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Giants Release Jerry Blevins, Brandon Guyer

By Steve Adams | April 2, 2020 at 4:44pm CDT

The Giants released left-hander Jerry Blevins and outfielder Brandon Guyer shortly before the league-wide roster freeze was implemented, per Baseball America’s Chris Hilburn-Trenkle. Both veterans had been in Major League camp as non-roster invitees this spring.

It was a rough spring for the 36-year-old Blevins, who was tagged for nine runs on 10 hits and a pair of walks with three strikeouts in just 3 2/3 innings of work. In all, the southpaw allowed 12 of the 23 hitters he faced to reach base.

That said, Blevins also had a quality showing for the Braves in 2019, tossing 32 1/3 innings of 3.90 ERA ball. He punched out 37 hitters against 16 walks in that time and held opposing lefties to a miserable .180/.261/.279 slash. Righties handled him much better, slashing .233/.347/.483, however. It’s been a similar story for Blevins throughout his career — .583 OPS from opposing lefties; .743 from righties — and it stands to reason that he’s the type of player whose skill set is largely undercut by MLB’s new three-batter minimum. If the season is able to be played out, it’s likely he’d need to latch on elsewhere on another nonguaranteed deal.

As for Guyer, the 34-year-old appeared in only five spring games with the Giants and went 1-for-7 in nine total plate appearances. (Yes, he was hit by a pitch in one of them.) Guyer hasn’t played in the Majors since 2018 after spending the bulk of the 2019 season on the injured list with the White Sox’ top minor league affiliate in Charlotte. He’s a career .250/.339/.388 hitter but is best used as a platoon piece, as evidenced by a lifetime .274/.376/.449 batting line against left-handed pitchers.

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  1. DarkSide830

    11 months ago

    Jerry Jerry Jerry!

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    • dynamite drop in monty

      11 months ago

      Jerry… hello!

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      • pinkerton

        11 months ago

        I didn’t get any bread.

        Forget it, let it go!

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        • dynamite drop in monty

          11 months ago

          Jambalaya!!!

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  2. Bradley0327

    11 months ago

    I’ll never forget his World Series at bat right before Rajai Davis’ 2run game-tying home run off Aroldis Chapman. Guyer worked the count to 2-1 then roped an opposite field line drive double off Chapman.

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    • 2012orioles

      11 months ago

      I just watched the Davis homer because I saw guyers name. Was gonna comment on it, then saw your comment. It’s awesome how one at bat can define an entire career.

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    • enjoylindor

      11 months ago

      Full count, actually! Which allowed Ramirez to get a head start from first.

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