The Giants designated outfielder Wade Meckler for assignment, the club announced to reporters (including Shayna Rubin of The San Francisco Chronicle). They needed to open a 40-man roster spot upon finalizing the Adrian Houser contract this morning.
Meckler received his first MLB call in August 2023. He hit .232 without a home run in 20 games and was optioned back to Triple-A during the first week of September. He has not appeared in the majors since then despite continuing to hold a 40-man spot until tonight. The left-handed hitter has spent the past two-plus seasons on optional assignment while spending a decent chunk of time on the Triple-A injured list.
Listed at 5’10 and 190 pounds, Meckler has a smaller frame that doesn’t lend itself to much power potential. He has posted bottom of the scale hard contact rates while hitting almost everything on the ground. His skillset is built around an excellent understanding of the strike zone. Meckler has walked at a 13.4% clip in nearly 700 Triple-A plate appearances over the last three years. He pairs that with good bat-to-ball skills and has only punched out at a 16.7% rate. Meckler owns a .296/.392/.429 batting line at the top minor league level.
The Giants never gave Meckler much of a look despite mediocre outfield production over the past couple seasons. They’ll have five days to trade him or place him on waivers. The plate discipline and ability to play all three outfield spots could get him some attention from another club. He still has one minor league option year remaining.
I liked him 🥺
me too, they really should have given him some time last year to see what he’s got
He plays 2b as well.
He’ll clear waivers. I can see him contributing next year
hope so
Meh. His batting average in the low minors was great, but he’d have to hit like Luis Arraez in the bigs to make up for the lack of power. I also wasn’t super impressed by his defense in CF.
Wouldn’t surprise me if he made it to the majors as a 4th OF somewhere, though.
Two tools guy.
Hope him the best, but saw it coming.
Hopefully he gets an opportunity with another club.
Meckleheads in shambles 🙁
Next stop; Savanna Bananas.
Brass got tired of wading for him to hit the ball hard.
Anaheim native and Esperanza HS graduate (less than 10 miles from Angel Stadium..
Fourth player from the 2022 draft class to make the majors and the first to do so who wasn’t an Angels draftee (Neto, Joyce, Mederos).
Maybe the Angels can claim Meckler for depth and possibly even continue trying him at 2B like the Giants org did for eight games in 2025.
This team keeps talking about guys who make more contact and they go release a guy with that skill set.
Hes also got a 4th option year for 2026. Should be a trade partner out there. His defense can’t be worse than Ramos’.
Ramos defense is above average in LF, outside of a couple of months this year when the whole team was playing like crap.. He was pressing, trying to do too much. It was his first full MLB season, growing pains happen. It’s odd to me how many people prefer to focus only on negative aspects of our first homegrown All Star slugger in a long time.
Yeah, I actually don’t think Ramos is that bad. He had some brain farts out there but I don’t have a problem with him in LF.
I think he’d be great in RF with his arm. All in all I like Ramos and think he has a big year coming offensively.
If you haven’t. Check out his reddit AMA.. hilarious. He was a joke in sports cards because ppl thought getting his auto card as their “hit” sucked… and he played into it.. it’s great!
Great, now what am I gonna do with my 800 Meckler signed cards? /s IYKYK
PPP: Stash the cards away with the just released again Marco Luciano cards. Lol
Wade’s fan club is Meckler’s Hecklers. They sit in the 200 section, mtching T-shirts & always drunk.
Welcome to Cleveland, seems like a Cleveland signing
Comes down to he has the same profile as Gilbert and Gilbert is the better prospect in addition to being a favorite of the new manager. Meckler had no path here.
Interesting to see the Giants drop one outfielder after another from the 40 man roster. I wonder if Matos or McCray is next . . .
I’d put my money on Matos over McCray. McCray stayed on the team, while Matos was sent down while they were still hoping to make the playoffs this year. That’s a loud message. McCray has the better tools anyway.
No power. Everyone has to hit like a power hitter these days.
I wonder if Tony Gwynn’s career would have looked more like his brother or son’s careers had he played in today’s version of MLB.