Oh my! That might have been the wildest trade deadline I can remember. No real blockbusters but so many moves! The Giants did not sell off their pending free agents and made just one small purchase, a LHP depth piece, which is just so FZ! ....and here I had my heart set on Dylan Bundy!
Anthony Banda is a LHP who the advanced stats have always liked. He's never had much success at the MLB level but at times his advanced stats such as FIP and Siera suggest he has been the victim of SSS luck.
Looking at his stuff on Fangraphs, he seems to be basically a two-pitch guy with a FB that averages about 92 MPH and a changeup which he throws about 50% of the time. We'll see if the Giants coaching staff has a tweak or two up their sleeve.
It didn't surprise me that the Giants made only 1 minor trade. They shouldn't be trading prospects to fill holes. They didn't have much to sell to top teams either They had a ton of bullpen arms in 2019 they could sell. If what beat-writers say is true that Zaidi was brought in to rebuild the team, he deserves credit for the Giants Fielding a competitive team good enough to compete for a wild card spot this year.
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