Giants fans won’t need to hunt down a box score or wait for highlights on Sunday. They’ll be able to watch the organization’s top two prospects, Josuar Gonzalez and Luis Hernández, when San Jose hosts Stockton at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the MiLB.com and MLB Pipeline “game of the day” stream.
That means a free, easy look at the players sitting at No. 1 and No. 2 in the Giants’ farm system, per MLB Pipeline, with both also ranked among baseball’s Top 100 prospects. For a fan base that doesn’t live near the affiliate, it’s the kind of setup that makes the whole thing a little less abstract.
Gonzalez, 18, has already given Giants officials plenty to dream on. The switch-hitting shortstop was MLB Pipeline’s top position player in the 2025 international free-agent class, and San Francisco landed him for nearly $3 million out of the Dominican Republic.
The Giants kept him in the Dominican League last summer, then brought him to the United States this year. After a stint in the Arizona Complex League, he moved up to San Jose on July 24.
Across his stops, Gonzalez has put together a .338/.445/.526 line with four home runs and 34 RBI.
Hernández arrived with even more buzz and an even bigger price tag. Signed in January out of Venezuela, he was regarded as the top international prospect overall and got a $4.997 million bonus. The 17-year-old had already played in the Venezuelan Major League and worked with former Major League players back home, so the Giants sent him straight to the ACL rather than starting him in the Dominican or elsewhere.
That path has worked out so far. Hernández has produced a combined .278/.362/.502 line with eight home runs and 51 RBI, and he was promoted to San Jose with Gonzalez.
Promotions from the ACL to Class-A happen all the time once that season wraps up. But these two are not ordinary names in the system. On Sunday, Giants fans get the rare chance to see exactly why.
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