{"id":451045,"date":"2026-09-02T12:42:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451045\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:42:41","slug":"san-francisco-giants-quietly-sign-24-year-old-catcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451045\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Giants Quietly Sign 24-Year-Old Catcher"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – MAY 20: Manager Tony Vitello #23 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from the bench against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the third inning at Chase Field on May 20, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. Diamondbacks won 6-3. (Photo by Norm Hall\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

On Monday, the San Francisco Giants<\/a> beat the Atlanta Braves<\/a> by a score of 7-3 at Truist Park in Georgia.<\/p>\n

They will now open up a series with the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> at PNC Park on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: The Giants lost 13-12.<\/p>\n

Giants Sign 24-Year-Old Catcher<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyPresident of Baseball Operations Buster Posey<\/a> of the San Francisco Giants looks on before the game against the New York Yankees<\/a> on Opening Day at Oracle Park on March 25, 2026 in San Francisco, California.\n<\/p>\n

Also on Monday, news came out that the Giants<\/a> had signed Charlie Muniz.<\/p>\n

Billings Mustangs wrote (on August 31):<\/a> \u201cCharlie Muniz is moving up!\ud83e\udd20 The San Francisco Giants<\/a> have officially purchased the contract for the Mustangs catcher who broke the Billings single season home run record in 2026 with 27 Homers! Thank you, and good luck Charlie!\u201d<\/p>\n

Charlie Muniz is moving up!\ud83e\udd20<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Giants have officially purchased the contract for the Mustangs catcher who broke the Billings single season home run record in 2026 with 27 Homers!<\/p>\n

Thank you, and good luck Charlie! <\/p>\n

Muniz will turn 25 next month.<\/p>\n

@SFGiants_Daily_ added:<\/a> \u201cThe Giants have purchased the contract of 24 year old catcher Charlie Muniz from the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League and will be assigning him to High-A Eugene. In 2026 with the Mustangs he hit .361 with 27 homers and 106 RBI\u2019s in 85 games. \ud83d\udc40\u201d<\/p>\n

The Giants have purchased the contract of 24 year old catcher Charlie Muniz from the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League and will be assigning him to High-A Eugene.<\/p>\n

In 2026 with the Mustangs he hit .361 with 27 homers and 106 RBI\u2019s in 85 games. \ud83d\udc40 <\/p>\n

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

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyDylan Smith #66 of the San Francisco Giants reacts with Andrew Knizner<\/a> #19 following the 7-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on August 31, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.\n<\/p>\n

The Giants<\/a> came into the season with one of the most high-profile rosters in all of baseball.<\/p>\n

That said, they have had a very tough 2026 season.<\/p>\n

Right now, the Giants<\/a> are the fourth-place team in the National League West with a 57-81 record in 138 games.<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyOsleivis Basabe #39 of the San Francisco Giants fail to bring in the ball as Austin Riley<\/a> #27 of the Atlanta Braves slides into third during the fifth inning at Truist Park on August 31, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia.\n<\/p>\n

Following three games with the Pirates, the Giants will remain on the road to visit Juan Soto<\/a> and the New York Mets<\/a> on Friday night at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

Looking At The Pirates Right Now<\/p>\n

\n\"\"<\/a>GettyRonny Simon #63 of the Pittsburgh Pirates is greeted by manager Don Kelly<\/a> #12 after coming around to score in the fourth inning during the game against the Boston Red Sox<\/a> at PNC Park on August 14, 2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\n<\/p>\n

The Pirates are currently the fourth-place team in the National League Central with a 67-71 record in 138 games.<\/p>\n

Following their series with the Giants, the Pirates will remain at home to host Mike Trout<\/a> and the Los Angeles Angels<\/a> on Friday.<\/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 PHOENIX, ARIZONA – MAY 20: Manager Tony Vitello #23 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-451045","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\/451045","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=451045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}