Marco Luciano’s time in San Francisco is over.

The Giants announced on Friday afternoon that Luciano has been claimed off outright waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, ending the former top prospect’s tenure with the orange and black.

San Francisco’s 40-man roster is now at 39.

Luciano’s departure from the organization does not come as a surprise considering the 24-year-old was out of minor-league options and did not have an apparent fit on next year’s Opening Day roster. The acquisition of outfielder Joey Wiemer, in particular, signaled that the Giants may have been willing to move on from Luciano, who hit .217 with no homers over 41 games with San Francisco.

The Giants converted Luciano from an infielder to an outfielder last offseason but he didn’t play a single game with the Giants in 2025, hitting .214/.335/.413 with 23 home runs for Triple-A Sacramento. By wRC+, Luciano was four percent worse than a league average hitter in the Pacific Coast League.

Luciano signed with the Giants in July 2018 as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic for $2.6 million and quickly became one of the organization’s top prospects.

He made his major-league debut in 2023, hitting .231 over 14 games, and entered spring training in ’24 as the favorite to be the team’s Opening Day shortstop and be the heir apparent to Brandon Crawford.

Those plans never materialized. The Giants signed Nick Ahmed midway through spring training, and Ahmed ended up becoming the team’s Opening Day shortstop while Luciano began the season with Triple-A Sacramento.

Luciano spent most of the 2024 season with the River Cats and only played 27 games with the Giants, struggling on both sides of the ball. At the plate, Luciano hit .211 with a .562 OPS over 81 plate appearances. With the glove, Luciano was worth -3 defensive runs saved.

Veteran reliever to become team’s bullpen coach

When new left-hander Sam Hentges spoke with beat reporters over Zoom on Friday afternoon, the reliever accidentally revealed that long-time reliever Jesse Chavez would become the team’s new bullpen coach.

Chavez, 42, pitched 18 seasons in the majors from 2008-25, spending time with the Atlanta Braves (190 appearances), Oakland A’s (101), Texas Rangers (96), Pittsburgh Pirates (88), Los Angeles Angels (49), Toronto Blue Jays (48), Chicago Cubs (35), Kansas City Royals (27) and Los Angeles Dodgers. He owns a 4.27 ERA over 1142 career innings in the majors.

The Giants have yet to officially announce their coaching staff, but the group appears to feature Chavez, Jayce Tingler, Ron Washington, Hunter Mense, Oscar Bernard, Justin Meccage, Frank Anderson, Christian Wonders, Alex Burg, Eliezer Zambrano and Taira Uematsu.

General manager Zack Minasian said on KNBR 680 on Thursday morning that the entire coaching staff will meet in Orlando during MLB’s annual Winter Meetings.