Marco Luciano
22-Year-Old
2024 Stats
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.000
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
The Giants reportedly want to give Luciano a chance to be the everyday shortstop in 2024, and that motivation from the club is arguably the best thing he has going for him in redraft leagues. Steamer projects the 22-year-old shortstop to hit .219 with a .296 OBP, and while he is a good defensive shortstop, it remains to be seen if San Francisco would allow him keep the everyday job all season if he is producing at that level. Known for his high pedigree as the headliner of the 2018 J-2 international signing class and his plus raw power, Luciano's strikeout rate has steadily trended in the wrong direction. He struck out at a 29.8 percent clip at Double-A, a 35.9 percent clip at Triple-A and a 37.8 percent clip in 45 MLB plate appearances. Unlike many other talented shortstops with questionable hit tools, Luciano doesn't provide much speed on the bases, so he needs to hit for a decent average to avoid being a player who perpetually hits in the bottom third of the lineup and is only rostered in deep leagues for his power and playing time. He missed time in 2023 with back and hamstring injuries and has only played 56 games at Double-A and 18 games at Triple-A, so it would be understandable if he needed more developmental time in the minors. Read Past Outlooks
Heads to Triple-A
The Giants optioned Luciano to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.
ANALYSIS
Luciano came into spring training as the favorite to win the Giants' shortstop job, but he missed some time with an injury and the club eventually signed Nick Ahmed, who ended up claiming the job. The 22-year-old could still eventually push to take over at shortstop with the big club this season, but for now, he'll go to Sacramento.
Luciano came into spring training as the favorite to win the Giants' shortstop job, but he missed some time with an injury and the club eventually signed Nick Ahmed, who ended up claiming the job. The 22-year-old could still eventually push to take over at shortstop with the big club this season, but for now, he'll go to Sacramento.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+192%
OPS vs LHP
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OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2022vs Left | 1.146 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .417 | ||||
Since 2022vs Right | .392 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .148 | ||||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023vs Left | 1.146 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .417 | ||||
2023vs Right | .392 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .148 | ||||
2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Since 2022Home | .540 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .160 | ||||
Since 2022Away | .829 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .357 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | .540 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .160 | ||||
2023Away | .829 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .357 | ||||
2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Could be Opening Day shortstop
President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said the Giants "want to give Marco Luciano the chance to be the everyday guy" at shortstop in 2024, according to Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic.
ANALYSIS
The 22-year-old received his first taste of the majors in 2023 and had a .231/.333/.308 slash line in 45 plate appearances, and it appears he'll be the starter at shortstop Opening Day with Brandon Crawford's 13-year career in San Francisco likely coming to an end. Luciano is one of the organization's top prospects and finished the campaign with a .776 OPS, 15 homers and seven steals in 74 games between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He was sidelined for the first month of the season with a back injury and also missed most of August with a hamstring issue.
The 22-year-old received his first taste of the majors in 2023 and had a .231/.333/.308 slash line in 45 plate appearances, and it appears he'll be the starter at shortstop Opening Day with Brandon Crawford's 13-year career in San Francisco likely coming to an end. Luciano is one of the organization's top prospects and finished the campaign with a .776 OPS, 15 homers and seven steals in 74 games between the Double-A and Triple-A levels. He was sidelined for the first month of the season with a back injury and also missed most of August with a hamstring issue.
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Many were slow to adjust expectations on Luciano, even when he did his best in 2021 to show us that he was a future three-category masher, rather than a four- or five-category star. It was more of the same in 2022, although he was limited to 57 games at High-A due to a lower-back strain and a minor leg injury. Luciano's max exit velocity and 90th percentile exit velocity are elite, and while he will likely always have an elevated strikeout rate, his damage on impact should be sufficient for him to specialize in run production. If it weren't for Luciano's exit velocities, it would be pretty easy to project Matt Chapman caliber fantasy production at shortstop or third base, but there's still a chance he could be a notch above that level. A newly-added member of the Giants' 40-man roster, Luciano should spend most, if not all of 2023 at Double-A.
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Falls behind Ahmed for starting job
Manager Bob Melvin hinted Saturday that Luciano has slipped behind Nick Ahmed in the competition for the Giants' starting shortstop job, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "There's some time left," Melvin said of the competition. "It's not like Marco's got a lot of consistent at-bats. Obviously, the hamstring thing set him back quite a bit. We want to make sure we get him a little deeper in games and play him a little bit more but also understand he's coming back from an injury that you don't want to happen again."
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Making Cactus debut Thursday
Luciano (hamstring) is starting at shortstop and batting second for the Giants on Thursday against the Diamondbacks in his Cactus League debut, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
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Scratched from lineup
Luciano (hamstring) has been scratched from the Giants' lineup for Saturday's game versus the Cubs, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Coming back from hamstring issue
Luciano has been dealing with a minor hamstring issue but is tentatively listed in the Giants' lineup for Saturday's Cactus League opener against the Cubs, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Could open '24 as main shortstop
Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said Tuesday that Luciano will be given the chance to open the 2024 season as the team's everyday shortstop, Danny Emerman of KNBR 680 San Francisco reports.
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