SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS TOP 10 PROSPECTS
1. MARCO LUCIANO, SS
AGE: 19. B-T: R-R. HT: 6-1. WT: 198. SIGNED: Dominican Republic, 2018. SIGNED BY: Jonathan Bautista.
TRACK RECORD: After two years under international signing restrictions, the Giants opened their wallet in 2018 to sign a star-studded international class that included Luciano and outfielders Luis Matos and Jairo Pomares. Luciano was the undisputed gem and quickly showed why in his 2019 pro debut when he demolished the Rookie-level Arizona League, made a cameo at short-season Salem-Keizer and asserted himself as the most promising prospect in the Giants’ system. Luciano got his first look at Oracle Park in January, when he was part of a group the Giants brought in for a preseason minicamp. He got there again when he was added to the 60-man player pool following baseball’s resumption from the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Because the minor league season was canceled, Luciano spent the summer at the team’s alternate training site getting at-bats against a wide variety of pitchers before heading to instructional league in the fall.
Luciano is one of the game’s most electrifying prospects. He uses huge bat speed and strength to produce tons of loud contact—he was one of just five players 17-and-younger who hit double-digit home runs in 2019—and reached a peak exit velocity of 118 mph at the alternate site. While Luciano has immense strength and feel for the barrel, there is still work to be done. He understandably struggled facing pitchers with much more experience at the alternate site. Initially, he struggled to get balls in the air, but as he
