Sam Long #73

Born in Fair Oaks, CA, which is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area in Northern California, about 100 miles from Oracle Park. California governor Gavin Newsom maintains his private residence in Fair Oaks, foregoing living in the Governor’s Mansion...Trained at Optimum Athletics in Sacramento and had one of his posted bullpen videos picked up by @PitchingNinja (run by Rob Friedman) on Twitter. The White Sox saw the video and a few days later he signed there.

2021

Appeared in 12 games (five starts) for SF...went 0-0 with a 6.87 ERA (14er, 18.1ip) in seven relief outings at the Major League level and was 2-1 with a 4.43 ERA as a starter... Made his MLB debut in relief on June 9 at Texas and struck out seven over 4.0 innings...his seven strikeouts as a reliever were the most by a Giant in their MLB debut since John Montefusco had seven in a 9-inning relief stint against the Dodgers on Sept. 3, 1974... Went 1-1 with a 2.34 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 42.1 innings in 16 minor league outings (seven starts) between Low-A San Jose, Double-A Richmond and Triple-A Sacramento... In his first Triple-A start on May 29, Long struck out the first eight batters he faced to start the game and nine of his first 10... Struck out 44 percent (37-of-84) of the hitters he faced in the minors before his first call-up on June 9.

2020

Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.