Your 2016 Giants: 40-man Roster Moves

Beyond the Aoki non-option, I realized that I should mention other roster moves that had been made recently.  The Giants outrighted Juan Perez, Nick Noonan, Jackson Willilams, and Brett Bochy, which opened up spots for guys the Giants brought off of the 60-day DL, which was necessary once the World Series was won by the Royals (Congrats!), allowing Joe Panik, Andrew Susac, and Hector Sanchez back on the 40-man.  Juan Perez was also brought off the 60-day DL, then was waivered and passed through.  Oh, and I recall that Kevin Frandsen was released as well, at some point.

It appears that Perez was placed back on the AAA roster after passing through waivers.  No news on what is happening with Noonan, Williams, or Bochy.

ogc thoughts

I would guess that Noonan is probably gone, with Frandsen.  They were only here because they were dropped mid-season and wanted a familiar place to land at, would be my guess.   They will be looking for a backup MI role somewhere, and we are full up with Tomlinson and Adrianza.

Williams might stick around, but with Trevor Brown's rising star, not sure where he would land if he returns.  But he spent the season in AA, so it appears that he's flexible with where he goes, so I would not be surprised if he returns.  However, he hit well enough that perhaps another team might give him a chance to be their backup catcher on their MLB roster, as he's pretty good defensively.  He wasn't that bad a hitter in college, and took a lot of walks in the minors, so who knows, he could be one of those catchers who figure out hitting as he reaches his 30's and get to stick around in the majors for a while.

Roster Count

I count 32 players on the 40-man right now (for some reason, Byrd is still on there, and I did not count him).  Blackburn should be added this off-season, I believe, it has been four years since he was drafted.  They also need space for 1-2 SP and probably a starting LF.  That gets us up to 36 spots taken, which means four spots for prospects.

Apologies if I get anything wrong, but here are some thoughts.  There were a couple of other prospects from the 2011 draft where we picked up Blackburn, so their four years should be up too.  Crick should be needing to be added too.  And Derek Law is from the same draft too, and should be added as well.  That would get us to 38 spots.

That leaves two spots open.  That would get them ready to take someone in the Rule 5 draft, if anyone interests them (they take a flier every 4-5 years, roughly).  They might want to get a good bench player who they could count on to get a hit or on-base.

With two to five possible free agents the Giants might sign, talk about perhaps trades to fill requirements, it should be an interesting Hot Stove season for the Giants.

Go Giants!