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Ricciardi enters his fifth season with the Giants as Senior Advisor to the President of Baseball Operations. Prior to his current role, Ricciardi spent eight seasons as a Special Assistant to then General Manager Sandy Alderson in the New York Mets front office after being appointed to the position on November 2, 2010. From November 14, 2001 through the end of the 2009 season, Ricciardi served as the fourth General Manager in Toronto Blue Jays history.
The Concord, CA native began his career for the Giants as a baseball operations intern in 1994. He was hired full-time as Administrative Assistant, Baseball Operations in 1996. Shelley was later promoted to Director, Baseball Operations in 2006, Senior Director, Baseball Operations/Pro Scouting in 2009 and Vice President, Pro Scouting and Player Evaluation in 2013.
Yeshayah Goldfarb enters his 23rd season with the Giants. During his tenure he has become an integral part of a baseball operations team and decision making process that has led to seven playoff seasons, four World Series appearances, and three World Series
Goldfarb graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, San Diego. A former pitcher and team captain, he played four seasons with the Tritons and was elected most inspirational Player by his teammates and also presented with the John Roth Memorial Award (Charlie Hustle) by the coaching staff in 2000.
The Berkeley, CA native began his career with the Giants as a scouting intern and video assistant in 2001 and was hired full time after the season as Assistant, Baseball Operations. Entering the 2016 season Goldfarb was promoted from Senior Director, Minor League Operations and Quantitative Analysis to Vice President of Baseball Operations and has now slid over to the new position of Vice President of Baseball Resources and Development. Goldfarb and his wife, Miranda, have a daughter, Eliana, and a son, Ezra, and reside in Oakland, CA.
Joe Salermo enters his 27th season in professional baseball and his 15th full season with the San Francisco Giants, currently serving as the Senior Director of International Scouting, a position he was promoted to in 2022. In his role he oversees the scouting and acquisition of International amateur players as well as Cuban amateur and professional players, while also providing coverage with Asian professional baseball leagues and International professional winter leagues.
Alou became the first Dominican-born manager in Major League history when he assumed control of the Montreal Expos on May 22, 1992. Prior to the 2015 season, Alou was elected into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, acknowledging his work with the Expos.
Ron Wotus will begin his 36th year within the Giants organization and his second as Special Assistant to Baseball Operations. In his new role, Wotus serves as a mentor to the coaching staff and players at both the major and minor league levels and provides on field instruction. He attends Giants Spring Training Camp in Scottsdale, AZ and visits the minor league affiliates each year.
Karen Sweeney enters her 35th season in the organization. Sweeney started her baseball career with the Giants in 1989 as Assistant to the Scouting Director. In 1993 she started her role as Executive Assistant to the General Manager. In her role as Executive Assistant, Baseball Operations and Administration, Sweeney coordinates many aspects in the day-to-day operations of scouting, player development and front office Major and Minor League baseball operations. She is a native Californian and resides in San Francisco, CA.
Felix Peguero begins his 17th season with the Giants organization. Felix is responsible for the operations in the Dominican Republic, and is also in charge of coordinating the scouting efforts within the country. Peguero also serves as a Cross Checker in Latin America, providing coverage in Venezuela, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, Curacao, Colombia, and throughout Latin America. In addition to his Giants duties, Peguero also currently the General Manager/Director of Baseball Operations for the Estrellas Orientales. He originally joined the Giants organization in 2006 as a player coach and then was elevated to an area scout in 2007. He and his wife, Fabiola, reside in Santo Domingo, DR with their sons, Felix Jose (six) and Luis Felipe (four).
Caleb Whang enters in his eighth season in the Giants front office, and his 36th season as a Giants fan. He is responsible for leading technology initiatives for the Baseball Operations data and application platforms. He was born and raised in San Francisco and currently resides in Southern California with his wife Susan, and their two children, CJ and Olive.
Ed Lucas enters first season as Assistant Director, Player Development for the Giants. He spent the last two years as the Hitting Coordinator for the Giants. Prior to joining San Francisco, Lucas spent the 2020 season with the Milwaukee Brewers as their Hitting Coordinator. In 2019, he was the Player Information Assistant for the Philadelphia Phillies. Lucas spent two season with the Miami Marlins as their Major League Administrative Coach and Replay Coordinator from 2017-2018. Originally an eighth-round pick by the Kansas City Royals in 2004, he enjoyed a 13-year playing career for seven different organizations. Lucas made his big-league debut in May 2013 for the Marlins and appeared in 163 games over two seasons. He played six different positions, including first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field and right field. While with Miami he was teammates with current Giant Anthony DeSclafani. He hit his first career home run off Barry Zito at Oracle Park on June 22, 2013. Lucas attended Dartmouth College from 2001-2004 and was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2004. He currently resides in Jupiter, Florida with his wife Holly and sons Rhodes, Brooks, and Des.
Laura Nez enters her eighth season with the Giants and is responsible for the academic progress, acculturation and life skills program for all Latin American minor league players in the Dominican Republic and affiliates in the United States. She is a graduate of Universidad Accion Pro-Educacion y Cultura in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where she is originally from. She currently resides in Tempe, AZ.
Gabriel Alvarez enters his 17th season with the Giants. He oversees the day-to-day minor league operations, working closely with all departments within Player Development and with an emphasis on international players. Alvarez is a graduate from the University of Southern California. Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Alvarez grew up in Anaheim Hills, CA, and now resides in Scottsdale, AZ.
Francis Mieses is entering his eighth season with the Giants. Mieses is responsible for managing the short and long term maintenance of the facilities, including baseball fields, dormitories, and office spaces. Mieses received a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in Santo Domingo, and currently resides in Santo Domingo with his
wife, Maria.
Jake Koch Ohye embarks on his fourth season with the Giants and his second as the Coordinator of Minor League Operations. In 2019, he worked in the Dominican Republic with the Tampa Bay Rays organization working with their International Operations department. From 2016-2018, Koch was a Minor League Video/Advance Scouting Intern with the Cleveland Indians organization and in 2015 he worked as a Minor League Video Intern with the Houston Astros organization. Koch graduated from Xavier University (OH) with a Major in Sports Management & Minor in Business and attended Irvington High School in Fremont, CA. He currently resides in Mesa, AZ with his wife Erica.
Nick Horning is beginning his second season with the Giants, his seventh in the industry. He manages all video and technology processes within Player Development from the DR to AAA. Horning graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Sport Management where he began his baseball career as a student manager for the Texas Longhorns baseball program. Originally from Fond du Lac, WI, he currently lives in Scottsdale, AZ.
Eleanor Martin enters her fourth season with the Giants, second season in current role. She provides support across day-to-day Baseball Operations, with a focus on Amateur Scouting and Baseball Administration. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors in Finance and Risk Management, where she earned Academic All Big-10 honors in rowing. Martin is originally from Evanston, IL and currently resides in San Francisco.
Brian Huey enters his sixth season with the Giants where he works on statistical inference to support Baseball Operations. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from University of California, Berkeley. Originally from Pacifica, CA, he currently resides in Oakland, CA with his partner Sarah.
Simon Ricci enters his third full season with the Giants, serving as a Baseball Operations Senior Analyst, where he focuses on player development and player evaluation with the R&D department. Before joining the Giants, he interned with the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs while earning a BS in physics at the California Institute of Technology. In addition to baseball, Ricci also loves running and won the 2022 San Francisco Marathon. A native Chicagoan, he lives in San Francisco.
Mark Ferraro enters his third season with the Giants as a Baseball Operations Analyst, supporting the Player Development staff with research and analysis. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree at Cornell University, a PhD at The University of Texas at Austin, and most recently was a postdoctoral fellow at Sandia National Laboratories. Ferraro is originally from New Jersey and spent the last five years in Albuquerque, NM with his fiance, Suzy.
Jimmy Kerr is entering his second season with the Giants as a Baseball Operations Analyst, supporting the Major League staff and working primarily as a hitting analyst. He attended the University of Michigan where he played baseball and got his degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering. Kerr was drafted in 2019 by the Detroit Tigers and made it to High-A in 2021 before retiring to join the Giants staff.
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