The Giants announced a series of roster moves, including the news that catcher Aramis Garcia and left-hander Williams Jerez were optioned to Triple-A Sacramento and right-hander Kyle Barraclough has been designated for assignment. Right-hander Dereck Rodriguez was called up and left-hander Fernando Abad’s contract was purchased from Triple-A.
After signing a minors contract with the Giants in February, Abad is lined up to receive his first MLB action since 2017. His 2018 season was marred by a lengthy appeal of a positive PED test that eventually led to an 80-game suspension. Abad had agreed to a minor league deal with the Mets prior to the season but the suspension caused New York to pull out of the agreement before it became official. Pitching for Sacramento this season, Abad has been very impressive, posting a 3.07 ERA and 49 strikeouts against only four walks over 44 relief innings.
Rodriguez will get another chance at salvaging what has been a rough sophomore season for the 27-year-old, who has a 5.32 ERA, 5.9 K/9, and 1.68 K/BB rate over 64 1/3 frames this season. It’s a far cry from Rodriguez’s 2.81 ERA in his 2018 rookie season, as the righty has been up and down from the minors on multiple occasions this season as he has tried to regain last year’s consistency. He’ll be put to work immediately, as Rodriguez is scheduled to start tonight’s game against the Diamondbacks.
Barraclough was claimed off waivers from the Nationals just last week, and now could potentially be on the move again in what has been a trying season. Barraclough allowed eight homers in just 25 2/3 innings for the Nats, leading to an ugly 2.5 HR/9 and 6.66 ERA. After posting a measly 0.4 HR/9 in his first three seasons for the Marlins, Barraclough’s number jumped up to 1.4 HR/9 in 2018, which was perhaps one of the reasons Miami was willing to deal in a trade with Washington last October. Beyond the increasingly worrisome long-ball issues, Barraclough also spent roughly four weeks on the injured list this year due to nerve irritation in his forearm.
Was waiting for Abad to get called up. 12.25 K/BB in AAA.
I’ve got Abad feeling about this move…
Hahaha. Good one
Badda Bing!
Great to see Abad back in the majors. He can add maturity and experience. D Rod needs to return to last yrs form. He has lost way too much weight! But he cannot be worst that Beede right now.
Beede needs to be more consistent, he has the stuff, he just needs to put it all together. The best thing for him is to keep getting the ball every 5 days. Do what the sox did with giolito. Just let him keep getting his starts in and try to figure it out. Last year he was terrible, but like Beede, he had glimpses of ace potential. Now this year he’s worked on things and he seems to have put it all together.
I don’t know if you can point out maturity as a trait in a guy who not only got busted for PEDs recently, but also didn’t take responsibility for his actions.
I agree, good point
Hate to say this ——— but I just wonder how many players are doing PEDs.
He’s back to being first alphabetically
I miss David Aardsma
Giants need to address the black holes in the rotation that are Beede and Anderson if they still hold any belief that they are contenders. Can’t run out a pitcher that is pretty much guaranteed to put your team in a deficit in the first few innings if you are serious about winning. Option them down and try the next man up strategy.
Agreed and I’m guessing Webb gets a start Saturday. Needs issue seems to be mental. He’s got to trust his stuff and execute. Beede, Anderson and Menez not cutting it. They’ll keep giving opportunities to others until guys step up and show they can keep them in the games. Can’t continually fall behind 3-4 runs in the 1st couple innings
Abad move by the Giants. He’s Abad pitcher
Another Badda Bing!
Bear Claw did last long.
Didn’t last long
He pitched in AAA the other night and gave up 5 runs without getting an out, so was ugly, hope he clears and the Giants and try and fix him
Reds have been claiming everything in sight on the waiver wire the past few weeks, so i see CIN as the most likely landing place for Barraclough.