There was a lot that made the 2017 season so discouraging. The Giants lost 98 games and their stars started to show real signs of decline as they hit their thirties. The minor league system wasn't graduating contributors to the big league level, and pundits generally ranked it near the bottom of the league overall. They turned out to be right.
The MLB Pipeline Giants Top 30 list from 2017 includes 11 players who have reached Oracle Park, but there's not a lot of star power thus far. If the season had started on time, it's very possible that none of the organization's top 30 prospects from three years ago would have been on the Opening Day roster. Injuries account for some of that, and the group is still young enough that there's hope for a brighter future, but it's fair to say the Giants hoped for much, much more from this class.
Here's the final gallery in our look back at Giants prospect classes, a rundown of their Top 30 from 2017:
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