Prospect Review
MLB Farm Ranking
The Giants move up to 16th in the farm system rankings, with five top 100 players in the latest rankings; they have lots of work to do but it is a preferable place than the Royals find themselves, still languishing down in 28th.
San Francisco Prospects
It was a better year for Giants prospects as the majority put up multi-WAR seasons and will be looking to make a step up in 2057. Frustratingly, the two biggest disappointments were at AAA where neither Jahsiiyah Garza nor Ha-joon Kim excelled in what should have been a consolidation year before the move to the big leagues.
Personnel
The Giants saw the departure of three members of their Major League coaching staff, BC Jake Walsh retiring while neither Hitting Coach Jonathan Taveras nor 3B Coach Webb Little were offered extensions.
The Giants promoted internally for the vacant Hitting Coach role; AAA Sacramento HC Sergio Pineda getting the promotion while the Giants will go external for a new Bench Coach, 3B Coach, and AAA Hitting Coach.
Retirements
Neither the Giants nor Stewart’s former Royals draft picks retirements lists grew at the end of the season but there were three numbers retired across the league as Tampa Bay retired SP Ed Lanham’s number in honour of his Cy Young Award, 150 W in just over 40 GS, with 49.5 WAR for the club; and the Dodgers retired two numbers – RP Nate Olson after his 598 G and 220 SV for the club over 10 seasons and 1B Dave Morrison for his one-club, 15 year career that included an MVP Award with 2,500+ H, 500+ HR, and six years of leading the NL in RBI.
Los Angeles Dodgers: Retired #26 in honor of Nate Olson.
Los Angeles Dodgers: Retired #29 in honor of Dave Morrison.
Tampa Bay Rays: Retired #2 in honor of Ed Lanham.
Arizona Diamondbacks: CL Nate Olson retired from professional baseball.
Arizona Diamondbacks: LF David Rueda (AA Amarillo) retired from professional baseball.
Arizona Diamondbacks: RP Gilberto Ledezma (A Visalia) retired from professional baseball.
Atlanta Braves: 3B Alfredo Luna retired from professional baseball.
Atlanta Braves: RP Kanne Hofsink (AAA Gwinnett) retired from professional baseball.
Atlanta Braves: RP Luis Islas (AA Mississippi) retired from professional baseball.
Boston Red Sox: RP Eric Kolander (AA Portland) retired from professional baseball.
Boston Red Sox: RP Jesus Cerna (A Salem) retired from professional baseball.
Boston Red Sox: RP Jesus Longoria (AA Portland) retired from professional baseball.
Boston Red Sox: SP Jimmy Baker retired from professional baseball.
Chicago Cubs: 2B Alfredo Espinosa retired from professional baseball.
Chicago White Sox: RF Gilberto Barrera retired from professional baseball.
Cincinnati Reds: 1B Juan Schoenemann (AA Chattanooga) retired from professional baseball.
Cincinnati Reds: RP Braudin Burk (AAA Louisville) retired from professional baseball.
Cincinnati Reds: RP Josh Shabazz (AA Chattanooga) retired from professional baseball.
Cincinnati Reds: SP Ed Lanham retired from professional baseball.
Colorado Rockies: C Pat Buckley retired from professional baseball.
Columbus Road Warriors: 3B Eric Vanderhoof retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: CL Andres Fragoza retired from professional baseball.
Houston Astros: SP Juan Ramirez (AAA Sugar Land) retired from professional baseball.
Los Angeles Angels: C Abraham Mendoza retired from professional baseball.
Milwaukee Brewers: SP Joe Braun retired from professional baseball.
New York Mets: LF Luis Llamas (AA Binghamton) retired from professional baseball.
New York Mets: RP Jeraldo Verduzco (R New York N (DSL)) retired from professional baseball.
Philadelphia Phillies: RP Mike Stamper retired from professional baseball.
Philadelphia Phillies: RP Vicente Arzate (AAA Lehigh Valley) retired from professional baseball.
Pittsburgh Pirates: SP Juan Llamas retired from professional baseball.
San Diego Padres: 1B Juan Bustamante retired from professional baseball.
San Diego Padres: SP Cristoph Bondar retired from professional baseball.
St. Louis Cardinals: SP Juan Jorrin retired from professional baseball.
Tampa Bay Rays: 1B Tadayoshi Okumura retired from professional baseball.
Tampa Bay Rays: RP Juan Medina retired from professional baseball.
Washington Nationals: RP Ian Lane (AA Harrisburg) retired from professional baseball.
1B Christopher S Carrada retired from professional baseball.
1B Clint D'Antonio retired from professional baseball.
1B Dave Morrison retired from professional baseball.
1B Gabe Holian retired from professional baseball.
1B Josh Horgan retired from professional baseball.
1B Juan Salazar retired from professional baseball.
2B Joe Prince retired from professional baseball.
2B Luis Castro retired from professional baseball.
2B Oliver Duque retired from professional baseball.
SS Jesus Barrios retired from professional baseball.
SS Juan Baca retired from professional baseball.
LF Abraham Felix retired from professional baseball.
LF Curt Chamberlin retired from professional baseball.
CF Ron Chambers retired from professional baseball.
RF Ignacio Cervantes retired from professional baseball.
RF Jim Kelley retired from professional baseball.
RF Jonathan Jordan retired from professional baseball.
SP Bobby Elzey retired from professional baseball.
SP Chris Glidden retired from professional baseball.
SP Chuck Kincey retired from professional baseball.
SP DeMario Lucio retired from professional baseball.
SP Edgar Cervantes retired from professional baseball.
SP Edgar Rivera retired from professional baseball.
SP Gil Watterson retired from professional baseball.
SP Juan Ibarra retired from professional baseball.
SP Luis Rosas retired from professional baseball.
SP Mike Davidson retired from professional baseball.
SP Mitch Gaff retired from professional baseball.
SP Nelson Briones retired from professional baseball.
SP Poto Rizzi retired from professional baseball.
SP Rodolfo Arroyo retired from professional baseball.
SP Sean LeVan retired from professional baseball.
RP Ben Schultz retired from professional baseball.
RP Danny McCarthy retired from professional baseball.
RP David Berrios retired from professional baseball.
RP Jonathan Clanton retired from professional baseball.
RP Luis Trevino retired from professional baseball.
RP Luis Vargas retired from professional baseball.
RP Mike Olson retired from professional baseball.
RP Nelson Camacho retired from professional baseball.
Owner Goals
Two new goals from owner Quivers as he reacts to the starting rotations struggles in the postseason with a request to sign a Cy Young Award winner over the next four years – not impossible but, as for Quiver, and average priority, in line with signing an extension with Ernesto Pantoja.
The desire to achieve a winning record sets the bar very low for the coming season; Stewart’s goal is to defend the NL West title at a minimum.
Finances
Great news to start the offseason as the recent success of the franchise sees Fan Loyalty return to the “Very Good” rating that Stewart inherited.
There was further good news as owner Marquis Quivers increased the budget by a further $6m for the coming season, bringing the total budget just $4m from the $300m mark, and 5th in the league. The small increase in ticket prices has been absorbed by fans and there might be another small increase coming. All of that means a payroll of around $190m can be accommodated, giving Stewart $40m spending money this offseason and over $100m for extensions.
