Thursday, December 24, 2015

Giants off-season update free agents

More 2015 Giants signing elsewhere:

RHP Mike Leake to Cincinati
OF Alejandro De Aza to New York (N)
C Hector Sanchez to Chicago (A)
RHP Ryan Voeglsong to Pittsburgh

At the minors level:
OF Juan Perez to Chicago (N)
C Jackson Williams to Colorado
INF Joaquin Arias to Arizona

The team did re-sign INF Juan Ciriaco and OF Ryan Lollis.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Giants off-season update: Minor League coaches changes; Cueto signed

The Giants officially signedfree agent  RHP Johnny Cueto (from KC).

New staffs for the minor league teams announced:
Sacramento (AAA):
Jose Alguacil , manager (managed Richmond in 2015)
Dwight Bernard, pitching coach (returning)
Damon Minor, hitting coach

Richmond (AA):
Miguel Ojeda, manager
Steve Kline, PC (returning)
Ken Joyce, HC (returning)

San Jose (A+)
Lipso Nava, manager (promoted from hitting coach)
Mike Cochee, PC (returning)
Todd Linden, HC (promoted from Augusta)

Augusta (A)
Nestor Rojas, manager (returning)
Jerry Cram, PC (returning)
Doug Clark, HC (promoted from AZL Giants)
Hector Borg, coach (returning)

Salem-Keizer (A-)
Kyle Haines, manager
Matt Yorkin, PC  (returning)
Ricky Ward, HC  (returning)

According to Baseball America, the team released:
RHP E.J. Encinosa (AZL), LHP Nick Gonzalez (AZL), LHP Andrew Leenhouts (SK), LHP Eric Sim (SK)

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Giants update, post-Winter Meetings

The Giants officially signed free agent RHP Jeff Samardzija, and is added to 40-man roster.

Toronto selected RHP Joseph Biagini in round 1 (pick 10) in the Rule 5 draft.

The Giants selected RHP Wilson Santos from San Diego in the Triple A phase of the Rule 5 draft (Round 1, pick 16).

Arizona selected OF Devin Harris (Round 4, pick 1) in the Triple A phase.

According to Baseball America, new minor league free agent signees include INF Ali Castillo (NYY) and INF Ramiro Pena (SD). 

INF Robert Antunez, on the DSL roster, will have to serve a 72 game suspension at the start of 2016 for violating baseball's drug rules.

RHP Ysumeiro Petit leaves via free agency to Washington. OF Nori Aoki signed with Seattle.



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2015 Giants organization rosters
Italics: on 40-man roster
As of December 10, 2015
Sources: MLB and MiLB team websites transaction pages; Baseball America


Coaches
Position


Bruce Bochy
Manager


Dave Righetti
Pitching Coach


Hensley Muelens
Hitting Coach


Steve Decker
Assistant Hitting coach


Bill Hayes
1B Coach


Roberto Kelly
3B Coach


Ron Wotus
Bench coach


Mark Gardner
Bullpen Coach


Eli Whiteside
Bullpen catcher


Taira Uematsu
Bullpen catcher


Pitchers



Ray Black
RHP


Madison Bumgarner
LHP


Chris Heston
RHP


Jake Peavy
RHP


Mike Broadway
RHP


Matt Cain
RHP


Santiago Casilla
RHP


Cory Gearrin
RHP


Cody Hall
RHP


George Kontos
RHP


Javier Lopez
LHP


Josh Osich
LHP


Sergio Romo
RHP


Hunter Strickland
RHP


Joan Gregorio
RHP


Derek Law
RHP


Adalberto Mejia
LHP


Kyle Crick
RHP


Clayton Blackburn
RHP


Ty Blach
LHP


Steven Okert
LHP


Chris Stratton
RHP

Jake Smith
RHP

Ian Gardeck
RHP

Jeff Samardzija
RHP


Position Players



Buster Posey
C


Trevor Brown
C


Andrew Susac
C


Brandon Belt
1B


Joe Panik
2B


Brandon Crawford
SS


Matt Duffy
3B


Ehire Adrianza
INF


Kelby Tomlinson
INF


Angel Pagan
CF


Gregor Blanco
OF


Jarrett Parker
OF


Hunter Pence
RF


Mac Williamson
OF


DL

Retroactive









Coaches
Position


Bob Mariano
Manager


Dwight Bernard
Pitching Coach


Andy Skeels
Hitting Coach


Pitchers



Jake Dunning
RHP


Austin Fleet
RHP


Braulio Lara
LHP

Ricky Romero
LHP


Wilson Santos
RHP


Jack Snodgrass
LHP


Position Players


Ben Turner
C

Trevor Higgs
C

Kyle Banks
1B

Ali Castillo
INF

Ramiro Pena
INF

Mark Nelson
OF

Hak-Ju Lee
OF

Grant Green
OF

Daniel Carbonell
OF


DL

Retroactive







Coaches
Position

Jose Alguacil
Manager

Steve Kline
Pitching Coach

Ken Joyce
Hitting Coach

Pitchers


Tyler Beede
RHP

Jose Casilla
RHP

Matthew Gage
LHP

Chase Johnson
RHP

Matthew Lujan
LHP

Phil McCormick
LHP

Tyler Mizenko
RHP

Alberto Suarez
RHP

Pedro Rodriguez
RHP

Position Players


Myles Schroder
C

Adam Sonabend
C

Eliezer Zambrano
C

Rando Moreno
2B

Ricky Oropesa
1B

Mitchell Delfino
INF

Austin Slater
INF

Hunter Cole
OF

Carlos Moncrief
OF

DL

Retroactive
RESTRICTED


VOLUNTARILY RETIRED


Blake Miller
SS

Elliot Blair
OF








Coaches
Position

Russ Morman
Manager

Mike Couchee
Pitching coach

Lipso Nava
Hitting coach

Pitchers


Martin Agosta
RHP

Bryce Bandilla
LHP

Samuel Coonrod
RHP

Carlos Diaz
LHP

Jason Forjet
RHP

Jordan Johnson
RHP

Christian Jones
LHP

Jose Reyes
RHP

Tyler Rogers
RHP

Daniel Slania
RHP

Andrew Suarez (2nd)
LHP

Position Players


Ty Ross
C

Bryan Case (27th)
C

Jonah Arenado
INF

Christian Arroyo
SS

Brandon Bednar
2B

Ryder Jones
3B

Brian Ragira
INF

John Polonius
INF

Angel Villalona
1B

Steven Duggar (6th)
OF

Seth Harrison
OF

Tyler Horan
OF

Chuckie Jones
OF

Junior Arias
OF

DL

Retroactive

Aramis Garcia
C
September 19
Jeff Arnold
C
August 4

Nick Vander Tuig
RHP
May 17 (60-day)

Rafael Rodriguez
OF
May 6

Joseph Kurrasch
LHP

RESTRICTED



VOLUNTARILY RETIRED


Mason McVay
LHP









Coaches
Position

Nestor Rojas
Manager

Jerry Cram
Pitching Coach

Todd Linden
Hitting Coach

Hector Borg
Coach

Pitchers


Carlos Alvarado
RHP

Tyler Cyr (10th)
RHP

Chris Johnson
RHP

Connor Kaden
RHP

Dusten Knight
RHP

Rodolfo Martinez
RHP

Reyes Morontoa
RHP

Robert Ramer
RHP

Mark Reyes
LHP

Michael Santos
RHP

Eury Sanchez
RHP

Jeff Soptic
RHP

D.J. Snelten
LHP

Pat Young
RHP

Position Players


Jared Deacon
C

Matt Pare
C

Will Callaway
INF

Chase Compton
INF

Skyler Ewing
INF

Evan Potter
SS

Richard Rodriguez
INF

Gustavo Cabrera
OF

Andrew Cain
OF

Dylan Davis
OF

Johneshwy Fargas
OF

Ashford Fulmer (28th)
OF

Christian Paulino
OF

DL

Retroactive
RESTRICTED


Travious Relaford
INF
50 games
Jacob Dunnington
RHP
August 6, 2014
RETIRED


Jeremy Sy
INF






Coaches
Position

Gary Davenport
Manager

Matt Yourkin
Pitching Coach

Ricky Ward
Hitting Coach

Pitchers


Michael Connolly
RHP

Ryan Halstead (21st)
RHP

Rayan Hernandez
RHP

Andrew Leenhouts
LHP

Jarrett Leverett
LHP

Domenic Mazza (22nd)
LHP

Luis Pino
RHP

Nolan Riggs
RHP

Nathanael Santiago
RHP

Nick Sabo
LHP

Eric Sim
RHP

Heath Slatton (18th)
RHP

Caleb Smith
LHP

Cory Taylor (8th)
RHP

Grant Watson (16th)
LHP

Logan Webb
RHP

Position Players


Miguel Gomez
C

Brad Moss
C

Fernando Pujadas
C

John Riley
C

Matt Winn (14th)     
C

Richard Amion
INF

Dillon Dobson (23rd)
INF

C.J. Hinojosa (11th)
INF

Scott Price
INF

Christopher Shaw (1st)
INF

Jose Vizcaino (7th)
INF

Ronnie Jebavy (5th)
OF

Shilo McCall
OF

Byron Murray
OF

Julio Pena
OF

DL
Pos.
Retro.
RESERVE


RESTRICTED









Coaches
Position

Henry Cotto
Manger

Doug Clark
Hitting Coach

Bill Horton
Hitting Coach

Larry McCall
Pitching Coach

Zeke Zimmerman
Pitching Coach

Pitchers


Julio Benitez
RHP

Phil Bickford (1st)
RHP

Deiyerbert Bolivar
LHP

Ryan Bradley [minor REHAB]
LHP

Greg Brody
RHP

Dylan Brooks
RHP

Jeff Burke (32nd)
RHP

E.J. Encinosa
RHP

Nicholas Gonzalez
LHP

David Graybill (9th)
RHP

Ryan Koziol
RHP

Mac Marshall (4th)
LHP

Kendry Melo
RHP

Jacob McCasland
RHP

Jose Morel
RHP

Randy Ortiz
RHP

Charles David Owen (19th)
RHP

Olbis Parra
RHP

Matthew Pope (13th)
RHP

Pedro Rodriguez [minor REHAB]
RHP

Stetson Woods
RHP

Cesar Yanez
RHP

Position Players


Cody Brickhouse (15th)
C

Zachary Bowers (24th)
C

Rene Melendez
C

Kleiber Rivas
C

Leonardo Rojas
C

Tyler Brown (26th)
INF

Nathaniel Javier
INF

Christian Lichtenthaler
INF

Jalen Miller (3rd)
INF

Kevin Rivera
INF

Hector Santiago (12th)
INF

Mark Weist (37th)
INF

Jean Angomas
OF

Mikey Edie
OF

Roger Edwards (40th)
OF

Hector Mercedes
INF

DL
Pos.
Retro.

Kelvin Beltre
SS
August 10

INACTIVE



RETIRED



Ben Leslie
OF

RESTRICTED



Alvaro Diaz
RHP
25 games








Coaches
Position

Carlos Valderrrama
Manager

Marcos Aguasvivas
Pitching Coach

Pitchers


Melvin Adon
RHP

Wilme Almanzar
RHP

Luis Amaya
LHP

Sandro Cabrera
LHP

Rey Ciriaco
RHP

Victor Concepcion
RHP

Alejandro De La Rosa
RHP

Norwith Gudino
RHP

Jasier Herrera
RHP

Jose Luna
RHP

Jose Maita
LHP

Hengerber Medina
RHP

Orleny Quiroz
LHP

Prebito Reyes
LHP

Reymi Rodriguez
RHP

Raffi Vizcaino
RHP

Weilly Yan
RHP

Position Players


Melvin Angulo
C

Victor Cairo
C

Mecky Coronado
C

Jose Morles
C

Jesus Tona
C

Manuel Geraldo
INF

Marco Guzman
INF

Francisco Medina
INF

Jose Rivero
INF

Brayan De Pena
OF

Sandro Fabian
OF

Yendrys Gonzalez
OF

Robinson Medrano
OF

Beicker Mendoza
OF

Jose Patino
OF

Juan Rodriguez
OF

Marcos Santana
OF

DL


Alilzon Rodriguez
C
August 6

Yoel Veras
RHP

Christian Osorio
LHP

Clarence Richardson
RHP
May 29
RESTRICTED


Robert Antunez
INF
72 games

INACTIVE








Designated for assignment

Extended Spring Training/ Status unknown

Kervin Castro
RHP

Jorge Labrador
RHP

Oliver Pinto
RHP

Ricard Genoves
C

Nishell Guiterrez
C

Lucius Fox
INF

Diego Rincones
OF

Cameron Avila-Leeper (17th)
LHP

Drew Jackson (35th)
RHP

Luis Lacen
OF

Riaby Barias
DH

Jose De La Cruz
LHP

Alejandro Flores
RHP
Loaned to Toros de Tijuana
Anthony Gomez
INF

Eduin Villa
RHP

Ricky Romero
LHP

Chris Marlowe         
RHP

William (Caleb) Simpson
RHP

Garrett Hughes (on DL)
LHP

Taylor Rogers
RHP

Jesus Reyes
P







2015 Major League Free Agents

Yusmeiro Peitit
RHP
Washington

Nori Aoki
LF
Seattle

Jeremy Affeldt
LHP
Intends to retire

Tim Hudson
RHP
Intends to retire

Brett Bochy
RHP


Mike Leake
RHP


Ryan Vogelsong
RHP


Alejandro De Aza
OF


Tim Lincecum
RHP


Marco Scutaro
INF


Marlon Byrd
OF


Hector Sanchez
C














2015 Minor League free agents

Tommy Hanson
RHP
deceased


Nik Turley
LHP
Chicago (A)


Curtis Partch
RHP
Pittsburgh

Justin Maxwell
OF
Miami


Juan Perez
OF



Nick Noonan
INF



Joaquin Arias
INF


Kevin Frandsen
INF       


Jackson Williams
C



Edwin Quirarte
RHP

Raymundo Montero
RHP


Armando Paniagua
RHP


Alfredo Aceves
RHP



Clay Rapada
LHP


Ricky Romero
LHP
Re-signed

Kelvin Marte
LHP


Gabriel Cornier
C



Brandon Hicks
INF


Skyler Stromsmoe
INF



Carlos Triunfel
INF


Juan Ciriaco
INF


Ydwin Villegas
INF


Darren Ford
OF


Jeff Kobernus
OF


Ryan Lollis
OF


Engel Beltre
OF


Jesus Galindo
OF















Phil Bickford (1st)
RHP
Christopher Shaw (1st)
INF
Andrew Suarez (2nd)
LHP
Jalen Miller (3rd)
INF
Mac Marshall (4th)
LHP
Ronnie Jebavy (5th)
OF
Steven Duggar (6th)
OF
Jose Vizcaino (7th)
INF
Cory Taylor (8th)
RHP
David Graybill (9th)
RHP
Tyler Cyr (10th)
RHP
C.J. Hinojosa (11th)
INF
Hector Santiago (12th)
INF
Matthew Pope (13th)
RHP
Matt Winn (14th)     
C
Cody Brickhouse (15th)
C
Grant Watson (16th)
LHP
Cameron Avila-Leeper (17th)
LHP
Heath Slatton (18th)
RHP
Charles D. Owen (19th)
RHP
Ryan Halstead (21st)
RHP
Domenic Mazza (22nd)
LHP
Dillon Dobson (23rd)
INF
Zachary Bowers (24th)
C
Tyler Brown (26th)
INF
Bryan Case (27th)
C
Ashford Fulmer (28th)
OF
Jeff Burke (32nd)
RHP
Drew Jackson (35th)
RHP
Mark Weist (37th)
INF
Roger Edwards (40th)
OF