The Giants have claimed outfielder Jose Siri off waivers from the Mariners, per an announcement from both clubs. San Francisco has placed injured catcher Aramis Garcia on the 60-day injured list to open a spot on the 40-man roster.
It’s the second waiver claim of the offseason for the 24-year-old Siri, who two years ago was ranked as one of the top prospects in the Reds organization. Back in 2017, Siri hit .293/.341/.530 slash with 24 homers and 46 steals in the Class-A Midwest League as a 22-year-old, earning him a spot on the back of FanGraphs’ Top 100 prospect list.
Unfortunately, over the past two seasons, Siri has struggled immensely. His on-base percentage across three minor league levels has checked in south of .300, and his 2019 campaign produced only a .237/.300/.357 slash between Double-A and Triple-A. Thus far in Spring Training, Siri has two hits (including a homer) and seven strikeouts in a dozen plate appearances.
Siri has a minor league option remaining, so he can be used as an up-and-down depth piece in San Francisco if the Giants see fit. It’s also possible that the Giants could try to pass Siri through waivers themselves in hopes of retaining him without committing a roster spot to him (not an uncommon tactic for president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi).
He’ll be getting an apple endorsement soon.
Samsung must be jealous
Hey Siri you suck
I am here for the Siri jokes.
Hey Siri- “how many strikeouts will Jose Siri have this year?”
Alexa’s a lot sexier.
He has slit eyebrows.
didnt he just get optioned
An AI expert was on the BBC about a month ago claiming that soon, we will free Alexa and Siri “from their devices”……’What’s the universe?” “The universe is that where Alexa resides”.
We’re pretty doomed…….
He probably doesn’t mind the Siri jokes, anything to take the focus off the eyebrows.
So the roster churn begins…
dude has all the ability in the world. needs to work on all the movement in the box. I was hoping they’d get him when cincy let him go.
i dunno. Farhan did a good job with it as a rookie GM, he probably deserves some benefit of the doubt in this realm.
I’m not doubting his methods. He got Yaz and Dickerson off the scrap heap, nabbed Dubon, and a few other players that could pan out. I expect he will start bringing in a few catchers soon as the guys competing to back up Posey aren’t really seizing the job.
When did Seattle designate him? I must have missed that.
A few questions: 1–we had priority over Seattle when they claimed him, why now?
2–Interesting to see if our player development team can teach him some plate discipline.
3–Anybody know if he’s over his hand injury? That seemed to be the cause for his 2018 season issues.
I bet its a real possibility Farhan tries to pass him through waivers at the end of spring camp.
I prefer Cortana
The Giants. Lol
Really Righty. For god’s sake, can’t you even come up with some other stupid anti-Giants’ comment? “The Giants. Lol” is the stupidest comment I’ve ever heard and it’s the only thing you ever say. How about trying a little analysis, an intelligent baseball comment….. My response: RIGHTY LOL
he pulls it together this could be a nice pickup, potentially good situation for him as well. Good luck to him
No doubt. We’ll see if the player development machine can turn him around. Needs a better approach at the plate.
Hey Siri, how do the Giants avoid losing 100 games this year?
they’re not losing 100 games this year. the team was above .500 from June 1 on. Not saying they’re a playoff bound team, but they’re not close to the level of bad that you’re alluding to.
PECOTA pegs them at 94 losses. Anyway, it was a joke.
Giants fans who constantly made insufferable Panik jokes- “hold my beer”
Hey Siri, what is the Giants AAA affiliate?
the rivercats
Nice ballpark there in Sacramento. It opened when I lived there and I spent many a summer evening watching what was then the A’s AAA team.
He immediately becomes their best outfielder
I’m sure you know better than that. Yaz, Dickerson even Pence.
Hey Siri, how’s the weather in San Francisco?
siri doesn’t know, no one is playing in SF right now.
So you’re one of those people who thinks if there’s nobody around to hear a tree fall it doesn’t make noise, huh.