Headlines

  • Giants Exercise 2026 Option On Manager Bob Melvin
  • Yordan Alvarez Shut Down Due To Setback With Hand Injury
  • Astros Place Jeremy Peña On Injured List With Fractured Rib
  • Tucker Barnhart To Retire
  • Tyler Mahle To Be Sidelined Beyond Trade Deadline
  • Reds Release Jeimer Candelario
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2025 Trade Deadline Outlook Series
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Giants Hire Donnie Ecker As Hitting Coach

By Connor Byrne | December 6, 2019 at 1:01am CDT

New Giants manager Gabe Kapler has made an important addition to his staff. Reds assistant hitting coach Donnie Ecker will take over as San Francisco’s hitting coach, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune was among those to report. It’ll be a homecoming for Ecker, who Gonzales notes hails from the Bay Area.

Just 33 years old, Ecker’s a former professional infielder whom the Rangers selected in the 22nd round of the 2007 draft. Ecker didn’t get past the Single-A level with the Rangers, and he spent the final couple years of his career on the independent circuit, but he has carved a niche for himself as a coach since he last played in 2010.

Ecker’s an ex-high school and college coach who also worked for the Cardinals before the Reds hired him prior to 2018. They made Ecker their director of hitting before last season, and now he’ll try to help turn around a San Francisco offense that ranked among the majors’ worst in ’19. Ecker will replace prior hitting coach Alonzo Powell, who accepted a coaching position in Japan last month.

Along with Ecker, the Giants are adding Jim D’Aloia to the organization, Mike Puma of the New York Post tweets. D’Aloia, who had been the Mets’ pro scouting director, will work in a scouting capacity with the Giants, per Puma. He was a major opponent of the Mets’ decision to include stud outfield prospect Jarred Kelenic in their trade for then-Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano and closer Edwin Diaz last winter, Puma notes. That reflects well on D’Aloia, as that trade has been disastrous for the Mets thus far.

Share 0 Retweet 7 Send via email0

Cincinnati Reds San Francisco Giants

Angels Have Met With Stephen Strasburg
Main
Minor MLB Transactions: 12/6/19
View Comments (28)
Post a Comment

28 Comments

  1. StandUpGuy

    6 years ago

    Gabe Kapler is the best coach in the National League. The only MLB coach better is Mike Matheny.

    1
    Reply
    • bigredsfan41017

      6 years ago

      WTH? then why didn’t he do great while Phillies manager

      Reply
    • bobertca

      6 years ago

      Kapler is the worst manager in baseball the Phillies are about to dominate the NL East now that he’s gone

      Reply
    • giants number 1 fan

      6 years ago

      I sense sarcasm

      Reply
  2. giantsphan12

    6 years ago

    LOL

    Reply
  3. martyfan

    6 years ago

    I think the book is still to be written on Kapler as a manager. What he has done is hire a very good hitting coach.

    2
    Reply
    • DockEllisDee

      6 years ago

      Thank you. He was under the gun the whole time in Philly, curious hire for a win-now franchise. Now he has a team he can grow with.

      1
      Reply
  4. redsfan48

    6 years ago

    Wow, it sucks for the Reds to lose him. They just gave him a promotion after he helped players like Aristides Aquino and Josh VanMeter make changes to their approach and break out last year.

    1
    Reply
    • AZPat

      6 years ago

      The reds had first crack at him. They hired another guy.

      Reply
      • redsfan48

        6 years ago

        They hired another guy as hitting coach. Director of hitting, Ecker’s title he was given by the Reds this offseason, seems to me to be a higher position than hitting coach.

        Reply
    • jtvincent

      6 years ago

      they fired him

      Reply
      • astick

        6 years ago

        Wrong. They fired drop n drive Turner Ward.

        Reply
        • jtvincent

          6 years ago

          lol oops.

          Reply
  5. Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

    6 years ago

    Giants hire a hitting coach? What they need to do is hire some hitters. This year, without Bumgarner and Smith, arguably their two best assets in 2019, this team might lose 120 games in 2020.

    Giant fans support this team at the gate despite sky high ticket prices. Unfortunately, there ain’t nothing to watch in 2020. Giant tix are gonna flood StubHub. So much so that it will bring back memories of the ’50s and ’60s when a family of four could go to a baseball game for about $30.

    Season ticket holders will be giving tix away because this team is gonna be so bad.

    Reply
    • Frisco500

      6 years ago

      Troll.

      4
      Reply
      • antibelt

        6 years ago

        Not really. Season ticket holders last year could not sell on the secondary market, so Giants agreed to buy back some of our tickets to remain season holders moving forward. Not a defense of Lou Orlando btw. He’s a POS

        Reply
      • rightyspecialist

        6 years ago

        Troll ? This guy is spot on. Giants fans have been obsessing over Kapler’s hiring and the non-tender of a 4th Outfielder who makes too many outs ( Pillar ) .
        None of that stuff is important.

        In fact , it’ll be a few years before anything important actually occurs. Zaidi is in the first phase of a massive re-build. Frisco is gonna be god awful this year

        1
        Reply
    • Balk

      6 years ago

      Hahahahaha, ^ this guy! 120 losses?! Damn, did the Orioles or Marlins even lose that bad? The Giants with Cueto and the shark alone, not counting whoever they pick up for Bumgarner place I see about the same type of performance as last year. Hate the Giants much? Smh

      1
      Reply
  6. Backup Catcher to the Backup Catcher

    6 years ago

    San Francisco fans are gonna love Gabe Kapler because you folks love double-talkers and liars. Why else would you send Nancy Pelosi back to D.C. year after year after year!

    Reply
    • jordan4giants 2

      6 years ago

      Sorry, not gonna feed the troll.

      4
      Reply
    • crazywarrior

      6 years ago

      ill bite

      keep supporting an insecure bully who defends our enemies if it makes you happy comrade Orlando

      “phony emoluments clause” ….OK

      1
      Reply
  7. Matfactor2

    6 years ago

    I wish the Reds would of kept him.
    He really helped Aquino have an amazing year.

    1
    Reply
    • jtvincent

      6 years ago

      he had nothing to do with it. he hit like 30 bombs in AAA . guy was terrible. glad he is gone

      Reply
      • scvanguard1

        6 years ago

        Actually, he worked with Aquino before the season and what you saw from Aquino all season was definitely because of him.

        Reply
      • astick

        6 years ago

        Dude, you have zero idea on what you’re talking about.

        Reply
    • AZPat

      6 years ago

      Aquino was let go by the reds. No one took him. The reds resigned him and if you believe the papers Ecker started working with him. His homers in the minors and his incredible month in the majors are a result of that work. The Giants have a fine coach in Ecker.

      Reply
  8. WarrenSpahn

    6 years ago

    San Francisco Opera is more exciting than the San Francisco Giants…

    Reply
  9. FullMontilla

    6 years ago

    Can either of these guys hit or pitch?

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

    Top Stories

    Giants Exercise 2026 Option On Manager Bob Melvin

    Yordan Alvarez Shut Down Due To Setback With Hand Injury

    Astros Place Jeremy Peña On Injured List With Fractured Rib

    Tucker Barnhart To Retire

    Tyler Mahle To Be Sidelined Beyond Trade Deadline

    Reds Release Jeimer Candelario

    Dave Parker Passes Away

    Griffin Canning Diagnosed With Ruptured Achilles

    Pirates Reportedly Have Very Few Untouchable Players At Trade Deadline

    Griffin Canning Believed To Have Suffered Achilles Injury

    Mariners Looking For Corner Infield Bats; Ownership Willing To Bump Payroll

    Wander Franco Found Guilty Of Sexual Abuse

    Mariners Place Rowdy Tellez On Release Waivers

    Max Meyer To Undergo Season-Ending Hip Surgery

    Whit Merrifield Announces Retirement

    White Sox Sign Noah Syndergaard To Minor League Deal

    Corbin Carroll Placed On IL With Wrist Fracture

    Hoops Rumors Has The Latest On NBA Draft, Free Agency

    Mets Option Francisco Alvarez

    Reds To Promote Chase Burns For MLB Debut

    Recent

    Giants Exercise 2026 Option On Manager Bob Melvin

    Mets Trade Donovan Walton To Phillies

    Colin Poche Elects Free Agency

    Trey Mancini Opts Out Of D-Backs Deal

    Padres To Select Eduarniel Nunez

    Brewers’ Connor Thomas To Undergo Elbow Surgery

    Yordan Alvarez Shut Down Due To Setback With Hand Injury

    Jorge Mateo To Miss 8 To 12 Weeks With Hamstring Strain

    Reds To Sign Buck Farmer To Minor League Deal

    Pirates Trade Hunter Stratton To Braves

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Sandy Alcantara Rumors
    • Luis Robert Rumors
    • Alex Bregman Rumors

     

    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
    • Front Office Originals
    • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
    • MLBTR Podcast
    • Trade Deadline Outlook Series
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information

    hide arrows scroll to top

    Register

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version