José Buttó #70

He and his wife, Emely, have one son. José enjoys spending time with his family away from the ballpark and taking Allan to the zoo in his free time. The couple are expecting a baby boy later this year...Buttó also enjoys playing video games in his spare time...Will play for Venezuela in the 2026 iteration of the World Baseball Classic...Is a soccer fan and is a supporter of PSG (Paris Saint-Germain) and FC Barcelona.

2025

Acquired from the Mets on July 30 as part of the RHP Tyler Rogers trade…SF also acquired RHP Blade Tidwell and OF Drew Gilbert...Made his Giants debut on August 1 vs. the Mets in New York...pitched 21 games for SF, going 2-1 with a 4.50 ERA (10 ER, 20 IP), 17 strikeouts and a 1.45 WHIP...Was 3-2 with a 3.64 ERA (19 ER, 47 IP), 41 strikeouts and a 1.38 WHIP in 34 games with the Mets...His 55 appearances were by far a career-high after being used as a primarily as a starter prior to the 2024 season...Snapped his career-best streak of 37.1 innings without allowing a homer on Sept. 2 in Denver...had last given up a HR on May 12...Did not allow a run in 16 of 21 outings w/SF but did allow eight of 16 inherited runners w/SF to score.

2024

Hurled 36.0 innings in 23 relief outings and allowed eight runs (2.00 ERA), going 6-0 with three saves and 41 strikeouts...Was 1-3 with a 3.08 ERA (13 ER/38.0 IP) in seven starts...Tossed a career-high 11.2 consecutive scoreless innings from May 15-July 22...Had four wins, two saves and two holds in his first 10 relief outings...Only one other pitcher in team history had four or more wins and two or more saves in their first 10 relief outings of the year...Roger McDowell (four wins, two saves) in 1985...Courtesy of Elias...Earned his first Major League save on July 10 vs. Washington with 1.1 scoreless innings...Notched his second save with three innings of work on July 29 vs. Minnesota...Picked up third save on Aug. 31 at Chicago-AL.

2023

Pitched to a 1-3 record with a 3.16 ERA (13 ER/37.0 IP) in seven appearances as a starter, while recording a 7.20 ERA (4 ER/5.0 IP) in two relief appearances...Held all opponents to a .212 average...Had a 3.29 ERA (10 ER/27.1 IP) in his final five starts of the year...Allowed two or fewer runs in four of those starts, three of which were quality starts...In a three-start stretch from Sept. 6-18, pitched to a 2.08 ERA (4ER/17.1 IP) with a 0.98 WHIP and held batters to a .194 (12- 62) average...Made his season debut on April 16 in Oakland, in which he allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks in a 5.0-inning start...Tossed a career-high 6.1 innings on Sept. 6 at Washington, during which he allowed two earned runs on six hits, one walk and six strikeouts...Earned his first career win on Sept. 12 vs. Arizona, during which he fanned a career-high seven batters.

2022

Entered the season ranked as the No. 15 Mets prospect per MLB Pipeline. ..Made his major league debut on Aug.21 at Philadelphia...Allowed seven runs on nine hits (two home runs) and two walks with five strikeouts in 4.0 innings. ..Struck out Bryson Stott in the opening frame of his MLB debut for his first big league strikeout.

2021

Tied for second among all Mets' farmhands with 110 strikeouts across 20 starts between Brooklyn (A+) and Binghamton (AA)...Registered a 9.3 K/9 with the Cyclones before notching a 11.2 K/9 following his midseason promotion to Double-A...Tossed 6.0 scoreless innings with two hits, one walk and eight strikeouts on August 14 vs. Hartford while with the Rumble Ponies, en route to being named Double-A Northeast Pitcher of the Week.

2020

Participated in the Fall Instructional League following the cancellation of the minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019

 Spent the year with Columbia (A)…Ranked third among Mets' full-season minor league hurlers with a 1.17 WHIP...According to Fangraphs, his 3.43 FIP was the fourth-best among all pitchers in the South Atlantic League.

2018

Promoted to full-time starter and made his stateside debut with Kingsport (R), going 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA (seven earned runs/32.2 innings) in six starts...Earned a mid-season promotion to Brooklyn (A).

2017

 Made his professional debut with the DSL Mets (R) posting a 1.44 ERA (eight earned runs/50.0 innings) across 15 appearances, eight starts.