Keaton Winn

Organization Prospect Rankings

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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #12 prospect in 2024
  BA Grade: 45/Medium
  
  Track Record: After two seasons at Iowa Western JC, Winn had planned to move to Texas Christian. Instead, the Giants selected him in the fifth round of the 2018 draft and signed him for $500,000. He missed the 2021 season after having Tommy John surgery, then re-emerged in 2022 with one of the better seasons in the Giants’ system. Winn made his big league debut on June 13 and made nine appearances--including five starts--in the big leagues.
  
  Scouting Report: Winn’s bread and butter is his combination of a mid-90s fastball and a nasty splitter in the high 80s that helps him execute a quality north-south approach that will play well at least in a bulk reliever’s role. If he can improve his slider, which is a clear third pitch at this point, he’ll have a chance to raise his ceiling. Right now, both his fastball and splitter grade as plus pitches, while his slider checks in as a below-average offering. He uses the slider roughly 10% of the time and will need to up that rate if he is to fit in the rotation. He also uses a two-seamer that adds another east-west option to his mix. Winn has had plus control throughout his minor league career except for a blip in Triple-A, where the automatic ball-strike system does not pair well with pitchers who live at the top of the zone.
  
  The Future: Winn will likely spend most of 2024 in the big leagues, where he can eat innings either in the back of the rotation or as a bulk reliever.
  
  Scouting Grades Fastball: 60 | Slider: 40 | Changeup: 60 | Control: 55
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  Ranked San Francisco Giants #14 prospect in 2023
  BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
  
  Track Record: Winn is yet another product of junior college powerhouse Iowa Western, which also produced Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson in recent years. Winn was committed to Texas Christian before the Giants selected him in 2018 with their fifth-round pick and signed him for $500,000. After spending his first two seasons in the low minors, Winn had Tommy John surgery and missed the 2021 season. He returned with a refreshed arsenal in 2022 and cut his way from Low-A to Double-A while racking up 125 strikeouts in 108 innings.
  
  Scouting Report: Winn's fastball averaged 93 mph and touched 95 before surgery, but he came back throwing harder. His fastball now sits 95 mph and touches 100 to be a plus pitch, although it unintentionally behaves like a two-seamer at times. Winn also replaced his traditional changeup with a splitter--which the Giants suggested because of his large hands--and the new offering flashes plus in the upper-80s while getting frequent swings and misses. Winn rounds his mix with a mid-80s slider that projects to be an average pitch. If he can get it there, his mix will pair with his above-average control to form the makings of a back-end starter.
  
  The Future: Winn ran into some fatigue toward the end of last season. He'll likely return to Double-A Richmond in 2023 to continue building up his stamina.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Slider: 50. Splitter: 60. Control: 55

• February, 2023 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
  
  Track Record: Winn is yet another product of junior college powerhouse Iowa Western, which also produced Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson in recent years. Winn was committed to Texas Christian before the Giants selected him in 2018 with their fifth-round pick and signed him for $500,000. After spending his first two seasons in the low minors, Winn had Tommy John surgery and missed the 2021 season. He returned with a refreshed arsenal in 2022 and cut his way from Low-A to Double-A while racking up 125 strikeouts in 108 innings.
  
  Scouting Report: Winn's fastball averaged 93 mph and touched 95 before surgery, but he came back throwing harder. His fastball now sits 95 mph and touches 100 to be a plus pitch, although it unintentionally behaves like a two-seamer at times. Winn also replaced his traditional changeup with a splitter--which the Giants suggested because of his large hands--and the new offering flashes plus in the upper-80s while getting frequent swings and misses. Winn rounds his mix with a mid-80s slider that projects to be an average pitch. If he can get it there, his mix will pair with his above-average control to form the makings of a back-end starter.
  
  The Future: Winn ran into some fatigue toward the end of last season. He'll likely return to Double-A Richmond in 2023 to continue building up his stamina.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Slider: 50. Splitter: 60. Control: 55
• December, 2022 Scouting Report
  BA Grade/Risk: 50/High
  
  Track Record: Winn is yet another product of junior college powerhouse Iowa Western, which also produced Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson in recent years. Winn was committed to Texas Christian before the Giants selected him in 2018 with their fifth-round pick and signed him for $500,000. After spending his first two seasons in the low minors, Winn had Tommy John surgery and missed the 2021 season. He returned with a refreshed arsenal in 2022 and cut his way from Low-A to Double-A while racking up 125 strikeouts in 108 innings.
  
  Scouting Report: Winn's fastball averaged 93 mph and touched 95 before surgery, but he came back throwing harder. His fastball now sits 95 mph and touches 100 to be a plus pitch, although it unintentionally behaves like a two-seamer at times. Winn also replaced his traditional changeup with a splitter--which the Giants suggested because of his large hands--and the new offering flashes plus in the upper-80s while getting frequent swings and misses. Winn rounds his mix with a mid-80s slider that projects to be an average pitch. If he can get it there, his mix will pair with his above-average control to form the makings of a back-end starter.
  
  The Future: Winn ran into some fatigue toward the end of last season. He'll likely return to Double-A Richmond in 2023 to continue building up his stamina.
  
  Scouting Grades: Fastball: 60. Slider: 50. Splitter: 60. Control: 55