Brandon Crawford - Amazing defensive SS with some upside with the bat. He has to actually turn his tools into actual hitting ability, but he can take a walk and has a little power. Combined with the great defense, he could be an amazing player. I think, worst case scenario, he’s an ok all-glove player, which is nice at SS when he’s cheap.

Roger Kieschnick - Another toolsy guy that needs some refinement. Needs to improve his plate discipline. He’s got some legit power though.

Rafael Rodgriguez - Mostly projection at this point, but with his tools, and his impressive plate discipline at age 17, he’s a very interesting prospect.

Hector Sanchez - Not sure about his defense behind the plate, but a 19 year old catching prospect that walks almost as much as he strikes out is nice.

Jorge Bucardo - Strikeouts and groundballs are a great combo. I’ve read reports that believe he could add velocity, FWIW.

Vert fast. Started hitting after he gave up being a switch hitter.

Had a huge year and burst on to the prospect radar in a big way

I like Roger Kieschnick and Hector Sanchez a lot.

And Thomas Neal, obviously, but he probably doesn’t qualify as a sleeper anymore.

Jason Walls, a late draft signing.

Jose Casilla. Supposedly good stuff, excellent year in A-.

Angel Villalona in the Cal Penal League getting anally impaled — rendered in a state of lullaby.

some people at MCC love Brock Bond and Brett Pill.

Another name that’s come up a few times this offseason is Ryan Cavan, who put up some really nice numbers in ssA this year. I’m not sure he’ll amount to much of anything but I think he’s an interesting sleeper.

Lots of good names put forth thus far. I would like to bring up Nick Noonan, whom many have forgotten about. He was a disappointment to many last year and this year.

However, most have forgotten that he was only 20 years old for the season, starting second year in pros, and playing against pitchers who mostly had anywhere from 3-5 years experience, or 3 to 5 times his experience.

While his overall season numbers were bad again, he boosted them in the last couple of months, despite lower BABIP than earlier in the season, as he started figuring out how not to strike out so much, and the discipline that he was known for when he was drafted returned.

First four months: 37 BB vs. 87 K’s.
Last two months: 16 BB vs. 11 K’s.

And his walk rate didn’t really change much, if anything, the rate went down, but the big change was that he cut down on his strikeouts dramatically, resulting in a higher batting average, and decent OBP, which with decent power, resulted in a pretty good OPS for a 2B in the minors.

He hit roughly .294/.359/.432/.791 in those two months vs. .261/.334/..395/.729 overall.

Not really a sleeper since he was so hyped when he was drafted, but relative to the interest in him now vs other Giants prospects, I would call him a sleeper. And he will still need to prove himself at each level, since even in those two months he didn’t hit all that great, but still, he was 20 YO facing much older and experienced pitchers, and the change was dramatic, he was striking out 20+ times each month for the season, then not only dropped it into single digits, but managed to walk more times than he struck out, both of which he had never been able to do as a pro until then.

BA said in August “A righthander from Oak Ridge High in Spring, Texas, Graham flashes first-round talent but lacks consistency. At his best, he’ll pitch at 90-93 mph with his fastball and back it up with a power curveball.”

Plenty of talent, and just maybe Dick Tidrow is the svengali who can develop that talent into something useful.