MLB Hot Stove: San Francisco Giants Release Tommy La Stella
The San Francisco Giants have placed infielder Tommy La Stella on release waivers, the team announced Wednesday.
La Stella was designated for assignment last month. He will become a free agent once he clears waivers. He will be owed $11.5 million from the Giants in the final year of his contract in 2023, unless another club picks him up off of waivers.
La Stella signed a three-year, $18.75 million contract with the Giants after the 2020 Major League Baseball season. La Stella, 33, slashed .245/.297/.677 in his two seasons with the Giants.
La Stella played the first seven seasons of his career with the Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics, before signing with the Giants. The next club he joins will be the sixth different club he'll play for in his nine-year MLB career.
La Stella won a World Series as a member of the Cubs in 2016. In 2019, as a member of the Angels, he was named an All-Star for the first time in his career. That same season, he slashed .295/.346/.832.
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