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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2016 SPRING TRAINING NOTES 7408 East Osborn Road •Scottsdale, Arizona 85251 •Phone: 480-990-7972 sfgiants.com •sfgigantes.com •sfgiantspressbox.com •@SFGiants •@los_gigantes• @SFG_Stats World Series Champions: 1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954, 2010, 2012, 2014 CINCINNATI REDS (4-2-1) AT SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3-4) RHP Anthony DeSclafani vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner Spring Game #8/Home Game 5 • Tuesday, March 8, 2016 • Scottsdale Stadium • 7:05 p.m. (6:05 p.m. PT) • CSN BA • sfgiants.com UPCOMING PROBABLE PITCHERS & BROADCAST INFO Date OPP Giants Starter Opposing Starter Time TV/Radio Wed., 3/9 COL RHP Johnny Cueto RHP Eddie Butler 1:05 p.m. webcast Thurs., 3/10 at MIL TBA RHP Jimmy Nelson 1:05 p.m. webcast Fri, 3/11 SEA TBA RHP Hisahi Iwakuma 1:05 p.m. webcast THE GIANTS - 2015 REGULAR SEASON: Finished the 2015 regular season (58th in San PLAYERS OUT OF OPTIONS Francisco and 133rd overall) with an 84-78 (.519) record...SF finished in second place in the National League West, 8.0 games behind first-place Los Angeles-NL. 40-man players who are out of options: IF Ehire Adrianza BIG OFFSEASON MOVES: The Giants added RHP Johnny Cueto (six-year contract), RHP OF Gregor Blanco Jeff Samardzija (five-year extension), and OF Denard Span (three-year contract) to their RHP Santiago Casilla roster. RHP Cory Gearrin RHP George Kontos NOTABLE PLAYERS GONE FROM 2015: The following players are gone from the Giants' LHP Javier Lopez 2015 roster: LHP Jeremy Affeldt (retired), OF Nori Aoki, IF Joaquin Arias, OF Marlon Byrd, RHP Jeff Samardzija OF Alejandro De Aza, RHP Tim Hudson (retired), RHP Mike Leake, RHP Tim Lincecum, OF RHP Hunter Strickland Juan Perez, RHP Yusmeiro Petit, C Hector Sanchez and RHP Ryan Vogelsong. WELCOME BACK: Jeremy Affeldt, who retired following the season last year, will return to ROSTER BREAKDOWN the Giants organization as a community ambassador for the 2016 season...in his new role, 62 players in camp (22 non-roster): Affeldt will represent the Giants during the season at a number of community and team 32 pitchers (7 non-roster) related programs and events in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area...he's slated to 7 catchers (4 non-roster) attend Giants spring training as a guest instructor starting today through March 11. 14 infielders (8 non-roster) 9 outfielders (3 non-roster) MEDIA CREDENTIAL INFORMATION: All credentials can be picked up at the Press Gate, located to the left of Gate B at the main entrance of Scottsdale Stadium...credentials are required of all media planning to attend games at Scottsdale Stadium...BBWAA cards and GIANTS MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACTS already-issued 2016 Giants or MLB full-season credentials are accepted...those needing to Matt Chisholm - Senior Director of Media Relations apply for a daily credential must have their Sports Assignment Editor submit the request at [email protected] least 48 hours in advance on www.credentials.mlb.com. Liam Connolly - Manager of Media Relations [email protected] GIANTS INFORMATION SITE: sfgiantspressbox.com, a private, media-only website that Erwin Higueros - Hispanic Marketing & helps streamline and expedite distribution of information to outlets covering the team in Media Relatons Manager a more environmentally friendly manner by reducing the use of paper...content including [email protected] game notes, stat packs, media clips, lineups, rosters and audio is updated prior to every Giants spring/regular season game and will remain archived for the remainder of the Megan Brown - Media Relations Assistant season...to access the site the username is media; password is giants2016. [email protected] 2016 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Site Time Result Record Winner/Loser Att Wed., 3/2 Los Angeles-AL Scottsdale 1:05 W, 4-1 1-0 Broadway/Bedrosian 8,263 Thurs., 3/3 Milwaukee Scottsdale 1:05 L, 7-8 1-1 Houser/Osich 8,355 Fri., 3/4 at Cincinnati Goodyear 1:05 W, 4-3 2-1 Crick/Garrett 4,901 Sat, 3/5 Texas Scottsdale 1:05 L, 5-7 2-2 Mendoza/Suarez 11,351* at Cleveland Goodyear 1:05 W, 6-2 3-2 Gearrin/Otero 6,007 Sun., 3/6 Los Angeles-NL Scottsdale 1:05 L, 2-5 3-3 Stripling/Blackburn 12,127* Mon., 3/7 at Texas Surprise 1:05 L, 5-6 3-4 Hernandez/Gardeck 6,389 Tues., 3/8 Cincinnati Scottsdale 7:05 CSN Bay Area/sfgiants.com - webcast Wed., 3/9 Colorado Scottsdale 1:05 sfgiants.com - webcast Thurs., 3/10 at Milwaukee Maryvale 1:05 sfgiants.com - webcast Fri., 3/11 Seattle Scottsdale 1:05 sfgiants.com - webcast Sat., 3/12 Arizona Scottsdale 1:05 CSN Bay Area at Los Angeles-AL Tempe 1:10 Sun., 3/13 San Diego Scottsdale 3:05 NBC Bay Area Mon., 3/14 at Oakland Mesa 7:05 CSN California/KNBR 680 Tues., 3/15 OPEN DATE Wed., 3/16 at Seattle Peoria 1:10 sfgiants.com - webcast Thurs., 3/17 at San Diego Peoria 7:10 KNBR 680 Fri., 3/18 San Diego Scottsdale 7:05 NBC Bay Area/sfgiants.com - webcast Sat., 3/19 Oakland Scottsdale 1:05 CSN Bay Area/KNBR 680 Sun., 3/20 at Colorado N. Scottsdale 1:10 KNBR 680 Mon., 3/21 Oakland Scottsdale 1:05 KNBR 680 Tues., 3/22 at Arizona N. Scottsdale 7:10 sfgiants.com - webcast at Chicago-AL Glendale 1:05 Wed., 3/23 at Arizona N. Scottsdale 1:10 sfgiants.com - webcast Thurs., 3/24 Chicago-NL Scottsdale 4:05 ESPN/KNBR 680 Fri., 3/25 Kansas City Scottsdale 1:05 sfgiants.com - webcast at Los Angeles-NL Glendale 7:05 Sat., 3/26 at Chicago-NL Mesa 7:05 KNBR 680 Sun., 3/27 Chicago-AL Scottsdale 1:05 KNBR 680 Mon., 3/28 Arizona Scottsdale 7:05 CSN Bay Area/sfgiants.com - webcast Tues., 3/29 at Kansas City Surprise 6:05 sfgiants.com - webcast Wed., 3/30 at Sacramento West Sacramento 6:05 sfgiants.com - webcast Thurs., 3/31 Oakland AT&T Park 7:15 CSN Bay Area/KNBR 680 Fri., 4/1 Oakland AT&T Park 7:15 NBC Bay Area/KNBR 680 Sat. 4/2 at Oakland O.co Coliseum 1:05 CSN California/KNBR 680 *denotes sellout.