1:25pm: Porter has chosen to elect free agency, reports MLBTR’s Steve Adams.
11:49am: The Giants announced Friday that catcher Logan Porter cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Triple-A Sacramento. He’d been designated for assignment earlier in the week. San Francisco also recalled righty Carson Seymour from Triple-A and optioned righty Wilkin Ramos in his place.
Porter appeared in one game with the Giants this season and was hitless in his lone trip to the plate. He tallied nine plate appearances across five games with San Francisco last season and also saw a bit of big league action with the 2024 Royals. Porter has played 17 games in the majors and posted a .184/.326/.289 slash in 47 trips to the batter’s box.
Though he hasn’t provided any offense in his tiny major league sample, the 30-year-old Porter has a decent track record in the minors. He’s a .244/.359/.389 hitter in parts of five Triple-A seasons. He doesn’t hit for much power, but Porter has drawn a walk in a hefty 14.4% of the 1237 plate appearances he’s tallied at the top minor league level.
Defensively, Porter is sound. He’s nabbed a respectable 22% of runners who’ve attempted to steal against him in the minors, including an outstanding 33% (17 of 51) dating back to 2025. Baseball Prospectus credits him with plus framing skills but slightly below average blocking ability. It’s a solid defensive skill set all around, and when coupled with his penchant for drawing free passes, Porter’s defensive acumen makes him a fine option to stick around as a third catcher on the depth chart or a big league backup.
Porter has been outrighted in the past, so he has the option to elect free agency now that he’s been outrighted again. He briefly elected free agency last summer after the Giants outrighted him, though he quickly reupped on a new minor league contract.
