The Giants announced they’ve selected the contract of infielder Johan Camargo. San Francisco also confirmed the selection of outfield prospect Wade Meckler and the designation of outfielder Luis González. Infielder Mark Mathias and rookie outfielder Luis Matos were optioned to Triple-A Sacramento in corresponding moves. To open a 40-man spot for Camargo, San Francisco transferred starter Anthony DeSclafani from the 15-day to the 60-day injured list.
Camargo gets back to the big leagues for a seventh straight year. The switch-hitting infielder had spent the ’23 campaign in Triple-A, moving from the Royals to the Tigers and then San Francisco. He just signed a minor league pact with the Giants over the weekend, reaching the majors after two appearances with Sacramento.
Between the three organizations, Camargo owns a solid .260/.339/.466 batting line. He’s been limited to 39 Triple-A games by an early-season injury. The 29-year-old has a fairly established track record, though. He owns an impressive .302/.375/.501 slash in a little more than 1000 career Triple-A plate appearances.
Camargo has a .255/.313/.410 mark over his MLB career. A productive everyday third baseman for the Braves between 2017-18, he’s settled into a journeyman role over the last few years. Camargo has hit .219/.271/.348 through 559 plate appearances over the past four seasons. The bigger appeal lies in his flexibility defensively. The Panama native has over 300 MLB innings at each of second base, third base and shortstop. Public metrics have given him roughly average reviews up-the-middle and plus marks for his work at the hot corner.
DeSclafani recently suffered a flexor strain in his throwing arm. He won’t throw until late September at the earliest and seems likely to miss the remainder of the season.
Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area first reported Camargo’s impending promotion.
Camargo ain’t afraid of hard work.
I’ve seen him walk right up and stand next to it.
Ha! Good one.
PS — We’ve seen the last of DeSclafani in a Giants uni. Was the one good year worth $36M?
It would have been better year – If Giants learned early on he cannot pitch against LAD
At the exorbitant salaries paid to mediocre players these days I would almost say yes. But probably not in all reality. I will say that as a fan I bought all my tickets over the last couple of years when he was pitching. It started out as a coincidence but then I decided to just keep it going May of this year. He was really fun to watch, usually would have incredible strike out stuff and one random inning that would be horrible, it was always fun to pretend that inning was coming yet it always showed up.
Tiger castoff. He’ll probably do well as the Tigers have needed a 3B all year.
Another Zaidi dumpster dive
Meckler’s rise through the minor league system has been meteoric, and his batting line across all minor league levels is 377/472/527. The dude could turn out to be something really special.
Giants are desperate.
wouldn’t call calling up an infield depth piece desperate. if they called him up to be their starting SS and bat 3rd, then it’d be another story.
No, he is starting at 3rd base and batting 9th.
he was exactly doing his job..back up 3B since it was an off day for JD Davis…he’s not gonna be at 3B forevet, lol smh
The dude spends two games with Sacramento and get a call up after being rejected by both the Royals and Tigers? Giants are, indeed, desperate. I don’t understand why they didn’t get Tyler Fitzgerald a shot. He’s hit well in AAA. His OPS in AAA this year is 60 points better than Camargo’s. Oh, and most of Camarago’s hitting was done early in the season with the Royals’ AAA affiliate. Had an OPS of .696 with the Tigers’ AAA team. I guess going 2 for 9, with a home run, in 2 games was good enough for FZ and Co.
I’ve seen Camargo get hot which is all we can hope for now with Mr. Crawford Ole doing a matador act with every pitch down and low, in and out. Bless him. He’s been great, but it’s over.
Look, I’m not debating what you’re saying. But I do feel like it’s an overreaction. The dude is a bench piece. Big deal. Give him a chance. If it doesn’t work out, drop him and move on.
A little surprised the Giants bailed on Luis Gonzalez, he showed some heart when he played.
The trade deadline didn’t work out for SF so you do what you can with what you have in your system because end of the day you need to win.
These are the dog days of August, lots of players look gassed, so hopefully some fresh blood provides some energy. That said they really someone, ANY ONE to get hot. This offense is on lifesupport
He wasn’t in the system a week ago. The Giants went outside the system when there was arguably better players within the system (of course, the Giants did that with the Pollock/Mathias trade as well).
gassed? nah just lack of talent all around from top to bottom even the guy cleaning the toilet cause it stinks.
Hear me now, believe me later – he’ll be the new Panda ! A switch hitting, late game, clutch guy…
A new Panamanian Panda ?
Maybe a decent utility guy, but not seeing as an everyday player that can embarrass a Verlander.
Can a Giants fan explain to me why they would call him up. Its not like he was tearing up AAA and he has been horrible in the majors for v years.
Baseballislife
Define “horrible”.
He can play 2nd, SS, 3rd, he owns a career average of .255 OBP of .313, for a guy with limited playing time it’s hardly horrible as you’ve asserted, and he’s not there to hit it out of the park, is he. His role is to play defence and his versatility is +.