The San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday that they have released catcher Gary Sánchez after the former All-Star requested to exercise the May 1 opt-out of his minor league deal with the club.
Sánchez, who signed a minor-league deal with the Giants on March 31, failed to earn a call up to the team’s major league roster after batting a dismal .164 with no home runs, eight RBIs and 19 strikeouts in 16 games at Triple A Sacramento.
The contract allowed the former Yankees All-Star to opt out of the deal if he wasn’t promoted to the major league roster by May 1. The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly tweeted that Sanchez has exercised his opt-out. “The Giants are not adding catcher Gary Sanchez today and he is exercising his opt-out, source tells Ken Rosenthal and me.”
