Marco Luciano

Marco Jose Luciano

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 178 lb.

• Debut July 26, 2023

• Born September 10, 2001 in San Francisco de Macoris, Duarte D.R.

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Biographical Information

Shortstop Marco Luciano was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic on July 2, 2018, for a signing bonus of $2.6 million. His professional career began in 2019 with the AZL Giants Orange and he also appeared in a few games for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League that first year. In 47 game, he batted .302/.417/.564 for an outstanding debut, scoring 52 runs - or more than one per game - and driving in 42. He was named an Arizona League All-Star and an organizational All-Star. He then had to sit out the 2020 season because of the Coronavirus pandemic, although he was selected to be part of the Giants' 60-player pool that summer, which allowed him to work out at the major league team's alternate training site in Sacramento, CA.

He couldn't quite keep up with the amazing numbers of his maiden year when he returned in 2021, but still had a good season, mostly with the San Jose Giants in Low-A West, where he hit .278 in 70 games. He got to play in the 2021 Futures Game, and on August 4th was promoted to the Eugene Emeralds in High-A West. He batted .217 in 36 games there, to finish with a combined line of .258/.344/.471 in 106 games, with 68 runs, 71 RBIs, 17 doubles and 19 homers. He was once again an organizational All-Star. It was his first experience of a full season of baseball, and he admitted being tired by the end, explaining why his production fell following his promotion. He was ranked as the Giants' #1 prospect heading into 2022.

He spent the 2022 season with the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League, along with a rehabilitation assignment with the ACL Giants Black. In 65 total games, he hit .269/.350/.467 with 11 homers and 36 RBIs. He had two more steps to climb to reach the majors, but these all came in 2023 when he started the year in AA with the Richmond Flying Squirrels, where he hit .228 in 56 games. He did not really do better in AAA with the Sacramento River Cats, batting .209 in 18 games, but still got to make his big league debut on July 26th. In 14 games for San Francisco, he batted .231 and slugged .308. That was clearly a disappointing season, in spite of reaching the majors, and 2024 was no better as he splayed 83 games in AAA with Sacramento, hitting .250 with 10 homers and 42 RBIs, then hit .211 and slugged .303 with the Giants in 27 games. He did not see any major league action in 2025, spending the entire year at Sacramento, where he batted .214 in 125 games. His power did come back, though, as he hit 21 doubles and 23 homers and drove in 66 runs.

The Giants let him go after the 2025 season and he was successively claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees before spring training had even started.

Further Reading

• Maria Guardado: "Luciano looks to build off first full season: 'I feel great'", mlb.com, March 7, 2022. [1]
• Bryan Hoch: "Yanks claim former top prospect Luciano off waivers", mlb.com, January 22, 2026. [2]
• Jesse SanchezL "19-year-old Luciano on path to stardom", mlb.com, December 3, 2020. [3]

Related Sites

• Marco Luciano on mlb.com
• BR Minors page