Prospect Review
MLB Farm Ranking
Quality over quantity, which isn’t Stewart’s long-term strategy, but the Giants rocket to the second-best farm in the league off the back of pitchers International Amateur Luis Burgos and 1st round pick Pete Lamar.
San Francisco Prospects
The Giants now have 7 Top 150 prospects and over 20 in the Top 500. Stewart is beginning to increase the depth of the talent in the Minor Leagues with quality investment in coaching and development.
Personnel
The Office of the Commissioner has informed you that the following staff members of the San Francisco Giants have left the team because their contracts ran out or they have been promoted:
1B Coach Jesus Petit
Petit is the only departure from the Giants coaching roster this offseason. With no appropriate coaches in the Minor Leagues (the Giants need a Catching Coach specialist) they will look outside of the organisation.
Retirements
In addition to the Giants Bobby Daniels, several prominent players called it a day in 2052. The Dodgers retired Josh Contreras’ #27 jersey, the SP ending with 205 W, 3296 K, and 68.5 WAR. Perhaps more surprisingly, The Kansas City Royals finally retired a number as Luis Danys Rhodes calls it a day and #80 will not be worn by another Royal. Rhodes ends up with 286 SV and has 941 G, with a 2.83 ERA and 37.1 WAR. He put up 20.7 WAR with the Royals across 8 seasons but Stewart can’t help but feel that Bobby Witt Jr. and Edgar Mir both made bigger contributions to Royals baseball.
Friday, November 1st , 2052
Atlanta Braves: CL Luis Danys Rhodes retired from professional baseball.
Atlanta Braves: RF Alejandro Huron (AA Mississippi) retired from professional baseball.
Baltimore Orioles: C J.J. Shurden (AA Bowie) retired from professional baseball.
Boston Red Sox: 1B Jake Moore retired from professional baseball.
Boston Red Sox: LF Ken Penland (AA Portland) retired from professional baseball.
Cincinnati Reds: C Chris Lee (AA Chattanooga) retired from professional baseball.
Cincinnati Reds: SP Josh Contreras retired from professional baseball.
Detroit Tigers: SP Jonathan Aguirre retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: C Jari van der Woerd (R Houston (FCL)) retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: CF Chase Standberry (AA Corpus Christi) retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: RF Juan Ramos (AA Corpus Christi) retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: RP Chris Barham (AA Corpus Christi) retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: RP Shawn Denn retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: SP Luis Peralta retired from professional baseball.
Los Angeles Angels: CF Juan Cabrera retired from professional baseball.
Los Angeles Angels: LF Sergio Luna (R Los Angeles A (ACL)) retired from professional baseball.
Milwaukee Brewers: 2B Santiago Flores (R Milwaukee (DSL)) retired from professional baseball.
New York Yankees: CL Jesus Medina retired from professional baseball.
Pittsburgh Pirates: RP Eric Neve (AA Altoona) retired from professional baseball.
Pittsburgh Pirates: RP Jorge Gurrola (AA Altoona) retired from professional baseball.
San Diego Padres: SS Daniel Leiva (R San Diego (ACL)) retired from professional baseball.
San Francisco Giants: RP Bobby Daniels retired from professional baseball.
Seattle Mariners: 2B Dave Norris (AA Arkansas) retired from professional baseball.
Seattle Mariners: 3B A.J. Hopper retired from professional baseball.
St. Louis Cardinals: SP Nelson Gonsales (AAA Memphis) retired from professional baseball.
Tampa Bay Rays: 3B Joe Rose retired from professional baseball.
Tampa Bay Rays: RP Josh Samuelson (AAA Durham) retired from professional baseball.
Texas Rangers: C Jorge Mendiola (AA Frisco) retired from professional baseball.
Texas Rangers: C Steve Jacobson (AA Frisco) retired from professional baseball.
Texas Rangers: CF Zane Willis retired from professional baseball.
Toronto Blue Jays: SP Jeff Wulf retired from professional baseball.
Washington Nationals: C Bobby Hull (AA Harrisburg) retired from professional baseball.
Washington Nationals: CL Arturo Castillo retired from professional baseball.
C Lynford Swartzwelder retired from professional baseball.
1B Alvaro Esparza retired from professional baseball.
1B Luis Herrera retired from professional baseball.
2B Hudson Fevre retired from professional baseball.
2B Keizo Sekiguchi retired from professional baseball.
3B Jian-cheng Chen retired from professional baseball.
RP Bobby Rivera retired from professional baseball.
RP Jimmy McNew retired from professional baseball.
RP Josh Dire retired from professional baseball.
RP Juan Medina retired from professional baseball.
RP Juan Placencia retired from professional baseball.
RP Mike Allen retired from professional baseball.
RP Mike Sunden retired from professional baseball.
RP Mike Teague retired from professional baseball.
SP Andy Pennington retired from professional baseball.
SP Branden Duncan retired from professional baseball.
SP Danny O'Brien retired from professional baseball.
SP Jeremy Olivera retired from professional baseball.
SP Josh Perry retired from professional baseball.
SP Juan Rivas retired from professional baseball.
SP Marques Swoopes retired from professional baseball.
SP Marquis Toure retired from professional baseball.
Los Angeles Dodgers: Retired #27 in honor of Josh Contreras.
Kansas City Royals: Retired #80 in honor of Luis Danys Rhodes.
Owner Goals
Two new goals for Stewart from owner Quivers – to produce another .500 season and to improve the Bullpen ERA. Stewart believes these will go hand in hand and is happy to commit to both of these goals.
Finances
You will have $246,000,000 available for the total team expenses. Given your current spending on staff and other costs, this should allow you a team payroll of around $160,000,000.
A $4m increase in budget from owner Marquis Quivers means the Giants can retain high investments in development and scouting, while still having funds available for investing in the team.