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Mets' Donovan Walton: Notches minor-league deal with Mets
Donovan Walton signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets on Friday that includes an invitation to spring training.Walton spent the 2024 season with the Giants organization, going 3-for-22 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored over nine games with San Francisco. He spent the majority of the year with Triple-A Sacramento, batting .303 with seven homers, 51 RBI, 53 runs scored and four stolen bases over 99 contests. The 30-year-old will look to impress with the Mets this spring in order to potentially secure a spot on the 40-man roster for the 2024 campaign.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Outrighted to Sacramento
Donovan Walton cleared waivers Friday and was sent outright to Triple-A Sacramento, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.Walton appeared in nine games for the San Francisco Giants in 2024, during which he went 3-for-22 with a home run and two RBI. Most of his time was spent in Sacramento, however, where he slashed .305/.377/.438 with 51 RBI across 387 plate appearances. The 30-year-old infielder appears likely to remain in the minors to start the 2025 campaign and continue serving as organizational depth.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Sitting again Tuesday
Donovan Walton isn't in the San Francisco Giants' lineup for Tuesday's game against Arizona, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.Walton will sit down for the fourth time in San Francisco's last five games after a stretch of starting four straight contests at second base. The Giants have relied on a committee of infielders to cover the keystone recently, and Tuesday's start will be given to Brett Wisely.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Sitting out Monday
Donovan Walton is not in the lineup for Monday's contest versus the Diamondbacks.After being given four straight starts at second base, Walton has now started just one of the last four contests at the position. The San Francisco Giants have started four different players at the keystone over that time, with Casey Schmitt getting the call for Monday's series opener.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Hitting bench Sunday
Donovan Walton is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.Walton had started in five of the San Francisco Giants' previous six games, but he'll give way to Brett Wisely at the keystone Sunday. Since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Sept. 13, Walton has gone 2-for-20 with two walks against seven strikeouts.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Picks up fourth straight start
Donovan Walton will start at second base and bat ninth in Thursday's game against the Orioles, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.Walton will pick up his fourth consecutive start at the keystone, including his third in a row against a right-handed starting pitcher. Since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday, Walton has gone 2-for-13 with a home run and two walks, but that modest level of production looks like it'll be enough for him to be the favored option at second base over Brett Wisely, who is batting .123 since the beginning of August.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Pops homer in loss
Donovan Walton went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 4-3 extra-inning loss to the Padres.Walton's sixth-inning homer was his first hit in three games the major-league level this year. He's received an opportunity to play in the middle infield while Tyler Fitzgerald (back) has been sidelined. The 30-year-old Walton slashed an impressive .303/.377/.438 with seven home runs, 51 RBI, 53 runs scored and four stolen bases over 99 games as Triple-A Sacramento prior to his call-up.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Receives call-up
The San Francisco Giants selected Donovan Walton's contract from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday.Walton has spent the entire season in Sacramento, slashing .303/.377/.438 with seven home runs and 51 RBI across 387 plate appearances. He will start at second base and bat ninth in Friday's game against the Padres, per Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune, marking Walton's first major-league action since 2022. Outfielder Luis Matos was optioned to Sacramento in a corresponding move.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Re-signs with Giants
Donovan Walton signed a minor-league contract with the San Francisco Giants on Dec. 23.After electing free agency earlier in the offseason, Walton will return to the Giants' farm system and settle in as organizational infield depth. Walton played in nearly every level of the minor leagues last season, slashing .278/.374/.409 across 307 combined plate appearances.
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Giants' Donovan Walton: Settles at Double-A
Donovan Walton (shoulder) was reinstated from Triple-A Sacramento's 7-day injured list Friday and assigned to Double-A Richmond. He's gone 2-for-9 with two strikeouts in his first two games with Richmond.Walton saw the majority of his playing time at the Triple-A level and in the majors in 2022, but he'll play on an everyday basis in Richmond for now after he missed the first two-plus months of the season while recovering from shoulder surgery. He was cleared to begin an extended rehab assignment June 9 and joined Richmond following the All-Star break after he played 22 games between the rookie-level Arizona Complex League and High-A Eugene.