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Giants Designate Brett Wisely For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | September 15, 2025 at 5:54pm CDT

The Giants officially announced the previously reported promotion of top first base prospect Bryce Eldridge. San Francisco optioned outfielder Luis Matos to clear a spot on the big league roster. They designated utility infielder Brett Wisely for assignment to open the necessary 40-man roster spot.

Eldridge, who is still a month away from his 21st birthday, steps right into the fire in a pennant race. He’s batting fifth and serving as the designated hitter against Zac Gallen (relayed by Justice delos Santos of The Mercury News). The Giants are keeping Rafael Devers at first base tonight. San Francisco is half a game ahead of the Diamondbacks and trails the Mets by a game and a half for the National League’s last Wild Card spot.

Wisely has been on San Francisco’s 40-man roster for the past three seasons. Farhan Zaidi was running baseball operations when the Giants acquired him from the Rays early in the 2022-23 offseason. Wisely would have qualified for the Rule 5 draft, but San Francisco selected his contract to ensure they retained his rights. The former 15th-round pick has been up and down between Oracle Park and Triple-A for the last three seasons.

The lefty-hitting Wisely hasn’t produced much against big league pitching. He owns a .217/.263/.324 line with seven home runs across 457 plate appearances. He hit very well in Triple-A between 2023-24, but his minor league numbers this year have also been underwhelming. Wisely carries a .253/.332/.387 line with seven longballs and 12 steals in 80 games at Triple-A Sacramento this season. He has only appeared in 22 MLB contests as a result, hitting .208 with one homer in 54 trips to the plate.

While this hasn’t been a good season, Wisely has some positive attributes that could get interest on the waiver wire. He grades as a solid defender at second base and has experience at every position aside from catcher. He’s never going to hit for much power, but he has shown solid on-base skills in the minors. He owns a .274/.371/.433 line in nearly 200 career Triple-A games across four seasons.

San Francisco will place Wisely on outright waivers within the next few days. He’s in his last minor league option year. Another team may put in a claim and stash him in Triple-A for the rest of the season. He’ll be out of options next year. If he sticks on a 40-man roster into Spring Training, he’d need to break camp and remain in the majors or again be designated for assignment.

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  1. Johnny81913

    1 month ago

    Man, Matos never gets a chance to have consistent AB’s…

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    • KirkRueter

      1 month ago

      he sucks

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    • Baseball77

      1 month ago

      He has been hitting better recently. Not sure why McCray would be kept on the roster over Matos.

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      • Ernie Riles

        1 month ago

        reasons could be McCray is a better late inning defensive replacement and faster pinch runner.

        also, Matos is 3 for 21 this month

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        • mab51357

          1 month ago

          I think McCray is no more than a defensive player in late innings for the remainder of this year. Pinch runner at times late game too. Both roles are important as we saw with his throw against the Dodgers

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      • TigersLoveCinnamon

        1 month ago

        Matos doesn’t have a starting spot, he’ll get consistent ab’s AAA, mccray is likely looked at as nothing more than a 4th outfielder

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        • mab51357

          1 month ago

          I think Jerar is now the 4th outfielder except defensively late in games. His power is nice to have in the lower part of the order in games that Gilbert doesn’t play.

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  2. DrawingaBlanco

    1 month ago

    Wisely, hmmmm..

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    • KirkRueter

      1 month ago

      nothing of value was lost

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  3. PotterManiac777

    1 month ago

    Wisely!? Jerar Encarnacion is *right there*

    Sure JE has more upside but good Lord he also has the worst injury luck.

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    • oldgfan

      1 month ago

      Wisely’s days were numbered the second SFG drafted a 2B in their first pick.

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    • mab51357

      1 month ago

      Dare I say if Jerar gets hurt we might see Matos or maybe Luciano.

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      • Pete'sView

        1 month ago

        You won’t see Luciano again in a defensive role anywhere, and maybe never again in SF uni.

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        • dubtastic

          1 month ago

          Package Luciano and Matos to snatch an SP next year..idk what they can net but we could use one in the backend of the rotation right now..

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        • Jean Matrac

          4 weeks ago

          Nobody is going to trade anyone better that what the Giants already have in the minors for 2 guys whose stock is currently low.

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        • dubtastic

          4 weeks ago

          Never know what Posey could pull after the Devers trade..not like Hicks, Harrison, and Tibbs had immense value

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        • Jean Matrac

          4 weeks ago

          True, but that was a somewhat unique situation. Posey was able to take advantage of a toxic relationship between team and player that was beyond repair. There aren’t going to be very many teams wanting to move a player of Devers’ quality for the best they can get no matter what.

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  4. Non Roster Invitee

    1 month ago

    Brett wisely accepts an outright assignment after no team claims him

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  5. SFBay314

    1 month ago

    i’m a season ticket holder and have always liked wisely. he plays hard and hits well when given the consistent at-bats.

    understand him getting the dfa, doesn’t mean i like it. he is a great guy and a hard worker. hope he takes the outright but otherwise i bet he will make it with another team

    also a former savanna banana!

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  6. Rich Stevens

    1 month ago

    What about Meckler? Would Meckler have been a better choice to DFA than Wisely because Wisely has more versatility in him then Meckler?

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    • thethrill

      1 month ago

      They both are great guys but are AAAA players, neither should be on the 40man. I think they both would be a really good fit with the Savanna Bananas!

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