Seven Top San Francisco Giants Prospects Earn Promotions

The All-Star break is typically a good litmus test for organizations to determine which of their top prospects have earned a promotion. While there are always exceptions, this is often when many of the game’s rising talents take the next step in the minors.

The San Francisco Giants have one of the most improved farm systems in Major League Baseball with some significant talent toward the top for the first time in north of a decade. When checking in on some of those names who could have earned a promotion in the first half, they were clearly content with what they saw.

Seven of the club’s youngsters earned promotions to the next level, including two of its top three prospects and five of its top 10. That not only heightened excitement for the Giants’ next wave of talent, but also helped the fanbase forget about the underwhelming state of the big-league club, if only for a moment.

ACL to Low-A (San Jose)

S Josuar Gonzalez (SF No. 1, MLB No. 45)

Gonzalez was the most sought after international position player prospect two years ago and has fully lived up to that hype. Not only did he dominate the DSL, but he’s performed even better since making his way to the ACL.

Virtually every non-counting stat on offense has been better since coming stateside and it was clear that the ACL wasn’t challenging him.

While he has dealt with some injury, he slashed .350/.460/.520 with a 143 wRC+ and 16.49% walk rate in 31 games.

At just 18-years-old, Gonzalez has the tools and upside of a top-10 prospect in the game. If the start of 2026 is any indication of his future, we’ll be talking about him for years to come.

SS Luis Hernandez (SF No. 3, MLB No. 62)

Similar to Gonzalez, Hernandez was the most prized prospect in this year’s international class. The biggest difference is that he was so well regarded that he skipped the DSL and made his way to Arizona immediately.

He fittingly had no issues transitioning and is already finding his way to affiliated ball at the ripe age of 17 years old. The numbers may not be quite as good as Gonzalez’s, but there was some more juice with Hernandez.

He hit .295 with a .530 slugging percentage, six home runs, and 19 doubles.

Gonzalez is likely the better defender at short between the two, but Hernandez has no problem holding his own at the premium position.

High-A (Eugene) to Double-A (Richmond)

SS Gavin Kilen (SF No. 7)

Kilen was the organization’s first-round pick a year ago and has gotten off to a nice start in his first full professional season.

He may be the least-touted middle infielder at the top of this system, but he’ll almost surely be the first of them to debut.

He made up for an underwhelming debut in San Jose at the end of last year with a .282/.350/.462 slash line and 65 RBIs at High-A this year.

It’s only been eight games at Double-A so far, but his numbers have been even better since the promotion.

OF Dakota Jordan (SF No. 9)

Jordan is one of the most tooled out prospects in all of baseball and the only thing limiting him from developing into a top-100 prospect was some of the swing-and-miss concerns.

In his last 18 games at High-A, we got a taste of what a Dakota Jordan with an average hit tool would look like and it was special.

In that span, he launched nine home runs while slashing an absurd .357/.400/.843. The most important part of that was his mere 16% strikeout rate, a significant improvement from his 30.7% mark heading into that 18 game sample.

Similar to Kilen, he’s picked up right where he left off in his first eight Double-A games.

Trevor Cohen (SF No. 14)

Cohen got off to a bit of a slower start this season but fully turned things around in the middle of May. In 47 High-A games since May 15, he hit .332 with a 134 wRC+ and 12.4% strikeout rate.

Power will likely never be a major part of the outfielder’s game, but he’ll run into enough doubles for enough slug to be present.

This regime has fallen in love with the old-school style of prospects that hit for a high average and rarely strikeout. Cohen falls into that bucket making him a refreshing profile in today’s game.

Double-A (Richmond) to Triple-A (Sacramento)

OF Bo Davidson (SF No. 4, MLB No. 99)

After being one of the more productive hitters in the system over the last few seasons, Davidson got off to an extremely slow start in 2026.

However, a scorching month of June turned around his campaign and helped him maintain top-100 status with Just Baseball.

In his 25 games last month, Davidson hit .309 with a 1.072 OPS, 169 wRC+, and 11 home runs. With continued production in the hitter-friendly PCL with Sacramento, it wouldn’t be all that surprising to see a late-season debut considering the trajectory of San Francisco’s season.

3B/OF Parks Harber (SF No. 11)

Since turning professional, all Parks Harber has done is hit. He may not be the best athlete or a great defender, but there’s no question in his ability in the box.

In 66 Double-A games before his promotion, he held a 132 wRC+ with 12 bombs and 47 RBIs. In what’s believed to be one of the tougher leagues to hit in across affiliated baseball, Harber had no problems acclimating to the level.

With an .852 OPS in his first seven games in Sacramento, he could also be pushing for a late-season cup of coffee with the big-league club. Harber has also been seeing significantly more time in the outfield, potentially opening up even more big-league playing time — especially after the trade deadline.