The San Francisco Giants are far too many players over the 40-man limit, so Andrew Knizner is one of many who found their name on the chopping block.

As of Friday, Oct. 30, Knizner officially cleared waivers, and the team announced he was sent outright to Triple-A Sacramento.

While he would've still been arbitration-eligible and the team could've brought him back for extremely cheap, the Giants simply don't have enough room on the roster, and Knizner didn't make enough of an impact to warrant keeping him around.

The 31-year-old hit .219 in his 29 games this season. He's had just 150 at-bats in his first two seasons with the Giants, but it's clear that this ship has sailed and Knizner will likely become a free agent sooner rather than later.

After the Knizner news, the San Jose Mercury News' Justice delos Santos posted a graphic of the Giants' 40-man roster, one that currently has 55 players on it.

With the Injured List expiring after the World Series, there's a ton of roster manipulation that needs to be done to make sure everything is squared away before free agency officially begins.

This is the time in the year when mutual and player options are either exercised or turned down, but it's also the same time when teams are doing what the Giants just did to Knizner.

Obviously, the ball is still in his court. He has the option to elect free agency as someone with enough service time. With how things are looking in this scenario, there doesn't seem to be a world where he's just going to sit around and be content with going back to Triple-A.

Knizner made his big-league debut in 2019 and has played on three teams in his eight-year career.

Come the 2027 season, if there even is one, it's expected that Knizner will be suiting up for a new team.

The chances of him becoming a starting catcher with a career .212 batting average are quite slim, though every team in the league needs a suitable backup, and the Virginia native has proven time and time again he's capable of doing the job.

Fresh off a -0.4 WAR season, Knizner doesn't exactly know where free agency will take him, but at this point, virtually anything is better than being on a Giants team that was a few losses shy of 100 this season.