https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/09/recently-released-sf-giants-minor-leaguer-comes-out-as-gay-on-instagram/ > Minor league pitcher Solomon Bates came out Tuesday as gay in an Instagram post shortly after being released by the Giants. > The former eighth-round pick out of USC who most recently was at Double-A Richmond said in his post that he was “still in shock” about being released from the organization, but that he wouldn’t let it keep him from pressing on toward his MLB dream.