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Giants Giants SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MONTHLY NOTES: DECEMBER 2020 Oracle Park 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @SFGigantes @SFGiantsMedia GIANTS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow joins Murph & Mac Wednesdays 7:35 a.m. - Duane Kuiper joins Murph & Mac 7-8 p.m.- Giants Hot Stove Players & Coaches will join host Mark Willard each Wednesday in this time slot starting this week! 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 UPCOMING GIANT BIRTHDAYS the Sacramento River Cats to be their Triple-A affiliate, theRichmond Flying Squirrels to be their Double-A affiliate, theEugene Emeralds to be their Class-A Advanced affiliate and theSan Jose Giants to be their Class A affiliate as part of the league's new Player Development League.More NEWS & NOTES Looking for a gift idea for the Giants fan amongst your Joey Bart Tyler Rogers Donovan Solano (24) (30) (33) friends and family? The Holiday Priority Pack is the per- fect gift, offering Giants fans savings, flexibility and prior- December 15 December 17 December 17 ity 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. Visit sfgiants.com/holiday for more info OF Mike Yastrzemski was selected to the All-MLB Second Kevin Gausman Reyes Moronta Team last week. Yastrzemski was the only Giant to make either the first-team or second-team (30) (28) 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 January 6 January 6 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 GIANTS YOUTUBE CONTENT 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. 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 GIANTS 2020's Top Plays from Mike Yastrzemski WEDNESDAYS 7-8 P.M. HOT STOVE Watch Now SFG Productions takes a look at Mike Yastrzem- COMMUNITY CORNER ski's Top-5 plays from the 2020 season after he was named to MLB's All Second Team last week. Lou Seal's 2020 Season in Review Watch Now The 2020 baseball season will forever be remembered for the unique challenges we all confronted SFG Productions also took a look at some of Lou from the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustices to economic uncertainty and each of us having Seal's antics from a strange 2020 season. 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 .
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