Perhaps my favorite thing about covering the San Francisco Giants for a living is getting to watch, follow, and write about the organization’s farm system and Minor League Baseball affiliates. That is highlighted by the annual Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, in which we come together as a group to collectively rank the top prospects in the system.
Lately this project has started to become a little poignant. Last year’s CPL got underway right after the Giants failed to land Aaron Judge; this year it begins in the aftermath of watching Shohei Ohtani sign with the team’s biggest rival.