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Giants Acquire Mike Baumann

By Nick Deeds | July 21, 2024 at 6:54pm CDT

The Giants have acquire right-hander Mike Baumann from the Mariners in exchange for cash considerations, per an announcement from both clubs. San Francisco’s 40-man roster now stands at 39. Baumann was designated for assignment by the Mariners earlier this week.

Baumann, 29 in September, was a third-round pick by the Orioles back in 2017 and made his big league debut for the club in 2021. He spent much of his professional career as a starter before moving to the bullpen full-time following the 2022 season and enjoyed some noteworthy success in Baltimore’s bullpen with a 3.69 ERA in 83 innings since converting to relief full time. He struck out 21.7% of batters faced during that time, but an elevated 11.7% walk rate during that time in conjunction with his lack of minor league options ultimately made him expendable in a relatively deep Orioles bullpen.

That led Baltimore to designate Baumann for assignment back in May, at which point he was promptly acquired by the Mariners alongside veteran minor league catcher Michael Perez in exchange for catching prospect Blake Hunt. Unfortunately, Baumann’s time in Seattle left something to be desired, as he struggled badly to a 5.51 ERA with a 6.04 FIP thanks in part to a massive uptick in hard contact. Baumann’s barrel rate in Seattle soared to an eye-popping 17% after sitting at just 3.6% with the Orioles this year and 8.2% from 2022 to 2023. That led Baumann to surrender a whopping four homers in just 16 1/3 innings of work, or more than two per nine innings. Those struggles left Baumann in a precarious spot in Seattle, and the club ultimately decided to part ways with the 28-year-old earlier this week when lefty Gabe Speier was ready to be activated from the IL.

Now, Baumann is headed to his third club of the season to join the San Francisco bullpen. With right-handers Sean Hjelle, Luke Jackson, and Randy Rodriguez all struggling to varying degrees in the club’s bullpen, it’s not necessarily a shock that the Giants, whose cavernous home ballpark is known for its homer-suppressing tendencies, would be interested in taking a shot on the services of a player who has gotten solid results in the past but has developed issues with the long ball. Baumann fits that description perfectly, and he’ll now look to get things back on track going forward with a Giants club that ranks bottom-five in the majors and better than only the Rockies among NL clubs with a 4.42 bullpen ERA.

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20 Comments

  1. sad tormented neglected mariners fan

    1 year ago

    Let’s goooo we turned Blake hunt into $$$

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  2. myaccount2

    1 year ago

    Did we at least get $2 this time?

    Reply
    • Lefty_Orioles_Fan

      1 year ago

      Three

      Reply
  3. giantsfan57

    1 year ago

    Why on Earth? This guy has a 5+ ERA and doesn’t look like he has anything to add. Another Farhan bargain. Smdh.

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    • jeppeson

      1 year ago

      how many teams has he been associated with this year alone? wow.

      Reply
    • Candlestoked

      1 year ago

      I always read the text a couple times to see if it answers my questions before I ask them in the comments.

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    • Billg7987

      1 year ago

      He has a great arm. He would still probably be in Baltimore if they didn’t have what proved to be a short roster crunch. He was generally ok in low leverage positions. His real problem there was that as soon as the pressure turned up, he fell apart faster than a Chinese rocket.

      Reply
  4. Datashark

    1 year ago

    middling reliever for a team dropping off a cliff – I can see the seller sign appearing – they just need one or more outings by Ray and/or Cobb, so they can deal much needed SPs.

    Farhan outside one outlier season that he can only build a middling team that rattles around .500 or below.

    Farhan run teams
    2019 77-85 (inherited team)
    2020 29-31
    2021 107-55 (outlier)
    2022 81-81
    2023 79-83
    2024 47-52

    2022-2024 are more representative of what Farhan created – I figure Giants give him 1 more year to prove himself

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    • TigersLoveCinnamon

      1 year ago

      I agree fahran is on his last leg, but the giants plan this whole year was to wait until the second half when the starters come around. Snell was awful until the last month. Hicks is probably bullpen bound with his innings. That’s a deep bullpen.

      If either Cobb(who had a very good AAA start)or Ray is ready, watch out

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      • fred-3

        1 year ago

        The problem with Farhan is he builds pitching staffs based on potential and rarely accounts for injury risk. On paper, the Giants staff looks good, but then you realize Logan Webb is the only dependable starter after 3 starters go down every year. Even in 2021 when they won 108, Webb and Alex Wood were the only good & healthy starters in the playoff series vs LA.

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        • Non Roster Invitee

          1 year ago

          On paper…toilet paper.

          Reply
  5. Redwolves3

    1 year ago

    DFA ZAIDI

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  6. Baseball77

    1 year ago

    The bullpen is arguably the part of the Giants that least needs improvement. Why add this guy? His numbers look worse than just about anyone but Luke Jackson, and I doubt that they release Jackson.

    Reply
  7. davidk1979

    1 year ago

    The pop up’s on the app are killing me

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    • Candlestoked

      1 year ago

      On browser, Ad block sends them back where they belong.

      Reply
    • 24TheKid

      1 year ago

      I just close the app and move on with my day when they pop up now.

      Reply
  8. Gumby82

    1 year ago

    This marks the 1,000 trade between Zaidi and DiPoto

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    Reply
  9. This one belongs to the Reds

    1 year ago

    I want more info! How many Johnny Cash records did they actually get?

    Reply
  10. rememberthecoop

    1 year ago

    Whopping.

    Reply
  11. DanUgglasRing

    1 year ago

    Farhan and Jerry carved into a heart on an oak tree somewhere

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