The Giants had some interesting decisions to make at yesterday's arbitration deadline and they decided to let go of starter Tyler Anderson and infielder Daniel Robertson. Catcher Chadwick Tromp and pitchers Rico Garcia and Melvin Adon, who are all pre-arb, were also let go.
The Giants offered contracts to outfielders Austin Slater, Darin Ruf, and Alex Dickerson. Pitchers Wandy Peralta, Jarlin Garcia, and Trevor Gott were also signed.
Arbitration-eligible infielder Donovan Solano and pitcher Reyes Moronta were both tendered contracts but have yet to sign.
I thought they might give Anderson another shot but with Tyler Beede returning from surgery I think they want to keep a spot open for him. I thought they'd hang on to Tromp as well and perhaps he will return on a minor-league deal. Buster Posey is expected to play in 2021 so that changes the backup catcher formula a bit.
The Giants 40-man roster is now at 35 players. Yaz, Dick, Solano, Buster, Belt, Longo, BCraw, Dubon, Bart, Ruf, Flores, Slater, FNG Jason Vosler, Gausman, Cueto, Webb, Suarez, Shaun Anderson, Rogers, Coonrod, Garcia, Moronta, Baragar, Peralta, Selman, Gott, and Beede make up the major-league portion so far (that's 27 players). Pitchers Kervin Castro, Conner Menez, Camilo Duval and Gregory Santos bring the list to 31, and the final four are outfielders Jaylin Davis, Luis Alexander Basabe, Steven Duggar, and Alexander Canario.
The Winter Meetings take place December 6-10. Originally scheduled for Dallas, they will be held remotely.
--M.C.
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Wheeling and dealing and putting the pieces together always an interesting time of year in baseball love it
Something has to keep us interested until baseball actually resumes!!
I kind of liked what I saw in Robertson last year, and I thought the giants might want to keep him. He seems like the kind of player that the new management is supposed to like.
Yeah I feel the same way but I think this FNG Jason Vosler is supposed to take on the role they imagined for Robertson. Vosler does not have ML experience but is a lefty and has shown some pop and has the same positional flexibility (plus he'll cost less!!).
Dick Allen passed away at age 78. He was born in 1942, same year as Bert Campaneris, Jack Hiatt, Hal Lanier, and Jesus Alou who are all still alive. Jimmy Wynn and Jim Fregosi are also 1942 babies but Wynn died earlier this year and Fregosi several years ago.
Allen was a great player who won both a RoY (1964) and an MVP (1972) award. He was part of the infamous Curt Flood trade in 1969 that launched Flood's legal challenge to the reserve clause. Flood died in 1997.
Giants sign RHP Matt Wisler, a 28-year old reliever with 147 G (400+ IP) ML experience. He came in the league as a starter with the Braves in 2015. He had a strong season with the Twins last year in 25 IP.
Chadwick Tromp tweeted that he had a new deal with the Giants. No details yet but I assume it is a minors deal. I'm glad we have him back.
mlb.com says it is a major league deal and that he has been added to the 40 man roster.
I am surprised that it is a major league deal, unless there is some technicality on why that has to be.
I guess that means Tromp is the backup catcher! I suppose that also means Bart will stay in the minors, at least to start the season. Tromp still has all his options left so that gives the club some flexibility.
I suspect they'll add some catching depth before Spring.
Is there a rule that a tendered contract is guaranteed for a full year, but a free agent signing may be cut in Spring Training and his salary pro rated? That is, by non-tendering Tromp and then re-signing him as an FA, did the team allow themselves to cut him more cheaply if they find what they think is a better option as back-up catcher?
I don't know. There must be a financial reason for non-tendering and then re-signing. Perhaps it gives the team more leverage. I understand when there is an arb-clock ticking that there is an incentive to cut a guy and then re-negotiate, but Tromp is a long way from arb-years.
Yes. But bcse a pre-arb has no say in his salary and no freedom to negotiate elsewhere, it might seem fair to guarantee him the salary he has to settle for. A free agent has in principle room to negotiate his salary with anyone he chooses, so the terms of that salary—is it guaranteed? are there incentives or options?—might reasonably be more fluid and maybe riskier for the player, with guarantees only as stipulated in the agreed-upon contract. I’m speculating that the Giants may prefer to have the freedom to cut Tromp and pay him only part of his salary, even though in order to get him to sign on the spot they had to promise him the MLB minimum ($500,000?) if he’s still in the organization after the season starts. But this is a pure guess.
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