Kevin Gausman (R), free agent, 29, 1st round pick (#4) in 2012 by BAL, 7 years ML time (925 IP)
Trevor Gott (R), purchased from WAS, 27, 52-2/3 IP in relief for Giants in 2019 (3.12 FIP)
Jandel Gustave (R), free agent, 27, 24-1/3 IP in relief for Giants in 2019 (143 ERA+)
Dany Jimenez (R), Rule V draft, 26, no ML time but 5 seasons and 200 IP pro experience
Conor Menez (L), Giants 14th-round pick in 2016, 25 in May, 17 IP for Giants in 2019 (22 K)
Reyes Moronta (R), amateur free agent (DR), 27, 132 G in relief over 3 seasons for SF (3.38 FIP)
Trevor Oaks (R), waiver claim, 27 in March, 13-2/3 IP ML service in 2018
Wandy Peralta (L), waiver claim, 28, 157 IP all in relief over 4 ML seasons
Gausman projects to be a starter. His best season (4.1 bWAR) was 2016 for the Orioles. His most recent good stretch was 10 starts for the Braves at the end of 2018 (59-2/3 IP, 143 ERA+, 1.0 WAR). Projection systems like Gausman as a mid-rotation starter. If he can do something close to those numbers (150 IP, 108 ERA+, 2.5 WAR) that would be great.
Gott brought his walks down last season and upped his strikeouts, showing a huge improvement over his career numbers. He could be a valuable reliever. Gustave was originally in the Astros system and has yet to establish himself at the big-league level. Jimenez is a whiff artist, posting 11.7 SO/9 in the minors. Southpaw Menez is also a whiff artist, posting 10.1 SO/9 in the minors and showing a bit of that in the majors last season.
Moronta has established himself as a solid reliever in the bigs. Unfortunately his career has been derailed by injury and he will likely miss most of 2020. Let's hope he gets back to full health and resumes his assault on ML hitters.
Oaks was originally in the Dodgers system and was eventually traded to the Royals. He missed 2019 due to injury and subsequent surgery on his right hip labrum. One thing about guys like this is they are attractive because they are not arbitration-eligible. His earliest free agency date is 2025, so the team has control for the next two seasons--his first arb-year is 2022. I suspect a lot of decisions about who to keep or cut have to do with service time considerations, especially in a rebuilding mode. (Another reason to do away with these vestiges of the reserve clause and give players a true free agency.)
Peralta brings some experience and of course a lefty arm. There are only six of those out of the 23 listed. He's on a 1-year deal for $850K and has two arb-years remaining before free agency in 2023.
One more post (R-W) and we are done!
--M.C.
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