Opening Day of the Hot Stove League was barely starting when the Giants made news by acquiring two players on waiver claims: Reiver Sanmartin LHP and Justin Dean CF. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Giants designated Mason Black RHP for assignment. Let's take a closer look at the newest Giants:
Reiver Sanmartin LHP. DOB: 4/15/1996. 6' 2", 160 lbs. 1 Option.
AAA: 7-2, 3.34, 67.1 IP, 7.35 K/9, 2.41 BB/9, 2.88 GB/FB.
MLB: 0-0, 0.00, 1.2 IP, 2 K, 1 BB, 1.50 GB/FB.
Sanmartin kicked around the Reds organization without a lot of success at the MLB level. The most MLB action he saw was in 2022 when he pitched 57 innings with an ERA of 6.32. At the minor league level his elite groundball rate makes up for his relatively low K rate.
Justin Dean CF. DOB: 12/6/1996. B-R, T-R. 5' 8", 185 lbs. 3 Options.
AAA: .289/.378/.431, 6 HR, 27 SB, 11.2 BB%, 23.6 K%, 347 PA.
MLB: .000/.000/.000, 2 PA's.
If the name sounds familiar, Dean was on the Dodgers postseason roster that just won the World Series. He is a slap and dash guy who is a plus defender in CF. Interesting add to a 40 man roster that is already logjammed with multiple fringy MLB outfielders.
Is "a plus defender in CF" Buster's thoughts on the quality of the "logjam of fringy" OFers?
ReplyDeleteWill it be showtime for J H Lee who was not one of the POBO's guys, nor anyone else's still around? The "Grandson of Wind" showed some improvement off-and-on, will his slumps and tepid fielding relegate him to a costly back-up?
Justin Dean: Take that! Buster's poking a stick in the big bad bear's eye!
ReplyDeleteCould Sanmartin be a groundball inducing LHP out of the bullpen?
ReplyDeleteThe insatiable Blue Bear down south is proclaimed to need an outfielder and some relievers.
ReplyDeleteUnlike budget shopping like most teams do, the Blue Bear picks the juicy-est fruit anywhere on the tree without regard to what it costs to pick it.
While the Giants shop the bargain basement and sign another fringy OFer to compete with a half-dozen other fringy candidates, we know where this is going: Kyle Tucker will be the next ½-billionaire to enjoy So-Cal's sunshine and it wont be Anaheim.
Relievers?
Most Giants seem to want their submariner back but Buster, if he's so inclined, has to hope Big-Bad-Blue doesn't want him, because, if they do, they're probably willing to take both the brothers to get the one they want.
MLBPA doesn't even know there is a concept called salary cap to maintain some semblance of competitiveness, but what about a true team ceiling payroll?
A half billion dollars (including penalties) is not too much when only 3 or 4 teams could consider it.
The only saving grace is winning a few 5 & 7 game series is hard but there is this one team that has been in the playoffs for 13 years in-a-row, finishing 1st in their division every year except 1 when 106 wins wasn't good enough, and it's not that they don't make mistakes ($17,000,000 for Conforto), they can afford mistakes that only a few teams can.