According to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, the New York Yankees have acquired catcher Chris Stewart from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for George Kontos.
Stewart hit .204/.283/.309 with 3 HR’s in 162 AB’s with the Giants in 2011.
Kontos pitched six innings for the Yankees in 2011. He went 0-0 with a 3.00 ERA, 1.5 HR/9, 4.5 [...]
04/04/12
Texas Rangers’ backup catcher Yorvit Torrealba is drawing attention from his former employer, the San Francisco Giants, Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports reports.
The Giants lost last year’s Rookie of the Year, Buster Posey, and have been using a platoon of Eli Whiteside and Chris Stewart, but both have performed poorly as of late. However, [...]
06/26/11
The San Francisco Giants have added Brandon Crawford and Chris Stewart to the team’s 40-man roster and in doing so they designated Ryan Rohlinger and Henry Sosa for assignment, according to team’s official Twitter page.
In a parallel move, the Giants placed Buster Posey on the disabled list with a fracture to the bone in his [...]
05/26/11
According to the North County Times’ Dan Hayes, the San Diego Padres have claimed infielder Jarrett Hoffpauir off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays. To make space on the roster for Hoffpauir, San Diego designated Chris Stewart for assignment.
The 27-year-old Hoffpauir hit .206/.250/.235 in 13 games for the Blue Jays this year.
10/06/10
MLB.com’s Corey Brock tweets that the San Diego padres have designated right-handed pitcher Cesar Carrillo for assignment. The move was made to accommodate left-handed pitcher Cory Luebke and catcher Chris Stewart.
Carrillo, 26, pitched three games in the Major Leagues (all in 2009). He was 1-2 in 3 starts with a 13.06 ERA. The right-hander was [...]
09/01/10
According to Chris Jenkins of The San Diego Union-Tribune, the San Diego Padres have designed outfielder Chad Huffman for assignment. uffman was DFA’d in order to add veteran Matt Stairs to the 40-man roster.
In an unexpected move, the team re-called left-handed pitcher Cesar Ramos. Ramos had a 3.07 ERA with 10 strikeouts in 14 2/3 [...]
04/04/10