The Giants have sent left-hander Kolton Ingram through waivers and outrighted him to Triple-A Sacramento, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle on X. With left-hander Alex Young also being claimed off waivers by the Mets today, the Giants’ 40-man count drops to 38.
Ingram, 27, has been on and off the waiver wire all year but had enough interest around the league to keep getting claimed. Designated for assignment by the Angels in January when that club signed Aaron Hicks, he has gone to the Tigers, Mets, Rangers, Cardinals and Giants via successive waiver claims, though he has now passed through unclaimed. That means the Giants will be able to retain him as relief depth but without using a 40-man roster spot on him.
The lefty has just five games of major league experience, which came with the Angels last year. He allowed five earned runs in 5 1/3 innings, meaning he currently sports an earned run average of 8.44 in that small sample.
The interest from clubs around the league undoubtedly stems from his larger body of work in the minors. He logged 121 2/3 innings in the Angels’ system over 2022 and 2023 with a 2.81 ERA. His 10.4% walk rate in that time was on the high side, but just barely, while his 30.5% strikeout rate was quite strong and he also generated a decent number of ground balls.
This year, he has a 4.30 ERA in 29 1/3 minor league innings with a 22.1% strikeout rate and 16.8% walk rate. Those numbers are obviously less impressive than what he did in the previous two seasons but it’s perhaps fair to wonder if the lack of stability this year has been a challenge for him.
While he’s surely not pleased to lose his roster spot, he might at least get the consistency of sticking with one organization long enough to unpack his suitcase. If he can get back in a good form and earn his way back onto a roster spot, he can be optioned for the rest of this year and one additional season. He also has less than a year of service time and therefore would be controllable well into the future.
Clearing spots for guys on the 60 day IL. Going to need another spot or two so we’ll see who else gets cut.
Baseball Ref. has Hicks released twice on May 1st – never seen that before -“Get out & don’t ever come back! EVER!! Ahahaha!
May 1, 2024: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.
May 1, 2024: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.
Plenty of pitching on the way, dicknose.
LOL it better be.
Does he get gear from every team that DFAed him?
yessssss!! came here to say this. let’s cut ramos too. 0-1 with a k. pathetic. if these guys can’t represent us for an inning in game that doesn’t matter then we should absolutely throw out their entire body of work in a giants uniform.
Giants pitching in all star games is dubious at best. They have given up 12 home runs in All Star history, including the only grand slam. Thanks Atlee.
Rick Reuschel clobbered in 89.Two homers,one inning.
Will Smith one homer in 1/3 inning.2019
Cueto 2 homers in 1 2/3.
Shawn Estes 1 hr 2 runs in one inning in ’97.
Burkett in 93 gave up 3 runs on 4 hits in 2/3 inning.
Brantley gave up 2 runs in 1/3.
Antonelli, Maglie, Hubbell all rocked in one of their All Star appearances.
Only a cumulative ERA of 4.07 of all Giants pitchers in All Star game history.
And yet a Giants pitcher has the only Win in the last 12 years. Wild
He’s a Giant for now. I hope he stays.
Giants pitchers are 9-4 in All Star game decisions.
2004: Starting pitcher Roger Clemens gave up two 3-run HRs. His line was 6 ERs, 5 hits, in 1 IP. He got out of the first striking out Mark Mulder batting 9th. I’d take Atlee’s GS over two 3-run shots.
1977: Starting pitcher, HoFer Jim Palmer, gave up a HR to Joe Morgan batting lead-off. Gave up another HR, and 4 runs total in the first. Stayed in to start the 3rd, gave up his 3rd HR, making him the only pitcher to give up 3 HRs in an ASG.
1992: Starter, HoFer Tom Glavine, gave up 7 straight base hits, good for 4 runs in the 1st. He ended up with 5 ERs, on 9 hits, in 1.2 IP.
The Giants hardly have monopoly of poor pitching at the ASG.
Good stuff!
Pathetic. Clearly the examples I posted above are beyond your mean little mind to comprehend. I’m not surprised that they were completely lost on lost on you.
Only a baseball ignoramus would put any significance on one IP. Webb was the runner-up for the 2023 CY. Just how good he is, or isn’t, are finer points that are debatable among those who know baseball. I for one think he is somewhat overrated, but clearly he does not “suck”. Only the completely clueless would surmise that Webb” sucked” based on his AS appearance.
It’s based on many of his appearances this season. He’s not a shutdown kind of pitcher. Oh he has the occasional brilliant game, but for the most part he’s gonna give up 3 runs before the Giants even bat. I have this argument with many of my fellow Giants fans – I just don’t think he’s as good as some make him out to be. He’s good, but he’s no ace.
TellItGoodbye, I agree. As a Giants’ fan I’ve found Webb frustrating at times, and impressive at others. The inconsistency is probably his biggest problem. He is good, and every team in MLB would be happy to have him on their staff, probably as a #2, or #3 on teams with deep staffs. But it’s clearly obvious to any baseball fan with at least half a brain, that he does not suck.
27chumpy’s motivation, and disturbed obsession, to find fault with all things Giants is an obvious problem of his. He should look into therapy.
My hope is now that Snell is seemingly back to his Cy Young self, Webb might pick up his game, especially if Ray comes back strong. I’m not so bullish on Cobb, but potentially the Giants could have a fearsome foursome for the stretch.
Yeah, small sample, but Snell has been dominant in his last 2 GS; 12 IP, 2 hits, 0 ERs, 11 SOs. The only thing even somewhat negative was the 3 BBs in 5.0 IP in his next to last game. But that’s really nit-picky. I’m hoping he can continue doing what he’s been doing.
Hubbell also struck out Ruth ,Gehrig, Foxx ,Simmons, and Cronin consecutively in the 1934 All Star game. My father was in attendance.
Awesome! I hope you have the ticket stub.
Farhan Zaidi spent 400M this winter……I’ve never seen a Baseball executive do Less with More.
“…Zaidi spent 400M this winter”
That’s misleading. And you’re being transparent in putting it in those terms. First off, that total isn’t guaranteed. It could be as much as $68M less. Plus it’s paying for multiple seasons for some players. At least 12 player seasons are included in that total.
“I’ve never seen a Baseball executive do Less with More.”
Then you’re just not looking. And, to your point, you’re factually incorrect. The Giants’ payroll this season is the 10th highest in MLB. The Jays, Rangers, and Cubs are all spending more than the Giants, and yet all have worse records. Clearly those 3 teams are doing less with more than the Giants are. The Mets are spending more than $96M more than the Giants, and they’re all of 3 games better in the standings.
It has to interfere with a player’s development to spend this much time on the waiver wire. I hope he’s getting MLB service time credit at least.
Biggest Giants fan on the planet, but I’m sorry, Webb is overrated. He’s a good #2, he ain’t no ace.
On the current team, he’s an ace.