Conner Menez

Conner Scott Menez (born May 29, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at The Master's University. He was drafted by the Giants in the 14th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

Conner Menez
San Francisco Giants – No. 51
Pitcher
Born: (1995-05-29) May 29, 1995
Hollister, California
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
July 21, 2019, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average4.13
Strikeouts30
Teams

Amateur career

Menez attended San Benito High School in Hollister, California. He then played college baseball at The Master's University from 2014 to 2016, where he had a 20–5 record and a 2.26 career ERA, the lowest in school history.[1][2]

Professional career

He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 14th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.[3] He signed for a $75,000 signing bonus.[4]

Menez spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Giants, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and San Jose Giants, pitching to a combined 4–1 record and 4.22 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched between the three teams. He pitched in 2017 with San Jose, going 7–7 with a 4.41 ERA in 23 games (22 starts), and in 2018 with San Jose, the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Sacramento River Cats,[5] compiling a combined 9–10 record with a 4.46 ERA in 28 total starts with 171 strikeouts in 135.1 innings (averaging 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings).

He started 2019 with Richmond and was promoted to Sacramento during the season.[6][7] Between the two teams, in 2019 he was 6–4 with a 3.79 ERA in 23 games (22 starts) in which he pitched 121 innings and struck out 154 batters (averaging 11.5 strikeouts per nine innings).[8]

On July 21, 2019, the Giants selected Menez's contract and promoted him to the major leagues.[9] In his major league debut that day, he pitched five innings while allowing 2 runs and recording six strikeouts.[10] In 2019 for the Giants he was 0–1 with a 5.29 ERA in eight games (three starts) covering 17 innings in which he struck out 22 batters.[8]

Personal life

Menez' grandfather is Bill Plummer, a former major league catcher, coach and manager.[11]

References
  1. https://sanbenito.com/2016/06/15/baseball-for-conner-menez-reality-is-better-than-a-dream/
  3. "Drafted by favorite team, pitcher Conner Menez getting first Double-A experience with Flying Squirrels | Sports". richmond.com. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  4. "Conner Menez". The Baseball Cube. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  5. "A Cal League education has Giants prospect Conner Menez on the big league path – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  6. "Left-hander Conner Menez on path to one day pitch for hometown San Francisco Giants | Flying Squirrels". Milb.com. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  7. Pavlovic, Alex (2019-06-07). "Giants lefty Conner Menez looks like next young pitcher to get a shot | NBCS Bay Area". Nbcsports.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  8. "Conner Menez Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  9. Henry Schulman (July 20, 2019). "NorCal strong — Giants to promote lefty Conner Menez, infielder Zach Green from Triple-A". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  10. Ali Thanawalla (July 21, 2019). "Conner Menez, Zach Green reflect on making MLB debuts with Giants". NBC Sports Bay Area. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
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