Giants Rumors

Frank Anderson is leaving the University of Tennessee’s coaching staff for an unspecified role on theGiants’ coaching staff, according toBaseball America’s Jacob Rudner.  Anderson had been working as the Volunteers’ pitching coach since 2017, and was acting as the interim head coach after Tony Vitello left the team to become the Giants’ new manager last month.

Now, the 66-year-old Anderson will join Vitello in San Francisco, looking to continue the success the duo shared in Tennessee.  This will be Anderson’s first coaching job in the majors, but he isn’t exactly a stranger to the Show, as his sonBrett Anderson pitched 13 MLB seasons from 2008-21.

Reports emergedearlier this week that Justin Meccage will be the Giants’ new pitching coach, so Anderson could be taking on an assistant pitching coach job or perhaps could be moving into the bullpen coach vacancy.  There has been plenty of turnover on the coaching staff with Vitello coming in, and the new hires have included Meccage, hitting coach Hunter Mense, Jayce Tingler in an unspecified role, and now Anderson.

Like Vitello, Anderson brings a wealth of experience from the collegiate ranks, as Rudner writes that “Anderson is regarded as one of the premier pitching developers in college baseball.”  Anderson has over four decades of experience as an assistant and head coach in college ball, including nine seasons as Oklahoma State’s head coach from 2003-2012.

The Giants have re-signed infielderOsleivis Basabe to a new minor league contract,Baseball America’s Matt Eddy reports.  Basabe spent 2025 in San Francisco’s organization and was outrighted off the team’s 40-man roster in June.  Since he wasn’t added back to the 40-man before the end of the season, Basabe became eligible for minor league free agency, but it wasn’t known if he chose to test the open market.

Acquired from the Rays in a trade last February, Basabe spent his entire season at Triple-A Sacramento, getting significant time at shortstop, second base, and third base.  Basabe hit .249/.309/.412 with 14 homers over 477 plate appearances, with that slash line more or less matching his career .266/.320/.398 mark over 1186 Triple-A PA.  Within the context of the Pacific Coast League, however, Basabe’s offensive production wasn’t much to speak of given the PCL’s notoriously hitter-friendly nature.

Basabe drew attention as a prospect during his time in Tampa’s Bay farm system, but his lack of consistent hitting above the Double-A level has stifled his progress.  The Rays gave Basabe a look at the MLB level in 2023, and his .218/.277/.310 slash line over 94 PA and 31 games remains his only big league experience.

Still only 25 years old, Basabe will now return to the same Triple-A role with the Giants in the hopes of another call-up to the majors. Matt Chapman andWilly Adames have the left side of San Francisco’s infield locked down, withCasey Schmitt penciled into second base duty andTyler Fitzgerald andChristian Koss on hand as other infield depth options.  There has also been speculation that the Giants might look to upgrade at second base this winter, which would push Basabe further down the depth chart.

Every National League team has officially announced their non-tender decisions. It was a quiet evening in terms of subtractions, with only the Rangers parting with any marquee players. All players who were non-tendered are free agents without going on waivers. A few teams dropped pre-arbitration players from the back of the 40-man roster. It’s possible they preferred not to expose them to waivers and are hopeful of re-signing them to non-roster deals.

Here’s a full list of today’s activity in the NL, while the American League movesare available here. All projected salaries are courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz.

• The Braves announced that right-handersAlek Manoah andCarson Ragsdale were not tendered contracts. Both had been acquired earlier in the offseason via waivers, and both are now free agents. Manoah was projected to earn $2.2MM. Ragsdale was not arb-eligible.
• The Brewers tendered contracts to their entire arbitration class,per Adam McCalvy of MLB.com.
• The Cardinals chose not to tender contracts to leftyJohn King, catcherYohel Pozo and rightySem Robberse, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatchreports.Jorge Alcala, who was designated for assignment earlier this week, was also non-tendered, John Denton of MLB.comadds. King and Alcala were both projected for a $2.1MM salary. The others were not arb-eligible.
• The Cubs non-tendered catcherReese McGuire,per ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. He hit .226/.245/.444 through 140 plate appearances in a backup catcher role and was arb-eligible for the final time. He’d been projected to earn $1.9MM. Right-handerEli Morgan, who was projected to earn $1.1MM, was also non-tendered,according to MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian.
• The D-backs non-tendered left-handerTommy Henry, who’d already been designated for assignment, and right-handerTaylor Rashi. Neither was eligible for arbitration. They tendered contracts to their entire arb class.
• The Dodgers did not tender a contract to closerEvan Phillips,reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. He was only under club control for one more season and projected for a $6.1MM salary but underwentTommy John surgery in June. Dodgers rightyNick Frasso, who was not arb-eligible and finished the season on the 60-day IL, was also non-tendered,per Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.
• The Giants non-tendered left-handerJoey Lucchesi,reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Lucchesi pitched to a solid 3.76 ERA with a below-average 18.8% strikeout rate and strong 7.3% walk rate in 38 1/3 innings and had been projected for a $2MM salary. San Francisco also non-tendered catcher Andrew Knizner, who was designated for assignment this afternoon when the Giants acquired Joey Wiemer from Miami.
• The Marlins tendered contracts to all of their eligible players,per Isaac Azout of Fish On First.
• TheMets are non-tendering right-handerMax Kranick, according toWill Sammon of The Athletic. Kranick, 28, posted a 3.65 ERA in 37 innings with the Mets this year. It was his first big league opportunity since a five-inning cameo with the Pirates back in 2022. Kranick’s season came to an abrupt end back in July due to flexor tendon repair surgery. SouthpawsJose Castillo andDanny Young were also non-tendered,Sammon adds. Young had Tommy John surgery back in May. Castillo was a waiver claim who pitched for four different teams in 2025.
• The Nationals tendered contracts to their entire roster, per a team announcement.
• ThePadresannounced that leftyOmar Cruz and rightySean Reynolds were non-tendered. Neither was arbitration-eligible. They tendered contracts to every member of their arbitration class.
• The Phillies non-tendered rightiesMichael Mercado andDaniel Robert, neither of whom was arbitration-eligible. They’re both free agents. The Phils tendered contracts to all of their arb-eligible players otherwise.
• The Pirates non-tendered outfieldersAlexander Canario andRonny Simon, as well as rightiesColin Holderman andDauri Moreta. All four were designated for assignment earlier in the week. Holderman was projected for a $1.7MM salary and Moreta for $800K. The others weren’t arb-eligible.
• The Reds announced that catcherWill Banfield and right-handersCarson Spiers andRoddery Munoz were not tendered contracts. They’re all free agents. None of the three were arbitration-eligible, but by non-tendering them rather than designating them for assignment, Cincinnati bypasses the need to place them on waivers and can try to quickly re-sign any of the bunch to minor league deals, if the Reds are so inclined.
• The Rockies non-tendered first basemanMichael Toglia, the team announced. He’d been designated for assignment earlier in the week, making today’s non-tender all but a formality.

The deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players is this afternoon at 4pm CT. Throughout the day, we’ll surely see a handful of arb-eligible players agree to terms with their clubs to avoid a hearing.

These so-called “pre-tender deals” usually, although not always, involve players who wereborderline non-tender candidates. Rather than run the risk of being cut loose, they can look to sign in the lead-up to the deadline. Those salaries often come in a little below projections, since these players tend to have less leverage because of the uncertainty about whether they’ll be offered a contract at all.

Under the 2022-26 collective bargaining agreement, players who sign to avoid an arbitration hearing are guaranteed full termination pay. That’s a change from prior CBAs, when teams could release an arb-eligible player before the season began and would only owe a prorated portion of the contract. This was done to incentivize teams and players to get deals done without going to a hearing.

All salary projections in this post come viaMLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. This post will be updated throughout the day as deals are announced and/or reported. Salary figures are fromThe Associated Press unless otherwise noted.

• TheAstros signed right-handerEnyel De Los Santos to a one-year deal and outfielderTaylor Trammell to a split deal, perBrian McTaggart of MLB.com. PerChandler Rome ofThe Athletic, De Los Santos gets $1.6MM, plus a $100K bonus if he appears in 60 games, while Trammell $900K if in the majors and $500K in the minors. They were projected for $2.1MM and $900K respectively.
• TheAthletics announced that they have signed right-handerLuis Medina and left-handerKen Waldichuk to one-year deals. Medina gets $835K, while Waldichuk comes in at $825K.
• TheBraves announced that they have signed infielderVidal Bruján, infielderMauricio Dubón, outfielderEli White and left-handersJoey Wentz andJosé Suarez for the 2026 season. Bruján’s deal was announced as a split contract; he’ll make $850K in MLB and $500K in the minors. Dubon will make $6.1MM, perJon Heyman of The New York Post, right around his $5.8MM projection. Suarez gets $900K, perAri Alexander of 7 News, below his $1.5MM projection. White and Wentz also get $900K salaries.
• TheBrewers announced that they have signed first basemanJake Bauers for 2026. He’ll make $2.7MM, perJon Heyman of The New York Post. He was projected for $2MM.
• TheGiants have agreed to a one-year deal with right-handerJT Brubaker, perJustice selos Santos of Mercury News. He commands a $1.82MM salary.
• TheGuardians have agreed to one-year deals with outfielderNolan Jones, catcher/designated hitterDavid Fry and right-handerMatt Festa, perZack Meisel of The Athletic. In afollow-up, Meisel also provides the salary figures. Jones will make $2MM, Fry $1.375MM and Festa $1MM. They were projected for $2MM, $1.2MM and $1MM respectively.
• TheMets and outfielderTyrone Taylor have agreed at $3.8MM, perMark Feinsand of MLB.com, right around his $3.6MM projection.
• TheNationals announced they have signed catcherRiley Adams to a one-year deal. It’s a split deal that pays $1MM in the big leagues and $500K in the minors.
• TheOrioles and right-handerFélix Bautista have agreed to a $2.25MM contract, reportsMark Feinsand of MLB.com. He was projected for $2.1MM.
• ThePadres announced they signed catcherLuis Campusano to a one-year deal. He’ll make $900K next year, perDennis Lin of The Athletic. He was projected for $1MM.
• ThePhillies have agreed to a split deal with catcherGarrett Stubbs, reportsMatt Gelb of The Athletic. Stubbs will make $925K in the majors and $575K in the minors. The major league salary is an exact match for his projection. The Phils announced that they also signed catcherRafael Marchán. He’ll make $860K, perTodd Zolecki of MLB.com. He was projected for $1MM.
• TheRangers announced they signed outfielderSam Haggerty to a one-year deal. It’s a $1.25MM contract.
• TheRays and right-handerCole Sulser have settled at $1.05MM, perMarc Topkin of The Tampa Bay Times. Sulser was projected for $1.2MM. According to the AP, it’s a split deal that pays at a $600K rate in the minors.
• TheReds and left-handerSam Moll have agreed at $875K, perJon Heyman of The New York Post. He was projected for $1.2MM. His 2026 deal also has $150K in potential incentives — $50K each for 45, 55 and 65 appearances.
• TheRoyals and infielderJonathan India agreed to an $8MM deal. You can read more about that inthis post.
• TheTigers and infielder/outfielderMatt Vierling agreed at $3.225MM, perJon Heyman of The New York Post. He was projected for $3.1MM. Detroit signed right-handerBeau Brieske at $1.1575MM, perHeyman, right around his $1.3MM projection. The Tigers signed catcherJake Rogers at $3.05MM, perEvan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press, right around his $2.9MM projection.
• TheTwins signed right-handerJustin Topa to a one-year, $1.225MM deal. MLBTR covered that earlier inthis post. The Twins turned down a $2MM club option for Topa, giving him a $225K buyout instead, but he remained under club control via arb. Between the buyout and next year’s salary, he’ll collect $1.45MM.Darren Wolfson of KSTP reported Topa’s 2026 salary.Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic adds that the guarantee is broken down into a $1MM salary in 2026 followed by a $225K buyout on a $5MM mutual option. The buyout can rise to $300K via unspecified incentives.
• TheWhite Sox announced that they have agreed to terms on a $900K deal with outfielderDerek Hill. He was projected for $1MM.
• TheYankees and infielderOswaldo Cabrera have agreed to a $1.2MM contract, perJack Curry of Yes Network, an exact match for his projection. The Yanks have also signed right-handerClarke Schmidt to a $4.5MM deal, perRobert Murray of FanSided, right around his $4.9MM projection.

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The Giants acquired outfielderJoey Wiemer from the Marlins in exchange for cash, per the team. Miami designated the former top prospect for assignment earlier in the week when setting its roster ahead of the deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft. San Francisco designated catcherAndrew Knizner for assignment in a corresponding roster move.

Now 26 years old, Wiemer was the Brewers’ fourth-round pick in 2020. He appeared on the back end of MLB.com’s top-100 prospect list in both 2022 and 2023 but has seen his stock dwindle since that time. Milwaukee flipped him to the Reds alongsideJakob Junis in the 2024Frankie Montas trade, and Cincinnati subsequently dealt him to Kansas City withJonathan India in exchange for right-handerBrady Singer. The Marlins scooped him up off waivers in early August, shortly following this year’s trade deadline.

Wiemer has appeared in parts of three major league seasons between the Brewers, Reds and Marlins. He popped 13 homers and swiped 11 bags as a rookie in ’23 but did so with poor rate stats. He’s a career .205/.279/.359 hitter through 499 trips to the batter’s box in the majors. That said, he’s shown plenty of pop against lefties, albeit with still-shaky OBP skills; in 173 plate appearances versus southpaws, the righty-swinging Wiemer is a .255/.298/.484 hitter (106 wRC+).

Beyond his above-average power versus lefties, Wiemer is capable of playing all three outfield spots and doing so at a fairly high level. Even bearish scouting reports on him over the years have labeled him as a potential plus defender. Defensive metrics bear that out. Wiemer has positive marks in all three spots individually and a collective 11 Defensive Runs Saved and 7 Outs Above Average in 1249 innings of outfield work at the big league level.

Wiemer is out of minor league options, so he’ll need to stay on San Francisco’s 40-man roster all offseason and break camp with the team or else be designated for assignment once again. He can’t be sent to the minors without first passing through waivers. For now, he projects as a possible bench option who could platoon with lefty-swingingDrew Gilbert in right field — if the Giants don’t make a larger-scale addition at the position. Former top prospectsLuis Matos andMarco Luciano could compete for a similar role, but both hit poorly in 2025 and have seen their once lofty prospect stock crater in recent years. Like Wiemer, both Matos and Luciano are out of minor league options, so at least two of the three figure to be roster casualties between now and Opening Day.

Knizner, 31 in February, was eligible for arbitration andprojected by MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz to earn $1.3MM next year. The journeyman backstop hit .221/.299/.299 in 88 trips to the plate with the Giants this season. He’s improved upon formerly poor framing grades in recent seasons but struggles to block pitches in the dirt and control the run game. Knizner is a career .211/.281/.316 hitter in 975 plate appearances during his big league career.

The Giants can spend the next couple hours looking for a trade partner, though they’ve presumably already been doing so without success. If there’s no trade opportunity, he’ll be non-tendered prior to tonight’s 5pm ET deadline.

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle firstreported that the Giants were acquiring Wiemer. Jon Heyman of the New York Postfirst reported Knizner’s DFA.

The Giants are expected to add Justin Meccage as their pitching coach,reports Robert Murray of FanSided. Meccage has spent the majority of his coaching tenure in the Pirates’ organization. He was most recently a minor league coach in the Brewers’ system.

After a brief playing career, Meccage got his coaching start in the college ranks. After seven years spent between the University of Texas-Pan American and Arkansas State University from 2004 to 2010, Meccage headed to the pros. He became a minor league pitching coach for Pittsburgh in 2011. Meccage moved through multiple levels of the minors before taking over as minor league pitching coordinator in 2017.

Meccage got his first big-league gig in 2018 as assistant pitching coach for the Pirates. He transitioned to bullpen coach in 2020, a role he held through 2024. Meccage was a Triple-A pitching coach for Milwaukee this past season.

New manager Tony Vitello’s staff is slowly coming together. San Franciscoadded Hunter Mense as hitting coach last week. Meccage will replace pitching coach J.P. Martinez, whowas hired by Atlanta to be their bullpen coach. Martinez had been on the Giants’ staff since 2021.

San Francisco ranked 10th in ERA last season. The staff will be headlined byLogan Webb andRobbie Ray, though the options beyond that tandem are uncertain. The bullpen lost closerCamilo Dovalat the trade deadline, then saw replacementRandy Rodriguez go down with an injury that led to Tommy John surgery. General manager Zack Minasian said the offseason planwill involve adding pitching depth.

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The Mets have expressed interest in signing relieverDevin Williams, reportsJeff Passan of ESPN. The Tigers and Giants are also interested, perJon Morosi of MLB Network. It had previously been reported that roughly a dozen teams were in on Williams, including the Red Sox, Reds, Dodgers, and Marlins. The Mets, Tigers, and Giants can now be counted among his suitors.

Williams, 31, is coming off an uneven season for the Yankees. The Brewers traded the star reliever to New York in exchange forNestor Cortes,Caleb Durbin, and cash considerations in December 2024. At the time, he was long established as an elite closer, having posted a 1.83 ERA across 235 2/3 innings for Milwaukee from 2019-2024. In that time, his 39.4% strikeout rate and 27.6% K-BB rate were fourth- and fifth-best among qualified relievers, respectively. Though he did walk 11.8% of hitters in that span, the elite strikeout numbers were more than enough to compensate. All told, Williams was worth 7.6 fWAR during his time in Milwaukee, which placed sixth among qualified relievers.Ryan Pressly, who ranked fifth ahead of Williams, was worth 8.0 fWAR but pitched 74 more innings.

The Yankees were surely hoping for more of the same from Williams in his final year before free agency. Instead, he posted a 4.79 ERA in 62 innings while being shifted in and out of the closer role due to his performance. His first 12 games of the season were abysmal, as Williams struck out an uncharacteristically low 20.0% of hitters across March and April while walking 16.0% and allowing an opposing batting line of .300/.420/.400. The strikeout and walk numbers returned to normal the rest of the way, but Williams continued to post uneven run prevention numbers, with an ERA of 0.93 in June followed by ERAs over 4.90 in July and August, then settling down to 3.72 in September and October. Though his contributions were still worth 1.4 WAR according to FanGraphs, the bottom-line results were clearly not what Williams was hoping for in his platform season.

That said, he is still garnering a lot of interest, largely due to his excellent peripheral stats. Despite the below-average ERA, Williams still got strikeouts at a rate of 34.7% in 2025, which was tied for eighth-best among qualified relievers. His 9.7% walk rate, while still higher than league average, was actually his best mark since 2020 and down from 12.5% in 2024. He also continued to induce groundballs 44.6% of the time, above the league average of 42.3% for relievers. His expected stats, including a 3.07 xERA and a 2.95 xFIP, also paint a much better picture than just his ERA. In terms of stuff, Williams’s signature changeup remained a plus pitch by run value, while his four-seam fastball velocity only declined slightly from 94.7 mph in 2024 to 94.1 mph this year.

Those signs point to Williams still being an elite closer, so the high amount of interest is hardly surprising. Among the three new teams mentioned, the Mets are an interesting case. Their president of baseball operations, David Stearns, is familiar with Williams due to their shared years in the Brewers organization. The Mets bullpen ranked 15th with a 3.93 ERA and 13th with a 22.8% strikeout rate in 2025. Owner Steve Cohen is clearly willing to spend big, and the pressure to win will be higher in 2026 after a lackluster 83-79 season and playoff miss this year.

Meanwhile, the Tigers bullpen posted a 4.05 ERA (17th in the league) but an 11.3% K-BB rate that ranked 27th. The team surely wants to capitalize onTarik Skubal’s final year of team control, so their interest in Williams makes sense. As for the Giants, their bullpen was slightly better than Detroit’s but still below-average with a 12.8% K-BB rate (20th) this year. We at MLBTR rated Williams as the 16th-best free agent this offseason and predicted that he will sign a four-year, $68MM contract.

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The Giants are going to hire Blue Jays assistant hitting coach Hunter Mense as their hitting coach, reportsMitch Bannon of The Athletic. Yesterday,Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reported that the Giants were targeting Mense.

Mense, 41, played baseball at the University of Missouri at the same time as new Giants manager Tony Vitello. Mense was drafted by the Marlins and played in the minor league system for a while, then spent some time in indy ball. Once his playing days were done, he pivoted to coaching, working in the Blue Jays’ minor league system.

He was promoted to the major league staff ahead of the 2022 season. It’s always tough to give one coach credit for the performance of several players, but for what it’s worth, the Jays have performed well during his time as an assistant hitting coach. Over the past four years, the Jays have a .257/.326/.416 line and 109 wRC+, which puts them fourth-best in the majors.

Last week, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkinssaid there would be no “proactive subtractions” from the coaching staff. However, it seems Mense has been lured to San Francisco by his former college teammate offering him a promotion. The Giants have hadPat Burrell as their hitting coach for the past two years. It wasreported last week that he would be staying with the Giants but in a different role.

The Giants have been hovering around .500 for the past four years. In 2025, they hit .235/.311/.386 for a wRC+ of 97. Perhaps a full season fromRafael Devers and/or a breakout fromBryce Eldridge will help them break through, but Mense will also try to do his part to help. The Jays will presumably look to add an assistant to replace Mense, whether that’s an internal promotion or external hire.

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The Royals announced that they have acquired right-handerMason Black from the Giants. Minor league rightyLogan Martin heads in the other direction. The Giants designated Black for assignment last week. The Royals’ 40-man roster count climbs from 36 to 37.

Black, 26 next month, joins a new organization for the first time in his career. The Giants took him with a third-round pick in 2021. As he climbed the minor league ladder, he was generally regarded as one of the club’s top ten prospects.

He hasn’t yet delivered much at the big league level. Between 2024 and 2025, he tossed 40 1/3 innings for the Giants, allowing 6.47 earned runs per nine. His 8% walk rate in that time was around average but his 19.1% strikeout rate subpar.

His work in the minors has been better but he’s coming off a poor season. From 2022 to 2024, he logged 320 minor league frames with a 3.77 ERA, 28.2% strikeout rate and 9.5% walk rate. In 2025, he pitched 119 1/3 Triple-A innings but with a 5.81 ERA in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. He struck out 21.5% of opponents and walked them at an 11.7% pace. That got him bumped off San Francisco’s roster but Kansas City will take a shot on him.

Black still has one option season remaining, so the Royals don’t need keep him on the big league roster. He could be kept in Triple-A Omaha as rotation depth. It’s also possible they experiment with him in a relief role. Black has mostly been a starter in his career but his final five appearances in 2025 were out of the bullpen for Triple-A Sacramento. In those, he faced 25 batters, striking out six while giving out two walks.

To get Black aboard, the Royals are parting with Martin. He was their 12th-round pick in 2023. Last year, he tossed 102 innings at the Single-A level with a 3.62 ERA, 22.9% strikeout rate and 7.5% walk rate. This year, he moved up to High-A and logged 91 1/3 innings with a 3.45 ERA, 20.6% strikeout rate and 9.5% walk rate. He has been pitching in the Arizona Fall League of late, though with 12 earned runs allowed in 11 innings. Back in May,Eric Longenhagen and James Fegan of FanGraphs gave Martin an honorable mention on their list of the top prospects in the Royals system.

Martin is a bit of a lottery ticket since he hasn’t yet reached Double-A but the Giants are surely happy to get any kind of chance at a return for a player they designated for assignment. Martin will be Rule 5 eligible a year from now, so the Giants can use that time to decide if he’s worth a roster spot. The Royals, meanwhile, weren’t going to get anything from Martin in the near term whereas Black has a chance to contribute to the big league club in 2026. The Royals presumably also hope that Black has the greater upside as a former third-round pick and notable prospect.

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Nov. 11: Mansolino will serve as the bench coach and work with the team’s infielders rather than his previously reported role of third base coach, according toDavid O’Brien of the Athletic. Instead, the Braves have hired Tommy Watkins to be the third base coach, perDan Hayes of the Athletic. Watkins was a long-time Twins coach and was given permission to interview for the role with the Braves. O’Brien adds that Eddie Perez will be remaining as a major league coach for Atlanta. The club also officially announced Dustin Garneau as catching coach, Darnell Coles as assistant hitting coach, and Tony Diaz as a major league coach.

Nov. 7: The Braves on Friday announced the hiring of former Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino as their new third base coach. He’ll take over for Fredi Gonzalez, whose departure from the staff was reported earlier in the week. Atlanta also hired former Giants pitching coach J.P. Martinez — not to be confused with theformer Braves outfielder of the same name — as their new bullpen coach.

The 43-year-old Mansolino took over for O’s skipper Brandon Hyde after Baltimore dismissed him back in mid-May. He’d been Hyde’s third base coach prior to that appointment — a role he’d held dating back to the 2021 season. Mansolino was previously a hitting coach and infield coordinator in Cleveland prior to being hired in Baltimore. A 26th-round pick by the Pirates back in 2005, he played professional from 2005-10 as an infielder Pittsburgh’s system and later on the independent circuit.

Mansolino guided the O’s to a 60-59 record, but that wasn’t enough to erase a disastrous start to the season. Baltimore finished last in the AL East with a 75-87 record. He was in the running for the Orioles’ full-time managerial gig moving forward, but that jobwent to Guardians associate manager and bench coach Craig Albernaz.

Martinez, also 43, was San Francisco’s pitching coach in 2025 and an assistant pitching coach with the Giants from 2021-24. He broke into the coaching ranks in the low levels of the Twins’ system back in 2015. He served as a pitching coach with Minnesota’s Rookie-level and High-A affiliates before being named the organization’s overall minor league pitching coordinator in 2018 — a role he held until being hired by the Giants in the 2020-21 offseason.