The Dodgers have been able to use their farm system to stock their major-league roster and acquire big-time talent, two areas in which the Giants are falling short.
SAN FRANCISCO — With the Dodgers in town to ring in Tuesday’s trade deadline, not only do they hold a 17½-game advantage over the Giants in the NL West, one team is firmly in the middle of the Juan Soto sweepstakes and one is viewed as no more than an ancillary player.
Beyond the $100 million that separates the two teams’ payrolls, the Dodgers have set themselves apart with a farm system that regularly produces major-league talent. The whirring Los Angeles machine has given them a wealth of resources to supplement the major-league roster and to deal from come deadline time.
The Giants’ shortcomings are not for a lack of investment. They sunk $70 million into a state-of-the-art minor-league facility in Arizona that opened this past spring. Kyle Harrison, the 20-year-old left-hander from De La Salle who has racked up strikeouts in High-A and Double-A, might be the only success story among the Giants’ top prospects this season. Shortstop Marco Luciano, also 20, has impressed when healthy but hasn’t played since June 3.OF Luis Matos: Batting .
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