Nolan McLean & Drue Hackenberg

You can bet everyone wants a Shohei Ohtani-H on their team. A guy who is a difference maker on the mound every fifth day and an impactful bat a team can plug in, even on those days he pitches. Realistically though, another Ohtani doesn’t exist. 

In recent years, there has been a push for two-way players. We saw Brendan McKay (LHP, TAM), who is technically still a prospect, go fourth overall in the 2017 draft out of the University of Louisville. The bat never lived up to the hype in pro ball and a multitude of arm injuries have derailed a once promising career on the mound. The Giants recently drafted two first rounders as two-way prospects, Reggie Crawford (LHP, SF) in the 2022 draft and Bryce Eldridge (RF, SF) in the 2023 draft. Both...

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