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The Giants assigned four non-roster invitees yesterday: Trevor Gott (oh my how his stock fell), Dominic Leone, Zach Littel, and Nick Tropeano, all right-handed pitchers. Interestingly, this has been one of the rare Spring Training seasons when not a single non-roster invitee made the team. The 2021 Giants are eerily similar in roster construction to last year’s team. So far I would say Farhan Zaidi’s process has been slow, conservative, and methodical with an emphasis on rebuilding the Minor League talent through drafts and savvy free-agent/rule 5 pickups and trades. The Giants roster is now down to 27:

José Álvarez
José Álvarez 50 L/L 5′ 11″ 195 05/06/1989
Caleb Baragar
Caleb Baragar 45 R/L 6′ 3″ 215 04/09/1994
Johnny Cueto
Johnny Cueto 47 R/R 5′ 11″ 229 02/15/1986
Anthony DeSclafani
Anthony DeSclafani 26 R/R 6′ 2″ 195 04/18/1990
Jarlin García
Jarlin García 66 L/L 6′ 3″ 215 01/18/1993
Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman 34 L/R 6′ 2″ 190 01/06/1991
Jake McGee
Jake McGee 17 L/L 6′ 4″ 229 08/06/1986
Reyes Moronta
Reyes Moronta 54 R/R 5′ 10″ 265 01/06/1993
Wandy Peralta
Wandy Peralta 60 L/L 6′ 0″ 217 07/27/1991
Tyler Rogers
Tyler Rogers 71 R/R 6′ 3″ 181 12/17/1990
Aaron Sanchez
Aaron Sanchez 48 R/R 6′ 4″ 210 07/01/1992
Logan Webb
Logan Webb 62 R/R 6′ 1″ 220 11/18/1996
Matt Wisler
Matt Wisler 37 R/R 6′ 3″ 215 09/12/1992
Alex Wood
Alex Wood 57 R/L 6′ 4″ 215 01/12/1991
Catchers B/T HT WT DOB
Curt Casali
Curt Casali 2 R/R 6′ 2″ 220 11/09/1988
Buster Posey
Buster Posey 28 R/R 6′ 1″ 213 03/27/1987
Infielders B/T HT WT DOB
Brandon Belt
Brandon Belt 9 L/L 6′ 3″ 231 04/20/1988
Brandon Crawford
Brandon Crawford 35 L/R 6′ 1″ 223 01/21/1987
Mauricio Dubón
Mauricio Dubón 1 R/R 6′ 0″ 173 07/19/1994
Wilmer Flores
Wilmer Flores 41 R/R 6′ 2″ 213 08/06/1991
Tommy La Stella
Tommy La Stella 18 L/R 5′ 11″ 180 01/31/1989
Evan Longoria
Evan Longoria 10 R/R 6′ 1″ 213 10/07/1985
Darin Ruf
Darin Ruf 33 R/R 6′ 2″ 232 07/28/1986
Donovan Solano
Donovan Solano 7 R/R 5′ 8″ 210 12/17/1987
Outfielders B/T HT WT DOB
Alex Dickerson
Alex Dickerson 12 L/L 6′ 2″ 226 05/26/1990
Austin Slater
Austin Slater 13 R/R 6′ 1″ 204 12/13/1992
Mike Yastrzemski
Mike Yastrzemski 5

This list and links comes to you courtesy of MLB.

The Giants prepare for Opening Day in Seattle with an off-day. Stay tuned as I will have my 2021 MLB predictions in tomorrow’s post.

Virtual Play Ball Lunch

Today the Giants also announced their Play Ball Lunch, a virtual version which is officially part of the Giants Community Fund and a great cause.

The Two Brandons

Alex Pavlovic (he ought to pay me for all the free press I give him) wrote a fascinating article on the two Brandons and their decade together as Giants. I recommend it. Both Brandons are free agents after this season and 2022 looks to be the start of a very different era in Giants baseball as Buster’s contract also ends in 2021.