Monthly Notes: December 2020
By: San Francisco Giants
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Last week, the Giants and Major League Baseball announced the changes to Minor League Base- ball that will take place beginning next season. As a part of that change, the Giants have invited the Sacramento River Cats to be their Triple-A affiliate, the Richmond Flying Squirrels to be their Double-A affiliate, the Eugene Emeralds to be their Class-A Advanced affiliate and the San Jose Giants to be their Class A affiliate as part of the league’s new Player Development League. For more click here.

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is the perfect gift, offering Giants fans savings, flexibility and priority to purchase tickets for the 2021 season. Each Holiday Priority Pack includes four value vouchers to be applied toward a game ticket for the 2021 regular season. Easily giftable, packs start at $45. OF Mike Yastrzemski was selected to the All-MLB Second Team last week. Yastrzemski was the only Giant to make either the first-team or second-team list. He turned in a stellar 2020 campaign, finishing with a 2.7 WAR and a 165 OPS+. He finished eighth in the NL MVP voting with 81 points. Full story

was selected to the All-MLB Second Team last week. Yastrzemski was the only Giant to make either the first-team or second-team list. He turned in a stellar 2020 campaign, finishing with a 2.7 WAR and a 165 OPS+. He finished eighth in the NL MVP voting with 81 points. Last Tuesday, the Giants signed RHP Matt Wisler to a one-year Major League contract. Wisler, 28, spent last season with Minnesota, fashioning a 1.07 ERA in 25.1 innings with a career-best strikeout rate of 12.4 per nine innings. Bio

to a one-year Major League contract. Wisler, 28, spent last season with Minnesota, fashioning a 1.07 ERA in 25.1 innings with a career-best strikeout rate of 12.4 per nine innings. Additionally, the Giants re-signed C Chadwick Tromp to a one-year Major League contract. The Giants signed RHP Melvin Adon , RHP Daniel Alvarez , LHP Anthony Banda , RHP Silvi- no Bracho , RHP Rico Garcia , IF/OF Jason Krizan , RHP Dominic Leone , LHP Sam Long , RHP Yunior Marte , RHP Raffi Vizcaíno and RHP Sam Wolff to minor league contracts with invites to Major League Spring Training.

to a one-year Major League contract. The Giants signed , , , , , , , , , and to minor league contracts with invites to Major League Spring Training. In the Major League Phase of last week’s Rule 5 draft, the Giants selected RHP Dedniel Núñez from the New York Mets. Nunez, 24, split the 2019 season between Class A Columbia and Class A Advanced St. Lucie and went 5–4 with a 4.39 ERA in 16 games (15 starts) while striking out 94 batters in 80.0 innings. In 165 professional innings, Nunez has struck out 176 batters. Bio

The 2020 baseball season will forever be remembered for the unique challenges we all confronted from the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustices to economic uncertainty and each of us having to adjust to life’s new “normals.” The Giants understand the important role we play both on and off the field in responding to the needs facing our fans and community, especially those who are most vulnerable. Click here to read about some of the ways in which we supported our community during these unprecedented times