The Giants have acquired infielder/outfielder Breyvic Valera from the Orioles for cash considerations, per announcements from both teams. Valera’s addition puts the Giants’ 40-man roster at 39.
The Orioles designated the 26-year-old Valera for assignment Friday, though his stay in limbo didn’t last long. He’ll now reunite with Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, who was the Dodgers’ general manager when they acquired Valera from the Cardinals last April. The Dodgers then dealt Valera to the Orioles last July in a package for superstar Manny Machado.
The switch-hitting Valera didn’t accrue much playing time with St. Louis, Los Angeles or Baltimore, as he totaled 86 plate appearances and batted .216/.286/.243 with no home runs. But Valera has acquitted himself well at the Triple-A level, where he has slashed .301/.368/.427 with 17 long balls in 1,110 PAs, and has garnered notable minor league playing time at second, short, third and in the outfield. Now Valera – who has a minor league option remaining – could vie for a utility role in San Francisco, which is low on infield/outfield depth in the bigs.
Giants to WS 100% Bc of this
2019 is an odd year
So X, no elaboration on why the cubs won’t get Harper? Told you I’d give you a chance to prove you’re not some troll, I’m losing faith..
He has been donged
The cubs cant afford to sign Harper. They have guys they need to extend or replace the next 3 years and paying Harper 35 mill a season for 10 years really hurts their ability to put together a competitive team considering how much money theyre paying Hayward and Darvish currently.
Extensions coming:
Bryant is up after 2021
Baez is up after 2021.
Hendricks is up after 2020.
Replacements needed-
Quintana is up after 2020
Lester is up after 2021
Hamels is done after 2019
Gonna need to replace guys in the pen too morrow duesing kintzler strop as their contracts end after the season. Thats easily 4 guys they could lose in the pen after just this year.
Given the fact Haywards and dervish contracts run till 2024 cubs need to use what theyd pay Harper elsewhere wisely.
Sooo,what does this thread calling out “X” have to do with the VERY MINOR trade of Breyvic Valero?
Yeah it seems every article has to have some cub fan in the comment section. Hey cub fans your not getting anyone. Your little run is over. You’ve overspent and your broke.
Ha, you must not follow the Cubs. TV network coming, extensions for guys 3 years down the road? C’mon. Never count them out. Examples, Heyward and Darvish.
Good example why their hands are tied and who in their right mind would want to watch a cub channel all day long. They’ve only got one season to show highlights in the last 110 years. What’s that take? 10 minutes??
Yeah extensions for 3 guys….completely ignoring the 7 guys I mentioned that need to be replaced. Sure waste all that tv money on paying Harper darvish heyward Bryant Baez and Hendricks and don’t address your rotation and pen. Gonna work out great.
X is a child with no accountability
@dionls, Easy w/ name-calling. Stay on-topic.
You’re the worst troll… Trolliest of the trolls…
Nothing. Nothing at all.
Old, tired joke.
yes, quite odd
Slow clap.
Wasn’t good enough to be on the Dodger’s roster for him but easy decision with that Giant’s roster I suppose.
Plus side for Valera, he won’t have to watch another team drink champagne in front of him…
Nice troll attempt, last year he was on the Orioles. And probably in AAA at the end of the season.
Eh, seemed successful. The Dodgers are the Clippers of baseball. No matter how much talent, theyre just kind of losers.
No, it’s just sad that you could not read the post and comprehend the information correctly.
The Clippers have never been to the finals. You must be 13 years old to think the 2 are comparable
Greece was once a super power, it doesn’t mean anyone thinks “watch out for that Greek economy.”
You should stop trying to compare things. Your not very good at it.
orioles needed money?
Doubtful — more likely that the Giants were the only team to contact the Orioles after he was DFA’d and they probably would have claimed him off waivers had they not worked out a deal; so best to get something instead of nothing.
You have no idea if the Giants were the only team to contact the O’s, In fact, since the Giants did not wait to claim him off waivers, nor hope they could sign him as a FA after being released indicates that there probably was interest from other clubs. That they got something for him would suggest more teams than the Giants saw some value there.
I’ve always wondered, How much is cash considerations with trades like this? Like $100k? $200k? I would like to know the exact amounts.
It varies. Otherwise they’d just put the amount in the article.
Plane ticket ? Cab fare ? Ham sandwich ?
Don’t acquire all the studs at once Farhan, geez.
/waits for all the “Machado trade already an L for Baltimore” takes
Those Triple A stats are actually quite mediocre. OPS of .795. That doesn’t carry into the bigs as replacement level, surely?
It’s nothing to get too excited about, but he’s versatile, and as long as he’s serviceable at a couple of positions he’ll be a decent utility player
Zaidi busting his tail to build a winner for those wondering why he hasn’t been busy this offseason.
My boy cash considerations mobile.twitter.com/pinstripealley/status/811285731…
Just checked his splits and he’s got decent numbers against lefties. Could platoon with Panik and spell Crawford occasionally.
Next is Master Braytac. He swings a mean stick for a Jafa of 130.
*long, dramatic yawn*
I’m so tired of these types of players on the Giants. I have no problem with a guy that can hit .300 with a 340+ OBP and hit for no homers but when they can’t even hit .250 and have no power I don’t care if he can play all 9 positions coach and be the GM. Pretty sure the Giants had a guy named Kelby Tomlinson who already filled the same role this guy would.
Waste of a 40 man roster spot.
Difference is Tomlinson was out of minor league options.
Relax dude. Why are you so upset? Tomlinson was a defensive liability. Throw in fact he couldn’t hit. You move on.
Vince, you obviously don’t get it, look up Valera’s info, Kelby has shown at least that for periods of time in the majors he can succeed, Valera has not shown anything to make you believe he can hit in the majors.
A new GM will often replace fringy 40-man roster guys with ones from outside the organization.
Tomlinson wasn’t an asset for the Giants. Will Valera be one? I don’t know. But it’s worth a shot.
Is it possible Zaidi is still on Dodgers payroll & being paid to make the Giants the worst team ever. Our current starting line-up consists of 3 outfeilders that have never played 1 full MLB season, a clean up hitter that had fewer HR’s than his backup (Posey: Hundley), a 2nd & 3rd baseman coming off the worst season of their careers’, & they still
Worst team ever? The stupidity in the comment section has grown.
Obviously not the worst team ever dumbass, forgot how serious we must be. Just so you don’t take my first comment comment literally, I don’t really believe Zaidi is still on Dodgers payroll. My point is “he might as well be.” SF offense is horrendous & he brings in this guy? Oh & lets not forget about the Tigers trash we picked up. Then all the writers make Zaidi’s moves as intellectual & analytical. I call it over thinking it. It’s pretty simple. Your offense sucks. You need a guy in the middle of the order that you can pencil in for 100+ rbi every year, now make it happen. Until then have fun finishing behind LA & Colorado every year. Also, is Zaidi aware that SF has more blown saves than any team in baseball in the last 3 years, or does the new “Analytics” not account for winning & losing. Feel free to get a closer SF. What’s that? You have one & your going to trade him for Kelbi Tomlinson because he can play multiple positions. I love these analytics.
Did you realistically think this was a quick fix? There are lot of under performing players on hefty unattractive contracts to go alongside an underwhelming farm system outside of Joey Bart. It’s probably going to take atleast 3 years to rebuild this team and taht’s being generous.
He’s throwing paint on the wall and seeing what sticks.
Guys like Gerber, Valera, Ferguson, Venditte, Bergen are all super low-risk for the Giants. They don’t cost anything, and it won’t mean much at all if they DFA them later.
But what if one of them turns into something great? They cost nothing to acquire and the Giants get a stud. It’s all benefit, no risk.
Quick… someone check the astrological signs of these new players.
Farhan might be in the early stages of a very specific team formation strategy adopted from late 70’s basketball and applying it to modern baseball. (see: the Fish that Saved Pittsburgh).
Go Pisces!
Zaidi is on fire.. I hope he has other plans…
Zaidi must love Valera.
I swear Zaidi should be featured on that TLC show, “Extreme Cheepskates”. You know the one where people get their food for free from garbage cans behind restaurants and wash their toilet paper to reuse it.
Farhan going dumpster diving again
Shows how dreadful G’s farm system is.
It indicates absolutely zero about the Giant’s farm system. Anyone that knows anything about baseball knows all teams make these types of acquisitions. Not all good prospects on a team with a deep farm system are on the 40-man roster. If a team likes a guy, and they have him at better than the 39th or 40th guy they’ll see an acquisition like this as an upgrade. Baseball is just not as simplistic as you make it out to be.
Braaavo Farhan, braaavo!!! Smh.