Harrison Bader, Giants Reportedly Agree to Contract in MLB Free Agency, Updated Roster

The San Francisco Giants reportedly upgraded their outfield depth with a new addition on Monday.

According to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, the Giants reached an agreement with outfielder Harrison Bader on a two-year contract, pending a physical.

Bader's deal is worth $20.5 million, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Incentives can take it to $21 million.

Following the signing of Bader, San Francisco's updated offensive lineup now looks like this:

• C: Patrick Bailey
• 1B: Rafael Devers
• 2B: Casey Schmitt
• 3B: Matt Chapman
• SS: Willy Adames, Christian Koss
• LF: Heliot Ramos, Jerar Encarnacion
• CF: Jung Hoo Lee, Harrison Bader, Grant McCray
• RF: Drew Gilbert
• DH: Bryce Eldridge

Bader started the 2025 season with the Minnesota Twins and hit .258 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI in 96 games before being sent to the Philadelphia Phillies ahead of the trade deadline. In 50 games for the Phillies, he hit .305 with five homers and 16 RBI. Philadelphia won the NL East title after finishing with a 96-66 record but lost in the NLDS to the eventual back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in four games.

The Giants will be Bader's seventh team in his 10-year career. He started with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017 before being traded to the New York Yankees in 2022. The Cincinnati Reds claimed him off waivers midway through the 2023 campaign, and he spent the 2024 season with the New York Mets.

Bader is joining a Giants team that went 81-81 in 2025 and finished third in the NL West, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year. The team fired manager Bob Melvin at the end of the year and replaced him with former Tennessee coach Tony Vitello, making him the first college head coach ever to be hired as a major-league manager.

Bader's presence will give San Francisco a solid platoon at center field along with Jung Hoo Lee, who played 150 games in 2025 and hit .266 with eight home runs and 55 RBI. The 31-year-old will be one of the team's veteran leaders as the Giants try to end their playoff drought in 2026.