{"id":848356,"date":"2026-11-08T04:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T04:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/848356\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T04:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T04:30:25","slug":"8-year-san-francisco-giants-player-becomes-free-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/848356\/","title":{"rendered":"8-Year San Francisco Giants Player Becomes Free Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ATLANTA, GA – JUNE 20: Austin Slater #53 of the San Francisco Giants crosses second base after hitting a three-run homer in the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park on June 20, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Giants<\/a> had come into the 2026 season with a very talented roster.<\/p>\n

That said, they struggled under first-year manager Tony Vitello.<\/p>\n

The Giants<\/a> also made a lot of trades (and dealt with injuries).<\/p>\n

8-Year San Francisco Giants Player Becomes Free Agent<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyAustin Slater #13 of the San Francisco Giants at bat against the Chicago Cubs<\/a> at Wrigley Field on September 06, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.\n<\/p>\n

This week, a former Giants<\/a> player became a free agent.<\/p>\n

Austin Slater<\/a> will be available to sign with any team in the MLB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MLB.com wrote<\/a> (on November 2): \u201cRF Austin Slater elected free agency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyAustin Slater #20 of the Tampa Bay Rays<\/a> reacts after stealing second during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> at Dodger Stadium on June 17, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.\n<\/p>\n

Slater had most recently spent time with the Tampa Bay Rays during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

He also had stops with the New York Mets<\/a> and Miami Marlins<\/a> earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old finished the regular season batting .231 with 15 hits, three RBIs, six runs and four stolen bases in 28 games.<\/p>\n

Looking At Slater\u2019s Time In San Francisco<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyAustin Slater #13 of the San Francisco Giants points to the sky as he crosses home plate after he hit a lead off home run in the first inning against the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> at Oracle Park on September 02, 2021 in San Francisco, California.\n<\/p>\n

Slater was picked in the 8th round of the 2014 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n

He spent the first 7.5 seasons of his career with the Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Slater hit 12 home runs with 32 RBIs and 15 stolen bases in 129 games.<\/p>\n

Looking At Slater\u2019s Other Stops<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyAustin Slater #29 of the New York Yankees<\/a> bats against the Tampa Bay Rays during their game at Yankee Stadium on July 31, 2025 in New York City.\n<\/p>\n

Slater has also had stops with the Chicago White Sox<\/a>, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees over 10 total MLB seasons.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see where the veteran lands ahead of the 2027 season.<\/p>\n

Looking At The SF Giants Right Now<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyRafael Devers #16 of the San Francisco Giants rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the New York Mets during the eighth inning at Citi Field on September 04, 2026 in New York City.\n<\/p>\n

The Giants finished the 2026 season as the fourth-place team in the National League West with a 65-97 record in 162 games.<\/p>\n

They last made the MLB playoffs during the 2021 season.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBen Stinar<\/a> Ben Stinar has been covering the NBA for over seven years.\u00a0
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\nHe has written for OnSI, Forbes, Amico Hoops, The Big Lead and had a podcast with former All-Star Jameer Nelson. More about Ben Stinar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty ATLANTA, GA – JUNE 20: Austin Slater #53 of the San Francisco Giants crosses second base after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342],"class_list":["post-848356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-giants","tag-baseball","tag-giants","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfranciscogiants","tag-sf","tag-sf-giants","tag-sfgiants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117578945366650137","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}