his last inning of the night. And for those that may be wondering, why is he only throwing two innings? I thought he was going to be a starter. Well, the Giants are just kind of, you know, giving him some time to get into professional baseball, just a preview of what it might be like next season. Now, I'd guess he opens the year next year in Eugene of high A and then, you know, hopefully he moves quickly, but the Giants aren't trying to extend him. They aren't trying to get him deep into games. They're not trying to build him up because he threw a lot in college baseball this past year, over a hundred innings. So they're just trying to give him a glimpse, excuse me, of what professional baseball is like. So that next year, when he starts the year in Eugene or maybe back in San Jose, that he's a little bit used to what's going on and how things are going. Now, moving forward about the offense, this is a little bit of a glimpse of some of the better performers of yesterday's win against the Ports. Of course, the top name, Josuar Gonzalez, he was a little bit of a quiet night for him in terms of production, just one for four. You're used to seeing two to three hits a night for him, but that one hit was an important one. It was the first hitter of the game, the first pitch of the game. He lined one into left field, into the left field corner, actually got on second and then scored later which was the first run of the game. And the Giants needed it. It wasn't a big blowout game. It was three to one, so they needed every run they got. And Josuar did lead to that one. Now, Junior Barajas, otherwise known as Rod Barajas Jr. was two for four with a double as well. And Drew Smith, a guy who I'm sure not a lot of people are making note of in the minor leagues because he was a 15th round draft pick, not the super high pick in the draft process, but he's looked great since making his professional debut last week in Fresno. He was two for four with a double and three RBIs. He looks ready. I mean, yes, it's low weight and he performed in some really big college baseball environments at the University of Oregon. He's actually one of the better producing third basemen in college baseball over the last few seasons, but really nice to see a 15th round pick come in and start producing immediately for the San Jose Giants. Of course, we talked about Jackson Floor and then Ricardo Estrada came in and was great for San Jose. Four innings, one run, no walks, three strikeouts. So a really good game all around for San Jose. We're used to seeing them blow out teams across the season. They've been pretty much the best team in the California League the whole time, but they have looked especially good in recent weeks. Here's a cool little picture. They obviously, they won the second game, which it was a three game series. They won the first. So they are moving on to the championship series against, I believe the Lake Elstner Storm, which is the low weight affiliate of the San Diego Padres. So that'd be fun to watch over the next few days, but really exciting time for this minor league team. This team is absolutely stacked. So getting a little bit broader of a conversation, these are the Giants top 100 prospects. And at the top three, you will see the three biggest names in this organization, prospect-wise. You see Josuar Gonzalez, who is probably going to be a top 10 prospect in baseball within the next few months. You see Luis Hernandez, a 17 year old who has looked not necessarily overwhelmed, but there's been some adjustment at low weight and he's also dealing with an injury right now. And then Jackson Floor, the fourth overall pick in this most recent draft, the top ranked pitching prospect. He's looked really good in his first three innings. You see three very intriguing prospects. And so this picture went out a few days ago, which I had to throw up on Twitter and I did pretty well, 57,000 views, but pretty sweet flip flick of the San Francisco Giants top three prospects together. That was from Shelly Valenzuela of the San Jose Giants. I believe she's their team photographer, but this picture should get a lot of Giants fans extremely excited about what the future can look like. Obviously I talked about the three Josuar Gonzalez, who's 17th in baseball right now, prospect-wise, again, probably going to be a top five to 10 prospect within the next half year. Luis Hernandez, a 17 year old wonder can coming from Venezuela, who I believe 346 in the Venezuelan major league. So coming over and already showing some really fun glimpses, a stateside professional baseball, and then Jackson Floor, the savior of this rotation, you could call him because outside of Logan Webb, the starting rotation of the big league club is looking extremely shaky. And next year, there aren't a ton of fixes there. So if he can move quickly, I wouldn't be surprised to see Jackson floor in the big leagues in the backend of the 2027 campaign. If there is a 2027 campaign, but again, this is by far the most exciting. This farm system has been in a very, very long time. And in a season where it's going to be a forgettable one for the big league club, the Giants are well under 500. They're going to be close to a 100 loss team. Even though I think they'll avoid that triple digit number in the loss column, but either way, it's going to be a forgettable year. It's going to be one of the worst losing seasons in the club's history since moving to San Francisco. But the bright side in the middle of that is the fact that this farm system looks like a top three to five farm system in baseball. I believe baseball America has them for, I believe I'm going to be pipeline has them fifth. So by both accounts, a top five system in the sport. And that is something that we have not seen a lot with San Francisco over the last decade. They've been for the most part in the bottom half of baseball and the bottom third of baseball in terms of farm systems, in terms of prospect talent. So it's really refreshing to see this happen. And I know buster Posey, Larry bear, Greg Johnson, all these guys that are higher ups with the Giants are not going to say, Hey, we're going into a rebuild. We're going to trust the process and let these young guys develop. But it does seem like there's a little sense around the organization that, Hey, we're going to hold off on spending some big money now after the the Devers and let these guys develop, let them come up. And then you have Devers Eldridge in the middle of a lineup and you let these guys come up in the middle of the lineup as well. It could be a very fun team to watch in two, three, four years in San Francisco by the bay. That's going to do it for today's video. If you enjoyed go down below, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. Again, there's two of the easiest ways to help support the channel and let me know in the comments, your favorite prospect in this organization. If it's not one of the big three, let me know someone else, Johnny level, Gavin Keelan, Bo Davidson. There are a ton of fun names in this system. Let me know your favorite down in the comment section below as always. Thank you so much for watching and we'll see you next time.