{"id":49799,"date":"2021-08-05T00:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T04:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=49799"},"modified":"2021-08-05T00:33:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T04:33:08","slug":"giants-promote-prospect-luciano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/08\/05\/giants-promote-prospect-luciano\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants Promote Top-Prospect Marco Luciano"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco Giants<\/a> have promoted their top-ranked prospect, Marco Luciano, to the High-A Eugene Emeralds. The 19-year old from the Dominican Republic is the #11 ranked prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com<\/a>. Luciano was the top-rated middle infielder in the 2018 international class and figures to be an\u00a0all-star level talent in the majors.<\/p>\n

Marco Luciano hit .278 with 18 homers and 57 RBI in 70 games with Low-A San Jose before his promotion. He still needs to develop his plate discipline, as he struck out 68 times in those 70 games. However, his bat makes him a must-see talent at the plate. He ranks among the best in the minors in both power and bat speed. Luciano also has a very high baseball IQ and a plus arm. He’s a smooth defender at the shortstop position. However, some figure he will slide over to the hot corner and play third base in the future.<\/p>\n

Marco Luciano Leads Impressive Bunch of Giants Rookies<\/h2>\n

Luciano should finish the minor league season as a member of the Emeralds and will begin the 2022 season in Double-A. Farhan Zaidi and the Giants are not in favor of rushing their young talent and emphasize rookie development. Fans should set their sights on a 2023 ETA for the young Marco Luciano.<\/p>\n

Luciano appeared in this year’s futures game along with the club’s #3 ranked prospect Heliot Ramos. The Giants also have catching prospect Joey Bart. Bart is baseball’s #2 ranked catching prospect behind Baltimore Orioles<\/a> prospect Adley Rutschman.<\/p>\n

The trio, along with others, makes up a very bright future for the San Francisco Giants. Although Luciano is still young, he looks to be as much of a sure thing for the Giants as a sure thing could be. Fans have every right to be excited as a potential superstar of the future moves one step closer to the show.<\/p>\n

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