If the Giants opened the baseball season tomorrow their starting pitchers would all be right-handed. Is this a problem? Probably. But there is plenty of time to scrape up some scrappy southpaws before Spring Training, am I right? I am.
The word is that lefty starter Andrew Suarez is signing with a KBO club and that opened up a spot on the 40-man. The Giants promptly filled it with a right-hander, 30-year old Anthony DeSclafani, most recently of the Cincinnati Reds. The accent is on the "De" as in "DEE-scla-faw-nee" and he's been a 2.5+ WAR pitcher in the past. If he joins Shaun Anderson, Logan Webb, Johnny Cueto, and Kevin Gausman in the rotation that's five right-handers. That's a big "if" as Spring Training is a long way away!
The Giants also added righty reliever Matt Wisler, a 28-year old with big strikeout stuff. They also picked up an intriguing Rule V player from the Mets, RHP Dedniel Nunez. His A-ball numbers are 33 K in 22 IP (85 TBF) with only 3 BB.
Pitching, pitching, pitching. The Giants need lots of it, so let's keep the arms a-comin'!
--M.C.
6 comments:
One year, $6M for DeSclafani.
DeSclafani is a gamble. With teams loaded with lefty hitters like the bums, we need some lefty starters. It is imperative.
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Giants picked up another RHP, this time John Brebbia.
He's a reliever coming off TJS and turns 31 in May. He did not pitch in 2020 and was non-tendered. He has 161 G (175 IP) of ML time (St Louis) with an excellent FIP of 3.39 and good K/9 numbers (10+).
Giants obviously need to beef up the 'pen and they got a veteran bullpen arm to add to the mix.
I guess 800,000 is not considered much of a gamble, but I do not see it as a great move picking up injured players who are not even close to being fully recovered. Looks as if the will be on the injury list of the 40 man roster to start the season.
MLB minimum is $570,500 so anything under $1M would be a bargain for an experienced player. He won't be ready for the start of this season but he will be under team control for both 2022 and 2023 so that's part of his appeal.
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