Giants Call Up Jonah Cox From Double-A Richmond
The Giants called up jonah cox from Double-A Richmond and designated Ryan Borucki for assignment, putting a 24-year-old hitter with a.400 average on the major league roster. Cox arrives after forcing the issue with production in every part of his line, while Borucki’s exit opens the spot that makes the move possible.
Cox’s Richmond surge
Cox reached San Francisco after hitting.400/.453/.644 for Richmond this season, with 11 doubles, 5 triples and 6 home runs. He also posted a 2:1 strikeouts-to-walk ratio, 31:16, while hitting safely in 40 of 43 games and finishing 16 of those with multi-hit nights.
The speed stood out as much as the bat. Cox stole 27 bases in 43 games this year, and he had 58 steals in 126 games a year ago, giving the Giants another player who can alter innings once he reaches base.
Ryan Borucki opens a roster spot
To make room, the Giants designated Ryan Borucki for assignment. That is the roster move that turns Cox’s production into a promotion rather than another week in Triple-A or Double-A.
What makes the call sharper is how quickly Cox flipped the numbers. Last season at Eugene, he hit.257/.333/.398 in 597 plate appearances, and a year ago he logged a.731 OPS, a 103 wRC+, a 22.4% strikeout rate and a 12.0% swinging strike rate in High-A. This year those marks jumped to a 1.130 OPS, a 196 wRC+, a 16.9% strikeout rate and a 10.3% swinging strike rate.
Giants and the stolen-base gap
The promotion also lands in a lineup context that helps explain why Cox matters now: the Giants had only 14 stolen bases on the season. A player who was described as quite fast and a proficient base stealer gives the roster a skill set it was missing.
He was not included in the McCovey Chronicles community prospect rankings before the season, and the rapid rise since then has pushed him into the majors anyway. Cox’s next task is simple enough to state and hard enough to do: carry the same contact and speed that forced this move into game action for San Francisco.
