Conner Menez


Conner Scott Menez is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Giants in the 14th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He made his MLB debut in 2019.

Amateur career

Menez attended San Benito High School in Hollister, California. He then played college baseball at The Master's University from 2014 to 2016, where he had a 20-5 record and a 2.26 career ERA, the lowest in school history.

Professional career

He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 14th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for a $75,000 signing bonus.
Menez spent his first professional season with the Arizona League Giants, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and San Jose Giants, pitching to a combined 4-1 record and 4.22 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched between the three teams. He pitched in 2017 with San Jose, going 7-7 with a 4.41 ERA in 23 games, and in 2018 with San Jose, the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Sacramento River Cats, compiling a combined 9-10 record with a 4.46 ERA in 28 total starts with 171 strikeouts in 135.1 innings.
He started 2019 with Richmond and was promoted to Sacramento during the season. Between the two teams, in 2019 he was 6-4 with a 3.79 ERA in 23 games in which he pitched 121 innings and struck out 154 batters.
On July 21, 2019, the Giants selected Menez's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. In his major league debut that day, he pitched five innings while allowing 2 runs and recording six strikeouts. In 2019 for the Giants he was 0-1 with a 5.29 ERA in eight games covering 17 innings in which he struck out 22 batters.

Personal life

Menez' grandfather is Bill Plummer, a former major league catcher and the roving catcher instructor for the Arizona Diamondbacks.