Giants Designate Eric Haase for Assignment After Susac Returns From Injured List

The San Francisco Giants announced a roster move on Friday night, designating catcher Eric Haase for assignment as the corresponding transaction to the team’s decision to reinstate Daniel Susac from the 10-day injured list. The move reduces the Giants’ 40-man roster count from 39 to 38, a practical but important detail given how quickly the catcher position can become the focal point of midseason roster management.

In MLB, reinstating a player from the injured list typically forces a corresponding opening on the active roster, and that opening has to be balanced against the club’s overall 40-man situation. With Susac back in the mix, the Giants needed to clear space, and Haase became the club’s designated player to be removed from the roster in order to complete that reinstatement workflow.

Haase joins the list of players who are designated for assignment, a status that gives the team additional flexibility. During the DFA period, a player can be traded, claimed off waivers, or outrighted to the minors if he clears waivers, depending on service time and the details of the player’s contract and waiver eligibility. The Giants’ announcement did not include further outcomes, only that Haase has been designated as the corresponding move.

For the Giants, the catcher rotation has been the kind of ongoing late-summer roster equation that can swing daily. Catchers must cover not only game calling and defensive responsibilities, but also the routine of pitching matchups and travel. The timing of Susac’s return and the subsequent need to adjust the 40-man list highlights how the organization continues to manage workload and availability at the most critical defensive position behind the plate.

Susac’s reinstatement itself is the roster-driving event in this case. Being restored from the 10-day injured list means he is again eligible to return to major-league play, and that eligibility tends to narrow the list of players who can remain on the active roster or the 40-man count. With Susac reinstated, the Giants have now shifted Haase into the DFA pipeline, where the next step could reshape the depth chart either immediately through a claim or later through an assignment outcome if he clears waivers.

What to watch next is whether the Giants keep Haase in their organization, move him to another team via trade, or see him claimed by a contender or a club seeking catcher depth. If the team prefers to maintain a multi-catcher look, the follow-up move after the designation will be closely tied to the club’s remaining roster availability and the likelihood of additional IL moves as July winds down and August approaches.