SF Giants avoid arbitration with all five non-tender candidates

Buster Posey made his first big roster decisions since becoming the Giants’ president of baseball operations ahead of Friday’s non-tender deadline, agreeing with OF Mike Yastrzemski and RHP Austin Warren on one-year deals and tendering contracts to RHP Tyler Rogers, RHP Camilo Doval and INF LaMonte Wade Jr.

Yastrzemski will make $9.25 million in 2025, according to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand.

Warren, who achieved Super 2 status, is slated to receive a little more than the league minimum, per source.

LHP Ethan Small and RHP Kai-Wei Teng have been non-tendered, the team also announced.

Tendering contracts to this group does not necessarily mean they will be on next year’s team. The Giants could still trade anyone from that aforementioned group between now and the start of the season, but tendering them contracts at this juncture ensures that they don’t become free agents without receiving anything in return.

Rogers, Wade and Yastrzemski are slated to become free agents after the 2025 season. Doval has two years of arbitration remaining (2026-27), while Warren has three years of arbitration left (2026-28).

Yastrzemski, 34, is coming off another solid overall season. Over 140 games, Yastrzemski had a .231 batting average and .739 OPS with 18 home runs and 57 RBI. On defense, Yastrzemski was worth five defensive runs saved (-2 outs above average) and was a finalist for a Gold Glove Award in right field, but the hardware went to the Brewers’ Sal Frelick. Yastrzemski is slated to be part of an outfield featuring Heliot Ramos and Jung Hoo Lee.

Wade, 30, dealt with a hamstring injury that limited him to 117 games, but the first baseman still had a .260 batting average and .761 OPS with eight homers and 34 RBIs. If Wade had enough plate appearances to qualify, his .380 on-base percentage would’ve been tied with the Padres’ Jurickson Profar for seventh in all of baseball.

Doval, 27, experienced a tumultuous year, one in which he was demoted to Triple-A Sacramento and lost his closer role to Ryan Walker. Over 59 innings, Doval posted career-worsts in ERA (4.88) and FIP (3.71). Doval’s 5.95 walks per nine innings were the most among relievers across baseball. Despite the poor year, the one-time All-Star still possesses the tools to be a productive reliever between his elite velocity (96th percentile in average fastball velocity) and above-average slider.

Rogers, who turns 34 in December, turned in another excellent season, posting a 2.82 ERA over 70 1/3 innings while appearing in a National League-leading 77 games. Since 2021, Rogers is first in innings (301) and second in appearances (293).

Warren, 28, signed with the Giants last February and spent most of last season recovering from Tommy John surgery. The right-hander allowed two earned runs over 10 2/3 innings with San Francisco, totaling seven strikeouts to five walks.