Hello Giants Fans,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and didn’t get too crazy on Black Friday.

I will be starting a new interview segment here on the site named “Due Diligence.” As a throwback to Sabean, I picked that title as I am going to try and get insight on some of our top prospects making sure I have kicked all of the proverbial tires. More than just stats, mechanics, and play based questions, I want to try and bring some of their personality to the forefront and let Giants fans in on what it’s like to be on the fast track to China Basin.

I am hoping for this to be a weekly article but we’ll play it by ear. Look for the first in the series sometime this week!

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For those of you that haven’t kept tabs on the Venezuelan Winter League, there are definitely big reasons to do so.

* Brett Pill, recently added to the 40man roster, has been absolutely tearing it up. Keep him on your radar for Spring Training as he had a great year in Connecticut and could be a contender for the MLB squad.

In 12 games, he’s got a line of .317, 3 2B, 3HR, 13RBI.

He also earned Player of the Week Honors.

* Nate Schierholtz is our starting RF, this should be without question. If you thought Pill’s line was legit, check out Nate’s

.381, 6 2B, 2 3B, HR, 7RBI…in 10 games. That’s almost an XBH every game he appears in.

Granted, these stats are from VZL competition, but Pablo tore it up last year in VZ and look what he did in SF.

* Speaking of Pablo, he has started playing for Navegantes del Magallanes once again and got 3 hits in his last game, starting the season off with a .500 avg.

* Lastly, Jesus Guzman continues to dazzle us with the bat. Maybe we just need to get him some consistent AB’s in spring to help his numbers translate to the bigs next season.

.305, 8 2B, 2 3B, 6HR, 25RBI in 34 games.