{"id":424908,"date":"2026-08-05T23:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424908\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T23:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T23:16:28","slug":"san-francisco-giants-announce-release-of-former-mlb-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424908\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Giants Announce Release Of Former MLB All-Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 04: Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants sitting with his wife Kristen Posey speaks at a press conference announcing his retirement from Major League Baseball at Oracle Park on November 04, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the San Francisco Giants<\/a> will finish their series with the Rangers<\/a> (in Texas).<\/p>\n

The two teams are tied up at 1-1, so whoever wins the game will also take the series.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: The Giants<\/a> lost 6-0.<\/p>\n

Giants Announce Release Of Former MLB All-Star\"\"\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

GettyPitcher Michael Fulmer<\/a> #32 of the San Francisco Giants poses for a portrait during photo day at Scottsdale Stadium on February 19, 2026 in Scottsdale, Arizona.<\/p>\n

During their series with the Rangers, news came out that the Giants<\/a> had released Michael Fulmer from their organization.<\/p>\n

MLB.com wrote<\/a> (on August 4): \u201cSacramento River Cats released RHP Michael Fulmer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fulmer did not appear in a game for the Giants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He had been with their Triple-A affiliate.<\/p>\n

Social Media Reacts To Fulmer News\"\"\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

GettyMichael Fulmer #32 of the Detroit Tigers<\/a> and the American League speaks with the media during Gatorade All-Star Workout Day ahead of the 88th MLB All-Star Game at Marlins<\/a> Park on July 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what people were saying about the news:<\/p>\n

Jeff Young:<\/a> \u201cThe Giants<\/a> released reliever Michael Fulmer from their Triple-A affiliate. He had a 2.98 ERA in 42.1 innings for the River Cats. A mild surprise that the Giants<\/a> did not give him a shot, given the bullpen issues they have had this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

@sfgiantfutures:<\/a> \u201cMild is really underselling it. Fulmer has been more than cromulent in Sacramento, I always thought it was 40-man issues keeping him from getting that shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

@TTCoates83:<\/a> \u201cThey do need to clear out pitching inthe minors though. There\u2019s so many pitchers especially on Eugene. I think Eugene has 20+ right now. A trickle upwards should be happening one would think.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking At Fulmer\"\"\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

GettyMichael Fulmer #32 of the Detroit Tigers delivers a pitch against the Minnesota Twins<\/a> in the ninth inning of the game at Target Field on September 30, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Fulmer was picked in the 1st round of the 2011 MLB<\/a> Draft by the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n

He played the first six years of his career with the franchise.<\/p>\n

In that span, Fulmer won the 2016 American League Rookie of The Year Award (and made the 2017 All-Star Game).<\/p>\n

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GettyMichael Fulmer #32 of the Detroit Tigers and the American League and Justin Upton<\/a> #8 of the Detroit Tigers and the American League look on during Gatorade All-Star Workout Day ahead of the 88th MLB All-Star Game at Marlins Park on July 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n

Following Detroit, Fulmer had stops with the Chicago Cubs<\/a>, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox<\/a> (over eight MLB seasons).<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if someone picks up the 33-year-old before the end of the 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 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 04: Buster Posey #28 of the San Francisco Giants sitting with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-424908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}