2022 San Francisco Giants season

The 2022 San Francisco Giants season was the 140th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 65th year in San Francisco, and their 23rd at Oracle Park. This was the third season under manager Gabe Kapler and also the first season since 2008 without longtime catcher Buster Posey, who retired the previous November.
On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association. On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day took place on April 7. Although MLB previously announced that several series would be cancelled due to the lockout, the agreement provides for a 162-game season, with originally canceled games to be made up via doubleheaders.
Despite starting the season with a 37–27 record, the Giants would go 44–54 the rest of the way, eliminating them from playoff contention after posting 107 wins the previous year.

Offseason

Lockout

The expiration of the league's collective bargaining agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association occurred on December 1, 2021, with no new agreement in place. As a result, the team owners voted unanimously to lockout the players stopping all free agency and trades.
The parties came to an agreement on a new CBA on March 10, 2022.

Rule changes

Pursuant to the new CBA, several new rules were instituted for the 2022 season. The National League will adopt the designated hitter full-time, a draft lottery will be implemented, the postseason will expand from ten teams to twelve, and advertising patches will appear on player uniforms and helmets for the first time.

Transactions

November 7, 2021 − The Giants declined to exercise their option on RHP Johnny Cueto, allowing him to become a free agent. The Giants exercised the 2022 contract option on IF Wilmer Flores, LHP José Álvarez, and RHP Jay Jackson. The Giants claimed three players off waivers RHP Hunter Harvey from Baltimore Orioles, OF Austin Dean from St. Louis Cardinals, and LHP Joe Palumbo from Texas Rangers.
November 22, 2021 − The Giants resigned RHP Anthony DeSclafani to a three-year contract.
November 22, 2021 − The Giants traded RHP Jay Jackson to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for cash considerations, and a player to be named later or additional cash considerations.
November 30, 2021 − The Giants signed RHP Alex Cobb to a two-year contract with a club option for 2024.
November 30, 2021 − The Giants avoided arbitration with RHP John Brebbia, LHP Jarlin García, and OF Austin Slater agreeing to one-year deals. The Giants tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players OF Mike Yastrzemski, OF Darin Ruf, C Curt Casali, and RHP Dominic Leone. The Giants decline to tender the contracts on OF Luis González, RHP Sam Delaplane, and LHP Joe Palumbo, allowing them to become free agents.
December 1, 2021 − The Giants resigned LHP Alex Wood to a two-year contract.
March 14, 2022 − The Giants signed LHP Carlos Rodón to a two-year contract. Rodón can opt out of the contract after one year.

Statistics

''Updated through October 5.''

Batting

Stats in bold are the team leaders.
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; SB = Stolen bases; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage; OPS = On base + slugging

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
	151	525	72	120	28	1	19	71	59	103	0	.229	.316	.394	.710
	140	488	71	127	23	2	14	62	33	89	21	.260	.322	.400	.722
	148	485	73	104	31	2	17	57	61	141	5	.214	.305	.392	.697
	118	407	50	94	15	2	9	52	39	98	1	.231	.308	.344	.652
	134	380	57	104	19	3	23	70	42	100	3	.274	.353	.521	.874
	98	311	31	79	17	2	4	36	30	75	10	.254	.323	.360	.683
	125	277	49	73	15	2	7	34	40	89	12	.264	.366	.408	.774
	90	268	46	58	9	0	11	38	40	85	2	.216	.328	.373	.701
	89	266	31	65	13	0	14	42	27	83	0	.244	.315	.451	.767
	97	261	34	56	6	0	11	25	26	112	2	.215	.296	.364	.660
	78	254	25	54	9	1	8	23	37	81	1	.213	.326	.350	.676
	77	217	29	45	7	1	8	26	26	51	1	.207	.305	.359	.665
	60	180	17	43	14	0	2	14	11	30	0	.239	.282	.350	.632
	65	162	14	42	7	0	3	21	10	38	0	.259	.313	.358	.671
	52	156	21	36	6	1	9	24	18	58	0	.231	.331	.455	.787
	49	137	20	36	8	0	8	14	19	56	0	.263	.361	.496	.857
	41	108	13	25	3	0	4	14	15	36	0	.231	.325	.370	.695
	36	98	14	26	6	1	4	12	10	29	1	.265	.342	.469	.812
	24	76	8	12	8	0	1	8	1	16	0	.158	.179	.303	.482
	31	73	9	17	5	0	1	8	9	17	0	.233	.325	.342	.668
	21	46	10	11	1	0	2	8	1	4	0	.239	.245	.391	.636
Lewis Brinson	16	36	5	6	2	0	3	4	2	14	1	.167	.211	.472	.683
	12	36	2	7	3	0	0	4	2	16	4	.194	.231	.278	.509
	9	20	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	.100	.182	.100	.282
	11	18	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	7	0	.111	.158	.111	.269
Ford Proctor	7	18	3	2	0	0	1	6	2	3	0	.111	.182	.278	.460
	5	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	.200	.294	.200	.494
	4	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.167	.167	.167	.334
	8	12	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	.250	.250	.333	.583
	5	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	.000	.100	.000	.100
Willie Calhoun	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	.125	.222	.125	.347
Austin Dean	3	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819
	5	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	.125	.300	.125	.425
	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Andrew Knapp	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	.250	.429	.250	.679
	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Team totals	162	5392	716	1261	255	18	183	683	571	1462	64	.234	.315	.390	.705

Pitching

Stats in bold are the team leaders.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	15	9	2.90	32	32	0	192.1	174	76	62	49	163
	14	8	2.88	31	31	0	178.0	131	59	57	52	237
	7	8	3.73	28	28	0	149.2	152	72	62	43	151
	8	12	5.10	26	26	0	130.2	132	78	74	30	131
	5	7	4.42	23	17	0	112.0	120	57	55	25	98
	3	4	3.57	68	0	0	75.2	73	34	30	23	49
	6	2	3.18	76	11	0	68.0	71	27	24	18	54
	6	6	2.53	68	0	27	67.2	54	27	19	30	80
	1	4	3.74	58	0	1	65.0	60	34	27	18	56
	4	5	4.01	55	0	3	49.1	55	24	22	24	52
	1	1	5.44	39	0	0	48.0	47	32	29	22	44
	3	3	5.08	39	0	1	44.1	48	25	25	13	39
	1	3	3.61	28	6	1	42.1	39	23	17	14	33
	1	1	2.39	24	1	0	26.1	28	11	7	11	20
	1	2	5.76	8	0	0	25.0	33	19	16	8	28
	1	2	7.17	24	0	3	21.1	27	18	17	6	11
	0	2	6.63	5	5	0	19.0	34	21	14	4	17
Scott Alexander	0	0	1.04	17	4	2	17.1	12	2	2	1	10
	0	0	4.41	17	1	0	16.1	14	8	8	8	20
	2	1	5.28	21	0	1	15.1	17	10	9	9	15
Thomas Szapucki	0	0	1.98	10	0	0	13.2	12	3	3	4	16
	0	0	4.66	6	0	0	9.2	14	5	5	6	4
Luis Ortiz	0	0	1.04	6	0	0	8.2	5	1	1	3	6
Jharel Cotton	2	0	6.75	5	0	0	8.0	11	7	6	4	8
Shelby Miller	0	1	6.43	4	0	0	7.0	6	5	5	3	14
Luis González	0	0	5.68	5	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	1	0
Cole Waites	0	0	3.18	7	0	0	5.2	6	2	2	4	4
	0	0	4.91	2	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	3	2
Andrew Vasquez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	1	4
Austin Wynns	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	0
	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	1.2	4	5	5	2	4
Donovan Walton	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	0
Team totals	81	81	3.85	162	162	39	1433.0	1397	697	613	441	1370

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Division	Manager	Record Type	Record	through
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	West	Dave Brundage	Regular Final Stretch		June 10
AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Eastern League	Southwest	Dennis Pelfrey	Regular		June 10
High-A	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	N/A	Carlos Valderrama	Regular		June 10
Low-A	San Jose Giants	California League	North	Lipso Nava	Regular		June 10
Rookie	ACL Giants Black	Arizona Complex League	East	Jose Montilla	Regular		June 10
Rookie	ACL Giants Orange	Arizona Complex League	East	Greg Tagert	Regular		June 10
Foreign Rookie	DSL Giants Black	Dominican Summer League	San Pedro	Jose Montilla	Regular		June 10
Foreign Rookie	DSL Giants Orange	Dominican Summer League	Northeast	Juan Ciriaco	Regular		June 10

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