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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – JUNE 30: Manager Tony Vitello #23 of the San Francisco Giants watches from the dugout during the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 30, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The San Francisco Giants<\/a> lost 6-3 in extra innings to the Houston Astros<\/a> on Monday in the series opener.<\/p>\n Ahead of Tuesday\u2019s matchup, the Giants<\/a> made a notable roster move as they enter the final 43 games of the regular season with a 49-70 record and their postseason hopes essentially gone.<\/p>\n Giants Sign Veteran Catcher<\/p>\n After exercising his opt-out from the Boston Red Sox<\/a> organization, 31-year-old veteran catcher Andrew Knizner<\/a> officially signed a major league contract with the Giants.<\/p>\n In corresponding moves, San Francisco designated infielder\/outfielder Eddys Leonard<\/a> for assignment and optioned catcher Zach Morgan to Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n The #SFGiants<\/a> made the following roster moves today:<\/p>\n \u2022 OF Victor Bericoto returned from rehab and reinstated from the 10-day Injured List. \u2014 SFGiants (@SFGiants) August 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Knizner spent last season with the Giants and recently played for Triple-A Worcester. His strong play there gave him confidence that another organization would give him an opportunity to return to the majors down the stretch, and he ultimately got that chance.<\/p>\n According to San Francisco Chronicle reporter Susan Slusser<\/a>, the Giants called Knizner on Monday, and he immediately hopped on a six-hour flight with his wife and 10-month-old son, Grant.<\/p>\n Knizner\u2019s MLB Career<\/p>\n The Cardinals drafted Knizner in the seventh round of the 2016 MLB<\/a> Draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2019. He ultimately spent five seasons with St. Louis before joining the Texas Rangers<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n As mentioned, Knizner appeared in 33 games for the Giants last season.<\/p>\n Over his seven-year MLB career, Knizner has appeared in 323 games and recorded 101 runs, 186 hits, 19 home runs and 90 RBIs while batting .211.<\/p>\n Knizner will now join Drew Cavanaugh<\/a> as the second catcher on San Francisco\u2019s active roster.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Sullivan<\/a> Cole Sullivan is a sports journalist for Heavy.com covering the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has written for FanSided, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, and Newsweek. Sullivan earned an Associate degree from Franklin Pierce University and a Bachelor’s degree from Lynn University, where he studied Communications and Media Studies with a focus on Sports Journalism. More about Cole Sullivan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty PHOENIX, ARIZONA – JUNE 30: Manager Tony Vitello #23 of the San Francisco Giants watches from the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-430378","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\/430378","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=430378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 IF\/OF Eddys Leonard designated for assignment.
\u2022 C Andrew Knizner (#19) signed to a Major League contract.
\u2022 C Zach Morgan optioned to\u2026<\/p>\n