San Francisco Giants minor league players
Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the San Francisco Giants:
Players
Melvin Adon
Melvin Adon is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.Adon signed with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent in 2015. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Giants, pitching to a 4-0 record with a 2.48 ERA in 14 starts. He pitched for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2016, going 5-5 with a 5.48 ERA in 14 starts, and the Augusta GreenJackets in 2017, pitching to a 3-11 record with a 4.35 ERA in 23 games.
Adon played 2018 with the Arizona League Giants and San Jose Giants, compiling a combined 2-6 record and 5.03 ERA in 18 games between the two teams. After the season, he pitched in the Arizona Fall League, was 0-1 with a 2.92 ERA in 10 relief appearances in which he pitched 12.1 innings and struck out 21 batters, and was named to the Fall Stars Game. The Giants also added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
Adon began 2019 with the AA Richmond Flying Squirrels, with whom he was 2-6 with 14 saves and a 2.60 ERA in 36 relief appearances in which he pitched 45 innings and struck out 59 batters. He pitched 12 games for the AAA Sacramento River Cats, and was 0-1 with a 13.94 ERA in 10.1 innings in which he struck out 18 batters.
Jonah Arenado
Jonah Arenado is an American professional baseball third baseman for the San Francisco Giants organization.Arenado attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California. The San Francisco Giants selected him in the 16th round of the 2013 MLB draft. In 2017, he played for the San Jose Giants of the Class A-Advanced California League. He was promoted to the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Class AA Eastern League in 2018.
Arenado's brother is Nolan Arenado.
Seth Corry
Seth Corry is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.Corry attended Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah. He played both baseball and football in high school but stopped playing football after tearing his ACL during his junior year. He drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the third round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He signed, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at Brigham Young University.
Corry made his professional debut with the Arizona League Giants, going 0-2 with a 5.55 ERA over innings. He played 2018 with the Arizona League Giants and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, compiling a combined 4-3 record and 3.59 ERA over 14 total starts. He spent 2019 with the Augusta GreenJackets, and was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year after pitching to a 9-3 record with a 1.76 ERA over 27 games, striking out 172 over innings.
Tyler Cyr
Tyler O'Neil Cyr is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.His parents are Laura and Michael Cyr. Cyr attended John F. Kennedy High School in Fremont, California, graduating in 2011. He played college baseball at Skyline College and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. At Embry-Riddle, he improved his fastball velocity from the high-80s to the mid-90s. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the tenth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft.
Cyr spent his first professional season with both the Arizona League Giants and the Augusta GreenJackets, posting a combined 2-2 record and 4.98 ERA in 15 games between both teams, pitching 21.2 innings in which he stuck out 27 batters. Cyr began 2016 with Augusta, and after pitching to a 3-3 record with a 2.31 ERA with 65 strikeouts over innings, was promoted to the San Jose Giants, where he finished the season with a 2-1 record and a 2.35 ERA in 23 innings in which he struck out 24 batters.
In 2017, Cyr played for the Richmond Flying Squirrels where he was named an Eastern League All-Star. He finished the year 5-2 with a 2.19 ERA and 57 strikeouts over innings pitched in 47 relief appearances, in which he saved 18 games in 20 opportunities. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League and was selected to play in the Rising Stars Game.
Cyr appeared in only eight games pitching 9 innings in 2018 due to injury. He began 2019 with Richmond, earning mid-season Eastern League All-Star honors. He earned a promotion to the Sacramento RiverCats at the end of the year. Over relief innings between the two clubs in which he struck out 59 batters, he compiled a 1.97 ERA in 38 games in which he saved five games in 10 opportunities.
Jacob Heyward
Jacob August Heyward is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Francisco Giants organization.Heyward attended Eagle's Landing Christian Academy in McDonough, Georgia. In 2013, as a senior, he batted.331 with nine home runs and 42 RBIs and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 38th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. However, he did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Miami where he played college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes.
In 2014, as a freshman at Miami, Heyward appeared in only 24 games. However, in 2015, his sophomore year, he broke out and emerged as Miami's starting left fielder, batting.327 with four home runs and 24 RBIs in 56 games. He also batted.355 in nine 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament games, including batting.455 with in three games at the 2015 College World Series. Heyward returned in 2016 as the club's starting right fielder, hitting.242 with six home runs, 39 RBIs, and a.403 on-base percentage in 64 starts.
After his junior year, he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 18th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and made his professional debut for the Arizona League Giants, batting.337 with one home run, 21 RBIs, and ten stolen bases in 28 games. He also played in four games for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes at the end of the year. In 2017, he played for the Augusta GreenJackets where he batted.223/.317/.351 with ten home runs and 45 RBIs in 107 games, and in 2018, he spent a majority of the year with the San Jose Giants, hitting.258/.357/.415 with 12 home runs, 47 RBIs, and 14 stolen bases in 112 games. He also played in two games for the Sacramento River Cats to end the season.
Heyward began 2019 with the Richmond Flying Squirrels and was named an Eastern League All-Star, earning All-Star game MVP honors. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Scottsdale Scorpions following the season. He was promoted to the Sacramento River Cats at the end of the season, and finished the year there. Over 127 games between the two clubs, Heyward slashed.211/.362/.348 with 11 home runs and 47 RBIs.
Heyward's brother, Jason, is an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs.
Marco Luciano
Marco José Luciano is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop in the San Francisco Giants organization.Luciano was ranked as one of the top international prospects in his class. He signed with the San Francisco Giants in July 2018. He made his professional debut with the Arizona League Giants in 2019, batting.322/.438/.616.
Luís Madero
Luís Alejandro Madero is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.On October 1, 2013, Madero signed with the Diamondbacks as an international free agent when he was only 16 years old for $160,000. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the DSL Diamondbacks, and spent the whole season there, going 6-4 with a 2.40 ERA in 13 games started, with 76 strikeouts in 66.2 innings. In 2015, he pitched for the AZL Diamondbacks for whom he pitched to a 5-5 record, 2.30 ERA, and 0.99 WHIP in 54.2 innings pitched.
In 2016, Madero played for the Missoula Osprey and the AZL Diamondbacks for whom he posted a combined 3-4 record and 6.03 ERA in 14 games. Madero began 2017 with Missoula and was promoted to the Hillsboro Hops in July.
On July 31, 2017, Madero was traded to the Los Angeles Angels for David Hernandez. He was then assigned to the Burlington Bees and spent the remainder of the season with them. In 15 starts between the three clubs, he compiled a 5-4 record and 6.42 ERA.
Madero spent 2018 with Burlington of the Class A Midwest League, with whom he was a mid-season All Star, and the Inland Empire 66ers of the Class A-Advanced California League. He pitched to a combined 4-8 record with a 3.49 ERA in 23 starts. His fastball averaged 94 mph.
The Angels added Madero to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He returned to the 66ers to begin 2019 before, being promoted to the Mobile BayBears of the Class AA Southern League. Over 24 games, he went 6-11 with a 5.03 ERA, striking out 98 over innings. He had rates of 8.3 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, and a 47 percent ground ball induced rate.
Madero was designated for assignment by the Angels on January 14, 2020.
On January 21, Madero was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants. He was outrighted off of the roster on February 7.
Heath Quinn
Heath Mitchell Quinn is an American professional baseball outfielder in the San Francisco Giants organization.Quinn attended Oak Mountain High School in Birmingham, Alabama. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and attended Samford University, where he played college baseball. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star. After his junior year, in which he led the Southern Conference with 21 home runs and 77 RBIs, he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the third round of the 2016 MLB draft.
Quinn made his professional debut with the Arizona League Giants and was later promoted to the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and San Jose Giants during the season. He posted a combined.344 batting average with nine home runs, 34 RBIs and a.998 OPS in sixty total games between both teams. He returned to San Jose in 2017 and spent the whole season there, batting.228 with ten home runs and 29 RBIs in 75 games. Quinn spent 2018 with San Jose, slashing.300/.376/.485 with 14 home runs and 51 RBIs in 96 games. He began 2019 with the Richmond Flying Squirrels.
Gregory Santos
Gregory Omar Santos is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.Santos signed with the Boston Red Sox as an international free agent in August 2015. He spent the 2016 season with the DSL Red Sox, going 3–3 with a 4.17 ERA over 41 innings. On July 26, 2017, Santos and Shaun Anderson were traded to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Eduardo Núñez. He split the 2017 season between the DSL Red Sox and the DSL Giants, going a combined 3–0 with a 1.29 ERA over 49 innings. He played for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2018, posting a 2–5 record with a 4.53 ERA over innings. He played for the Augusta GreenJackets in 2019, going 1–5 with a 2.86 ERA over innings. Santos missed the second half of the 2019 season due to shoulder issues.
José Siri
José Alexander Siri is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the San Francisco Giants organization.Siri signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent in September 2012. He made his professional debut the next year with the Dominican Summer League Reds. He played 2014 with the Arizona League Reds, 2015 with the Arizona League Reds and Billings Mustangs and 2016 with Billings and Dayton Dragons.
Siri started 2017 with Dayton. During the season, he broke the Midwest League record for consecutive games with a hit. The record was previously held by Tony Toups with 35 in 1977. The Reds added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
On January 27, 2020, Siri was designated for assignment by the Reds. On February 3, 2020, Siri was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners On March 10, 2020, Siri was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants.
Jake Wong
Jacob Ryne Wong is an American professional baseball pitcher in the San Francisco Giants organization.Wong attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona. In 2015, his senior year, he pitched to a 2.86 ERA. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Grand Canyon University where he played college baseball.
In 2016, Wong's freshman season at Grand Canyon, he appeared in 18 games in which he went 2-3 with a 4.28 ERA. That summer, he played in the West Coast League for the Corvallis Knights. As a sophomore in 2017, he moved into the starting rotation and was GCU's Friday night starter, going 5-3 with a 4.00 ERA over 14 starts. After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League with the Orleans Firebirds, pitching to a 2.58 ERA over innings. In 2018, Wong's junior year, he started 15 games and pitched to a 9-3 record and a 2.81 ERA, striking out 88 batters over innings. After the season, he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.
Wong signed with the Giants and made his professional debut with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, compiling a 2.30 ERA over 11 starts. In 2019, he began the year with the Augusta GreenJackets with whom he went 2-1 with a 1.99 ERA over eight starts being promoted to the San Jose Giants in May. Over 15 starts with San Jose, he pitched to a 3-2 record with a 4.98 ERA, striking out 67 over innings.