DrB's 2018 Giants Top 50 Prospects: #20 Ricardo Genoves

Ricardo Genoves, C.  DOB:  5/14/1999.  B-R, T-R.  6'2", 190 lbs.  IFA 2015.

R:  .252/.327/.356, 6 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 8.0 BB%, 18.7 K%, 150 PA.

There is a very nice scouting report on Genoves up at Baseball Census linked to the left where I got most of the info for this profile.  Genoves was a $550 K IFA bonus baby in 2015, the same year the Giants signed Lucius Fox.  He is very athletic for his size with advanced defensive skills behind home plate.  The bat trails significantly with a swing that looks a bit stiff and long.  On the other hand, batting .250 is a lot better than many defense-first catching prospects and the plate discipline looks promising in the stat line so I think there is hope for the bat.  Will the Giants send him to Augusta for his age 19 season or keep him in camp and send him to Salem-Keizer later in the summer?  Genoves is a long term project and time is on their side.