R. J. Dabovich

Below are select minor league players, and the rosters of the minor league affiliates, of the San Francisco Giants:

He then played for the Leesburg Lightning in the Florida Collegiate Summer League, and batted .346(3rd in the league)/.486(3rd)/.654(1st) in 26 at bats with five hit by pitch (6th) and 11 stolen bases (5th) in 12 attempts.

In college he played 115 games in center field, 46 in right field, 19 in left field, and two at pitcher.

Brown was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.

When a scout asked him what signing bonus amount he was looking for, he laughed and said: "I'll sign for a Pop Tart."

He batted .354(9th in the league)/.480(2nd)/.620(5th) in 79 at bats with 24 runs, four triples (4th), two home runs, 14 RBIs, eight steals in nine attempts, and 12 hit by pitch (leading the league).

He played 20 games in center field, five in right field, and one in left field.

He started 2022 with the San Jose Giants before being promoted to the Eugene Emeralds.

With Eugene, he led the league with a .350 batting average, .454 on-base percentage, and .612 slugging percentage in 157 at bats, was 9th with 11 hit by pitch, was 8th with four sacrifice flies, and had 21 steals in 24 attempts.

In 2022, Brown's .346 batting average and 1.060 on-base percentage plus slugging percentage (OPS) led all qualified hitters in the minor leagues, his .623 slugging percentage was the 3rd-highest in the minors, and his .437 on-base percentage was the 6th-highest.

Between San Jose, Eugene, and the AA Richmond Flying Squirrels he was .346/.437/.623 in 387 at bats with 100 runs, 7 triples, 23 home runs, 75 RBIs, 44 stolen bases in 50 attempts, and 19 hit by pitch.

He signed for a $7,500 signing bonus, over $100,000 less than the slot value for a 296th overall pick.

He said: "It's a gift to come out here and play every day.... I love this game."

Brown made his professional debut in 2021 with the Arizona Complex League Giants.

With San Jose, Brown led the league with a .636 slugging percentage and batted .347 (3rd in the league) with a .428 on-base percentage (9th), five triples (7th), and 23 steals in 26 attempts in 228 at bats.

Vaun Edward Brown (born June 23, 1998) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Brown was born in Sarasota, Florida, to Herb and Kris Brown (a special education teacher), and has a sister, Kelly, a former high school basketball player.

His father played two years of junior college football as a running back at Kutztown State College.

He attended Sarasota High School ('16) in Sarasota, Florida.

Brown was 5' 7" and weighed 125 pounds as a freshman, and was cut from the baseball team, and in his high school career he did not hit a single home run.

Brown then played college baseball at Florida Southern College, studying business administration both for his bachelor's degree and for an MBA.

Hayden Birdsong (born August 30, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Birdsong attended Mattoon High School in Mattoon, Illinois and played college baseball at Eastern Illinois University.

He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the sixth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.

Birdsong spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League Giants and San Jose Giants.

He started 2023 with San Jose before being promoted to the Eugene Emeralds.

In July, he combined with three other pitchers to throw a no-hitter.

Aeverson Javier Arteaga (born March 16, 2003) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop in the San Francisco Giants organization.

Only four other minor league players had passed 20 home runs, 20 stolen bases, a .300 average, .400 on-base percentage, and a .600 slugging percentage in a single season since 2006.

He played 43 games in left field, 28 in right field, 16 as a designated hitter, and 15 in center field.

He was named an MiLB Organization All Star.

Arteaga signed with the San Francisco Giants in July 2019, for a signing bonus of $1 million.

He did not play for a team in 2020 due to the Minor League Baseball season being cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arteaga made his professional debut in 2021 with the Arizona Complex League Giants in 2021, leading the league with 43 RBIs and batting .294/.367/.503 in 197 at bats with 42 runs (2nd in the league), 12 doubles (7th), 9 home runs (2nd), with eight steals without being caught, and played in one game with the San Jose Giants.

He was an ACL post-season All Star.

He played 2022 with San Jose, tied for the league lead with 35 doubles and batting .270/.345/.431 in 503 at bats with 87 runs (7th), 14 home runs, and 84 RBIs (5th).

He was an MiLB Organization All Star.

With the school's baseball team in 2020 he batted .286/.375/.571 with five home runs (6th in the conference) in 56 at bats.

In 2021 Brown hit .387/.462/.793 in 111 at bats, leading the league with 40 runs, 13 home runs, and 31 RBIs, while hitting 6 doubles (9th) with five hit by pitch (7th) and two sacrifice flies (6th), stealing nine bases (7th) in 11 attempts, and striking out 26 times (8th), as a fifth-year senior.

He was named Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year, First Team All Conference, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All South Region first team, American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Rawlings All-South Region, 2020-21 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Division II Academic All-America Second Team (with a 3.89 GPA while studying for his MBA at Florida Southern College), and ABCA NCAA Division II All-American Second Team.