On Thursday night, a group of top prospects from the San Francisco Giants organization will square off against a group of top prospects from the Cincinnati Reds organization at Scottsdale Stadium. It\u2019s the oh-so-exciting Spring Breakout game, back for the third year (though it\u2019s just the second time the Giants have played the game, thanks to an untimely rainstorm in Arizona).<\/p>\n
Almost two weeks ago, the 30 MLB teams revealed their initial roster. The Giants roster was full of exciting names<\/a>, albeit not surprisingly: the initial rosters of 40 players are simply the 30 prospects in MLB Pipeline\u2019s top 30 list for each team, plus 10 more youngsters of the team\u2019s choosing.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n But on Wednesday, on the eve of the game (which will be on MLB\u2019s website and on MLB Network), teams were required to trim the initial roster to a smaller list of talent that will actually be available for the game \u2014 27 players, in the Giants case.<\/p>\n Needless to say, it\u2019s still an exciting list, though it\u2019s not as exciting as it could have been. Notably, the consensus top two prospects in the organization \u2014 first baseman Bryce Eldridge and shortstop Josuar Gonz\u00e1lez \u2014 are absent.<\/p>\n For the former, that\u2019s not surprising. Eldridge is still in Major League camp, and is fighting for a spot on the opening day roster<\/a>. The organization is never going to send those players (a group that also includes Trevor McDonald and Carson Whisenhunt) to an exhibition game, so there was never really a chance of Eldridge playing.<\/p>\n Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s absence is more disappointing, as he would have been the star most worth watching. Unfortunately, he exited a game at Minor League camp a few days ago with a limp \u2026 and while it was thankfully diagnosed as a cramp, it has sidelined him for a few days, and will keep him out of the showcase \u2026 or so we think. In the write-up announcing the article on MLB\u2019s site, Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s name is not listed, with beat reporter Maria Guardado<\/a> writing, \u201cis expected to miss Spring Breakout due to an injury.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n But in the announcement from the team\u2019s official social media accounts, Gonz\u00e1lez is listed, taking the place of outfielder Bo Davidson to keep the roster at 27. So who knows.<\/p>\n Either way, here\u2019s the (possible) roster.<\/p>\n Right-handed pitcher Keyner Martinez, one of the breakout stars on the farm in 2025, is slated to start the game. He\u2019s one of many must-watch players, including infielders Luis Hern\u00e1ndez and Gavin Kilen, and outfielder Dakota Jordan. Middle infielder Jhonny Level is absent from the roster, and I believe that\u2019s due to a minor ailment he\u2019s dealing with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday night, a group of top prospects from the San Francisco Giants organization will square off against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1017,94749,105065,173811,2319,238849,363,4694,2329,145578,215789,99,230092,39465,220791],"class_list":["post-531398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-fall-league","tag-bryce-eldridge","tag-carson-whisenhunt","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-initial-roster","tag-mlb","tag-roster","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-scottsdale","tag-scottsdale-stadium","tag-sports","tag-spring-breakout","tag-the-giants","tag-trevor-mcdonald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}