Josuar Gonzalez has climbed all the way into MLB Pipeline’s top 10, and he’s not the only SF Giants prospect making noise in the latest update.
MLB Pipeline released its final top-100 prospect list of the year on Friday, and five Giants made the cut. Gonzalez led the group at No. 10, with Luis Hernández coming in at No. 25 and Jackson Flora at No.
- Jhonny Level checked in at No. 43, while Ramon Marquez landed at No.
Flora’s placement stands out in a different way. The current list is packed with position players, but he is still being viewed as one of the best pitching prospects in the sport. MLB Pipeline has him ranked as the No. 3 right-handed pitcher, behind only Seth Hernandez of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Ryan Sloan of the Seattle Mariners.
That rise matters for a Giants system that went into the summer with pitching depth as a glaring issue. The club started addressing it early in the draft by targeting arms such as Flora, Carson Bolemon and Kaden Waechter, then added Ramon Marquez from the Philadelphia Phillies at the trade deadline.
Level’s stock keeps moving up, too. He turned heads with a strong summer in the Arizona Complex League in 2025, backed it up with a solid run in the California League and then earned a promotion to the Northwest League.
Hernández, meanwhile, arrived this year as an international free agent and came with a $5 million signing bonus, one of the largest investments the Giants have made through that route. The team was comfortable sending him straight past the Dominican Summer League. He responded with a .917 OPS, six home runs and 45 RBI in 228 plate appearances in the ACL before moving to San Jose and finishing the year on the injured list.
Gonzalez’s leap to the top 10 comes after a season that showed exactly why he’s so highly regarded. He started in the ACL and finished in the California League, then put up a 1.010 OPS with three home runs and 35 RBI in 153 plate appearances for San Jose.
He also brought impact on the bases, piling up six triples and 13 stolen bases. Even in only 31 games, he finished second on the team in triples behind Andy Polanco, who had nine.
What made Gonzalez so striking was the way he handled older, more experienced competition. The source of the excitement wasn’t just the numbers; it was the constant sense that he was doing something worth stopping for, whether that meant ranging impressively at shortstop or racing home from first on a single.
His ranking also puts him in rare company for the Giants. Gonzalez is now the highest-rated Giants prospect since Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner. Baseball America had Bumgarner at No. 9 before the 2009 season and Posey at No. 7 before the 2010 season.
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