7:52pm: Pinto’s deal comes with a $550K base salary, a $100K signing bonus and another $250K of incentives, MLBTR has learned.
5:12pm: The Giants announced today that outfielder Mike Gerber rejected an outright assignment and instead elected free agency. Additionally, per the club, right-hander Ricardo Pinto was released to pursue an opportunity with the SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Organization. Both players had recently been designated for assignment.
Gerber, 27, went 1-for-24 in his brief time with the Giants at the MLB level, though he did author an impressive .308/.368/.569 batting line with 26 homers in Triple-A. The former Tigers prospect had never hit much in Triple-A before that — he batted .213/.277/.411 in 316 plate appearances with Triple-A Toledo in 2018 — and he’ll turn 28 next summer.
Pinto, meanwhile, was a September waiver claim out of the Rays organization who never pitched in a game for San Francisco. He allowed four runs in 2 1/3 innings with Tampa Bay this season in addition to 123 1/3 innings of 4.23 ERA ball at the Triple-A level. The L.A. Sports Management client has appeared in parts of three Triple-A campaigns overall, working more as a reliever than a starter and pitching to a combined 4.47 ERA with 7.5 K/9 against 2.4 BB/9 in 219 2/3 frames.
Dope maybe they’ll stop putting him as my starting center fielder and lead off in default Mlb road to the show rosters
best of luck, Pinto Bean
Farhan will claim Gerber once he gets released again
You can’t claim a Free Agent.
And this is why I said released again but ok.
What a silly goose!
Sounds like Ricardo Pinto is replacing either Henry Sosa or Angel Sanchez who might sign with an MLB or NPB team due to their excellent KBO performance.
Sosa’s preformance wasnt all that impressive, and Sanchez, like many ex-MLB KBO players will probably stay another year to prove his 2019 was not a fluke.
Sosa also has a solid track record in the KBO so I slightly disagree on that, but Sanchez had a slightly flukey year as he only allowed two home runs all year so I agree there.
Gerber was a good AAA player. Hope he finds some playing time. The dude can swing the bat! Hopefully he gets a deal done with the Giants
Sounds to me like Mike Gerber will be the Pirates big free agent signing this winter. After Marte is traded, I couldn’t think of anyone better than Mike Gerber to roam CF in Pittsburgh.