\u201cGiants Talk\u201d hosts Cole Kuiper and Alex Pavlovic react to Jonah Cox\u2019s promotion and break down his debut with San Francisco.<\/p>\n
Giants Talk: Why San Francisco promoted outfield Jonah Cox from Double-A<\/a> originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area<\/a><\/p>\n View More<\/p>\n Video Transcript<\/p>\n Other Giants moves.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Giants call up Jonah Cox from Double-A, entirely skipping Triple-A, and he’s already leading the team in batting average, OPS, and everything, hitting a astounding 141.<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n A position player.<\/p>\n So- Off a position player Weird one.<\/p>\n I think I saw he’s, like, the first in since like 1920 or something.<\/p>\n I don’t know what, Let’s see.<\/p>\n We had this I saw this in our, in our Slack.<\/p>\n Jonah Cox is the only Giants batter since 1920 with a hit in his first career plate appearance, and that plate appearance was against a position player.<\/p>\n Exactly.<\/p>\n And that’s as far back as our, our, stats company can check.<\/p>\n So, history.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Making history.<\/p>\n what did we think of this move?<\/p>\n Certainly wasn’t something I expected.<\/p>\n I know you have your eye on the, the farm system a little more keenly than I do.<\/p>\n Probably, you have your eye on pretty much everything a little more keenly than I do, but this caught me completely out of left field.<\/p>\n I was surprised.<\/p>\n because you, you go back, it’s like, you know, Matt Duffy did this a long time ago.<\/p>\n Miguel Gomez in 2017 was the last one to do it, and it’s a really interesting one, and it’s one that I don’t think there’s gonna be a middle ground on this in a few weeks.<\/p>\n Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n There’s Either this is a You know, it sounds like he’s gonna start Monday.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Either this is lightning in a bottle and like, you know, something, a desperate speed element that they need.<\/p>\n you know, we should give this He w- they got him in the Ross Stripling trade a couple years ago.<\/p>\n He’s not really much of a prospect, just a speed guy, a good a- good defensive outfielder, and this year just kind of took off.<\/p>\n he was hitting 400 in, in Double-A, so very impressive.<\/p>\n just it, to make that jump, like, you don’t see that much for anybody.<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n And you don’t see it in the Giants organization.<\/p>\n And they’ve made such a big deal about being slow with guys, and we’ve talked about some of the guys last year who you’re like, “It feels like time for a promotion.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n And I mean, we, we saw the Bryce Eldridge thing this year.<\/p>\n So to jump this guy, it’s, it’s He better play.<\/p>\n I think that’s what I would say.<\/p>\n Like, don’t jump him past Triple-A to, to come sit on the bench.<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n Is, is one of the things here that his main tool being speed, speed isn’t really something you develop in Triple-A or even in the majors.<\/p>\n You have it or you don’t, and this guy certainly has it.<\/p>\n Yeah, I think, you know, the, the thing about him is, like, he’s, he hasn’t really been a, a big time He hasn’t at all been a big time prospect.<\/p>\n Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n he’s a little bit old for his league.<\/p>\n He’s turning 25 this season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n So even in Triple-A he would’ve been on the older end.<\/p>\n he is a, a speed guy, and yeah, the speed’s gonna be there no matter what.<\/p>\n So I, I don’t think, like, this isn’t This is much different than a, than an Eldridge.<\/p>\n This is different than like a, you know, even like a Jess Rodrguez.<\/p>\n you’re not, there’s not, I don’t think, as much risk of stunting the development.<\/p>\n At the same time, they do keep making these moves and it’s like Eldridge and Rodrguez come up, and now we see Rodrguez barely plays.<\/p>\n Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n and Barracotto’s here, doesn’t really play.<\/p>\n Jonah Cox is here.<\/p>\n Like, is he gonna play or is it gonna be, you know, Drew Gilbert for a few days, and then Harrison Bader comes off the IL, and you’re like, “Okay, we’re back to off to Triple-A you are.”<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n And I think the concern there then is like, you know for me it’s not as much development, it’s just, like, it’s almost a waste.<\/p>\n Like, we, we make the Wade Mekwer jokes, but they did start Wade Mekwer’s clock before they had to.<\/p>\n Yeah.<\/p>\n And at some point you lose him because he’s, he’s here.<\/p>\n And, yeah, it’s not the ideal development path.<\/p>\n but they felt like they needed the help, and obviously Bader’s hurt and, sounds like he can help.<\/p>\n I, I, I guess the fear would be you just look up and it just feels like they’re kind of throwing these guys out.<\/p>\n Like, “Hey.”<\/p>\n Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n “Lost two games.<\/p>\n Here comes Jonah Cox.”<\/p>\n Like, “Rough road trip.<\/p>\n Here come Eldridge and Rodrguez.<\/p>\n rough times.<\/p>\n Here comes Barracotto.”<\/p>\n So- Yeah there’s been a little bit of that this year, I think.<\/p>\n