Catcher cleared waivers and was a signed outright to Triple-A Sacramento, according to a report from . Huff had previously been designated for a signment by the club . Huff, 27, was a seventh-round pick by the Rangers back in 2016 who was a consensus top-100 prospect in baseball back in 2020 and 2021. He made his big league debut during the shortened 2020 season and looked utterly sensational in a ten-game sample, slashing .355/.394/.742 in his brief call-up to the majors that year. That strong start to Huffs career combined with his prospect status to create huge expectations, but he was sidelined by injury for much of the 2021 season and posted pedestrian numbers at Double-A when he was healthy enough to play. He turned things around after arriving at Triple-A, Rico Carty Jersey however, and his .260/.336/.533 slash line at the level in 2022 was enough to earn him another shot in the majors. The backstop was generally a solid but unspectacular hitter in the majors during both the 2022 and 23 campaigns. He got into 65 games in total for the club those years, and acro s his 177 plate appearances he hit .244/.299/.409 with a 98 wRC+. Thats just 2% below league average, and slightly better than the average catcher slash line. Even so, Huff was never a particularly robust defender behind the plate, so as a bat-first catcher who was only league average he quickly fell behind other options on the Rangers depth chart like . Even so, he continued to rake at Triple-A and showed enough offensive talent that the club continued to hold out hope for an eventual breakout. Things took a turn for the worse in 2024, as Huff barely found use in the majors (appearing in just three games with four total plate appearances) and stopped hitting even at the Triple-A level. After years of raking for the organizations Round Rock affiliate, Huff slashed just .246/.310/.416 in 111 games at Triple-A last year. Thats not a terrible slash line in a vacuum, but when one factors in both Huffs status as a then-26-year-old at Triple-A and the inflated offensive environment of the Pacific Coast League, its easy to see that an 82 wRC+ at Triple-A wouldnt cut it. With Huff out of options entering 2025, the Rangers gave up on their longtime prospect and designated him for a signment. That led him to join the Giants, for whom he entered the season as the backup to defensive stalwart . Ultimately, Huff appeared in 20 games with San Francisco but hit just .208/.259/.340 with a wRC+ of 68 in 58 plate appearances. While hes always been prone to swing and mi s, Huffs 43.1% strikeout rate in a Giants uniform was downright alarming. Given that lackluster performance, its hardly a shock that the Giants decided to go in another direction for their backup to Bailey. With that being said, the club clearly still valued Huff as a potential depth option behind the plate. Hell return to Triple-A for the time being as a non-roster depth piece for the Giants, and if he goes through the end of the season without being added back to the 40-man roster hell be able to elect minor league free agency and hit the open market for the first time in his career. Alaska Abney Jersey