From: msw10@nepenthe.as (Michael S. Wong)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Who will Giants protect?  (was Re:  Expansion Draft)
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:39:51 GMT
Reply-To: msw10@nepenthe.as
Organization: Sun Microsystems




In article 25536@menudo.uh.edu, st1ge@Rosie.UH.EDU (Edward Hui) writes:
>In article <92231.51517.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>, J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
>>>>One does get up to 15 in a hurry, doesn't one?  This leaves Trevor
>>>>Wilson (yeah I know), Brantley, Heredia and Olivares from the pitching
>>>>staff,
>>
>   They may protect Wilson, depending on how he pitches from now on.  He was
>brillant in his last 2 outings.  
>
>>Well, there's one less to deal with.  Heredia won't even be available now--
>>at least not from the Giants.  Heredia has just been traded to the Expos for
>>a minor-league infielder.  Not a big loss, I might add.
>     I missed the news about the Heredia trade.  Who did the Giants get in
>return?  Is Heredia in the Expos roster now?  He's just the latest young
>pitcher that the Giants have given up on.  The guy is not that bad in middle
>relief, he has the potential to become a solid major league starter.  Heredia
>led the PCL in ERA last season, which is some kind of accomplishment considered
>that PCL is a hitter's league.

Heredia was 2-3 with a 5.40 ERA in 13 games this year. In Phoenix he was 5-5, 2.01.
I liken Heredia to Mark Leonard: tears up AAA but just doesn't seem to have what it
takes for the majors. Gil was traded for A-West Palm Beach 2B Brett
Jenkins, .262/4/45 in 22 games. The young Giant arms to watch for are Kevin Rogers (Phx), Rick Huisman (Phx), Joe Roselli (SJ), Gary Sharko (Shr), Ken Grundt (SJ) and
perhaps Steve Reed (Phx) (who may set the minor league record for saves in a season),
with Huisman being the  strongest prospect. Saloman Torres (Shr) was the biggest 
pitching prospect in *all* of minors (Pedro Martinez notwithstanding). However, he 
has developed lower back problems, which as everyone knows tends to never go away. 
In addition, The Prophet has a very high leg kick, which may further strain his back.
Tinkering with his windup will most likely ruin something else like his shoulder. 
Roger Craig's idiotic staff handling tendencies seem to permeate the Giants farm 
system: Torres was sent to San Francisco to be examined by physicians, but he 
wasn't expected to miss a start.
>>
>>I'm tired of Brantley.  He only knows how to pitch once he gets himself into
>>a bases-loaded jam--and even then, he sometimes fails.  Brantley doesn't know
>>how to pitch when there are any bases without runners on them.  Ulcer City.
>>
>    I feel the same way about Brantley but I have a feeling that the Giants
>is going to protect him.  However, I don't think guys like Brantley and
>Rhagetti should be protected because the Marlins and Rockies should not
>intent to pick up someone with their kind of salaries.
>
>
>>Tim Irvin  j056600@lmsc5.is.lmsc.lockheed.com
>>****************************************************************************
>
>Edward Hui

My list would be:

Rod Beck
John Burkett
Will Clark
Royce Clayton
Craig Colbert
Steve Decker
Bryan Hickerson
Mike Jackson
Kirt Manwaring
Cory Snyder
Bill Swift 
Robby Thompson
Matt Williams
Trevor Wilson
Ted Wood

As players are drafted, John Patterson, Chris James, Pat Rapp, Francisco Oliveras,
Mark Leonard, Darren Lewis, Greg Litton, Jim Pena, and Bud Black would be the
players I'd add to the protected list, in that order.

I tent do think McGee and Brantley would almost certainly be drafted on their past
successes. Black is a competent left-handed starter and would also probably be drafted. This would free up funds for signing some subset of 
Bonds, Puckett, Sierra, Swindell or Cone.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pipe dream