{"id":901,"date":"2026-05-31T17:14:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:14:26","slug":"flailing-sf-giants-call-up-hot-hitting-jonah-cox-from-double-a-dfa-embattled-reliever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Flailing SF Giants call up hot-hitting Jonah Cox from Double-A, DFA embattled reliever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Giants, searching for any kind of spark while residing a half-game from the NL cellar, are asking one of their top Double-A hitters to skip an entire level of the minor leagues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=899\">Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk stuns 4-time champion Iga Swiatek at French Open<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>San Francisco (22-36) promoted outfielder Jonah Cox from Richmond to the major leagues before its game at the Rockies on Sunday morning, having already sent Will Brennan back down to Sacramento after the team\u2019s 8-3 loss in Colorado on Friday, the team\u2019s fifth loss in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cox, 24, was originally drafted by the A\u2019s in the sixth round of the 2023 draft after a stellar career at Oral Roberts, and was traded for Ross Stripling in 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though not invited to this season\u2019s spring training, Cox has made himself a viable major league option through 40 games in Richmond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He is batting an even .400 with a .453 on base percentage, having also drawn 16 walks and stolen 27 bags in 44 games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=897\">Santa Clara County libraries roll out summer reading program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>That level of production was enough to convince the Giants brass to give him the call up to the majors, though manager Tony Vitello did not put him in the starting lineup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Giants also called up reliever Tristan Beck from Sacramento. Beck has made just two appearances this season for San Francisco this season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The team subsequently designated lefthander Ryan Borucki for assignment. The 32-year-old relief pitcher has a 4.94 ERA in 23.2 innings pitched.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=895\">East Bay industrial buildings land buyers amid murky real estate sector<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonah Cox is hitting .400 for Richmond, will now see if he can keep it up at the highest level<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flailing SF Giants call up hot-hitting Jonah Cox from Double-A, DFA embattled reliever - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=901\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flailing SF Giants call up hot-hitting Jonah Cox from Double-A, DFA embattled reliever - 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