Giants give Piscotty spring training spot
It has been one modus operandi of Farhan Zaidi's to stock the San Francisco Giants' roster with players who grew up in the baseball-rich Bay Area, and Monday they reportedly agreed to bring one more into big league camp this spring.
The latest local is outfielder Stephen Piscotty, who signed a minorleague deal with an invitation to MLB spring training, according to FanSided insider Robert Murray. The club has not yet announced the move, or its full list of non-roster invitees.
If Piscotty makes the roster, he would reportedly earn slightly more than the major-league minimum — a salary of $1 million, according to Murray — and likely wouldn't even need to talk to a real estate agent.
Piscotty, 32, played the past five seasons in Oakland, where he was traded from St. Louis after the 2017 season, in part to help him be closer with his mom, who was battling ALS at the time and has since passed away. He was born in Pleasanton and starred at Amador Valley High School and Stanford, before being drafted 36th overall by the Cardinals in 2012.
Piscotty enjoyed the best season of his career in his first year with the A's, batting .267 with a career-high 27 home runs in 2018 . Over the past four seasons, however, he has totaled only 28 home runs with a .229 average.
NBA WARRIORS SAY CURRY SIDELINED WITH LEFT LEG INJURY >>
Golden State All-Star guard Stephen Curry will be sidelined due to injuries to his left leg, the team said Sunday, and the Warriors aren't sure how many weeks he'll miss.
Curry was diagnosed after an MRI with partial tears to his superior tibiofibular ligament and interosseous membrane in his left leg and also has a lower-leg contusion.
Curry left Saturday's game against Dallas with 2:01 left in the third quarter, after his wrapped left leg — which he originally hurt Thursday in a matchup against Denver — appeared to buckle as he played defense.
PURDUE STAYS NO. 1 >> Purdue's unquestioned grip on No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll is gone after a weekend loss. That didn't stop the Boilermakers from remaining at the top.
The Boilermakers earned 38 of 62 first-place votes in the poll to remain at No. 1 for a third straight week and seventh time this season. Purdue was the unanimous choice last week, the first for any team this season, before falling at Indiana over the weekend for only its second loss.
The loss meant Houston collected 22 first-place votes as it rose one spot to No. 2, followed by No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Arizona in each claiming one. Texas jumped five spots to No. 5.
Women's basketball SOUTH CAROLINA STILL TOPS WOMEN'S AP TOP 25 >>
South Carolina remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll.
The Gamecocks (23-0) topped then- No. 5 UConn 81-77 on Sunday to remain unbeaten and stay the unanimous choice. After facing Auburn on Thursday, South Carolina will play No. 3 LSU on Sunday in a matchup of the last two unbeatens in Division I women's college basketball.
Indiana is No. 2 and UConn moved up one spot to fourth after its close loss to the Gamecocks and Iowa was fifth. Stanford fell to sixth after its loss to Washington on Sunday.