Adrian Sugastey

Adrian Manuel Sugastey

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 210 lbs.

• Born October 23, 2002 in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá Panamá

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Biographical Information

Adrian Sugastey was signed by the San Francisco Giants organization as an international free agent on July 2, 2019 for $525,000. He had to wait until 2021 to begin his professional career, as the minor leagues were not in operation in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. For the ACL Giants Orange, he slashed .358/.405/.439 in his debut season and threw out 30% of would-be base stealers.

He was moved up to the full-season San Jose Giants to begin the 2022 season. And while his slash line fell to .240/.329/.333, he only struck out 53 times in 300 at bats, and his defense remained strong as he threw out 29% of potential thieves. He spent a few weeks on the injured list in June, and spent about half of July back in the Arizona Complex League on a rehab assignment; he finished out the year in the Arizona Fall League, where he slashed .385/.429/.423 in eight games.

While his offense took a hit in his first season of full-season baseball, the Giants were undeterred and moved him up to the advanced-A Northwest League to start 2023. The Giants view him as a defense-first catcher with a potential 65-grade arm. (Which would be well above Major League average, should that come to fruition.) In spite of that "defense-first" label, Sugastey was hitting .284/.315/.385 through July 3 and had nearly matched his output of extra base hits from the year before in about 100 fewer at bats. His fielding percentage was also higher at that point in the season - a very good .996% - than the .987 he put up in San Jose.