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By Darragh McDonald | November 2, 2024 at 1:15pm CDT

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48 Comments

  1. just_thinkin

    8 months ago

    Woops!

  2. julyn82001

    8 months ago

    Well, Ray probably likes SF or the money attached to the contract? Wonder… Land…

    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      8 months ago

      Giants have a Ray of hope.

      But realistically they are locked in 4th next year. Way behind top three and way above the bottom Rockies.

  3. SweetBabyRayKingsThickThighs

    8 months ago

    As easy a decision they can get

  4. Captainmike1

    8 months ago

    Well, he DID pitch in SEVEN games

    • avenger65

      8 months ago

      Captainmike: Well, Kershaw started 7 games this year and actually earned a 5M bonus.

  5. angelsbroncosfan

    8 months ago

    I remember telling Mariners fans, that was a bad contract when they signed him. Jerry Dipsnot got lucky, he found a sucker to take that contract

    • gbs42

      8 months ago

      Dipsnot? So clever.

    • JohnJasoJingleHeimerSchmidt

      8 months ago

      In return he took on Mitch Haniger’s contract, which isn’t exactly performing very well, either.

      In fact, Ray > Haniger in nearly every possible way.

      • dannycore

        8 months ago

        I think the point is the ~40m saved by the mariners to repurpose. Haniger was never expected to perform

        • JohnJasoJingleHeimerSchmidt

          8 months ago

          So they took a 23M AAV hit and repurposed it into a 17M AAV hit for a worse player?

          Wow, what a move by DiPoto.

        • holecamels35

          8 months ago

          They still keep forcing Haniger into the lineup though.

        • muskie73

          8 months ago

          Seattle has Mitch Haniger for only one more season at $15.5 million while Robbie Ray is owed $50 million over the next two seasons. The Mariners freed up payroll to address the escalating salaries of Julio Rodriguez, Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Cal Raleigh, Bryce Miller and Bryan Woo.

        • JohnJasoJingleHeimerSchmidt

          8 months ago

          Robbie Ray @ 50M >>> Mitch Haniger @ 17M.

          Ray is at least *kind of* useful and has some degree of upside remaining.

        • muskie73

          8 months ago

          Where would Robbie Ray slot in the Seattle rotation?

          The difference between $50 million and $15.5 million can be spent on Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Cal Raleigh and others who provide more value than Ray.

        • AndyWarpath

          8 months ago

          These things aren’t exactly hard to google. Since it was more or less a lost year for Desclafani, Ray, and Haniger, the math is basically 28m + 2 years of Ray vs 1 year of Haniger.

    • gravel

      8 months ago

      The Giants shed Haniger and DeSclafani’s contracts in that deal.

  6. Datashark

    8 months ago

    Ray can still pull up the K’s, so maybe there is still a chance for him to be a solid #3 maybe #2

    • Rumors2godsears

      8 months ago

      Who puts up more K’s? Ray or Haniger?

      • proton

        8 months ago

        Jonny Angel I just think you didn’t get it. I found it pretty funny.

        I believe the Ms will ask Mitch to go ahead and sit the season out or play in Tacoma. The money is not a lot and the roster spot is much more important. It is sad he had so much more upside until he got hurt in a few very odd injuries. How many times have you heard about a player taking the foul ball to the nads and it blowing it up? Then as he was rehabbing hurt his core. Mitches playing days are behind him. Seattle could bring him back as a bench coach.

    • Johnny Devil

      8 months ago

      I just choked on my big whopper without onions when I read the most nonsensical comment in recent MLB comments history by you sir. Self mute for all our sakes.

      • Rumors2godsears

        8 months ago

        That’s a pretty whopper of an honor. I felt it was a good question but if you want to mute me you are free to do so.

        • Johnny Devil

          8 months ago

          Sir the whopper is on me, my remark was directed at datashark.

      • JoeBrady

        8 months ago

        Decent chance for Ray to be a #3. He had 4 good starts out of 7, and had a 43/15 K/W in only 30.2 IPs.

  7. JayRyder

    8 months ago

    Thanks Farhan.

    • JohnJasoJingleHeimerSchmidt

      8 months ago

      Farhan Zaidi was pretty much a disaster for the Giants, but swapping Mitch Haniger and Anthony DeSclafani for Robbie Ray was a pretty shrewd move.

      • gravel

        8 months ago

        Shedding Sam Dyson, Mark Melancon, and Jorge Soler were also shrewd.

    • claude raymond

      8 months ago

      Jay, let it go. he’s gone

  8. letitbelowenstein

    8 months ago

    Afraid nobody will pay him more than 25 mil? I’m shocked.

  9. Yankee Clipper

    8 months ago

    I heard a six-year-old was willing to donate his uniform pants to Ray so he could get pants that were the appropriate tightness for him……

    • gravel

      8 months ago

      That’s a large six year old!

      • Yankee Clipper

        8 months ago

        Have you seen some of them?!

  10. SFG.1

    8 months ago

    The shocker here would have been if he opted out of the deal. Why would he walked away from $50mil. The Giants will be lucky if they get anything out of Ray the next 2 years. Just a horrible trade by Zaidi, people talk about how he got Haniger and DeSclafani off the books but it cost the Giants almost $20mil to do that. Now they have to keep Ray on the roster taking up a spot from someone else.

    • gravel

      8 months ago

      If roster spots are your concern, Zaidi gained one roster spot with that move.

    • JoeBrady

      8 months ago

      SFG.1
      The Giants will be lucky if they get anything out of Ray the next 2 years. Just a horrible trade
      ==========================
      I think he’ll be a solid #4, maybe a #3. His stats were pretty decent for someone coming off the IL.

    • stephaniebpetagno

      8 months ago

      Except it didn’t. Just make something up for the point of your agenda. It was, quite literally, a financial wash.

  11. LordD99

    8 months ago

    Snell leaves. Ray stays.

    It’s not what you want.

  12. claude raymond

    8 months ago

    Man, the stupidity is thick as a brick. Zaidi got rid of 2 players that were done and in return got a Cy young winner. He’s made 8 starts in 2 years due to injury. Is now fully healthy. He had 2 bad starts last year out of 7. How good was Snell after his injuries? 43 ks in 30 innings. All you experts be sure to check back in next October

    • JoeBrady

      8 months ago

      All you experts be sure to check back in next October
      =========================
      Spot on with the stats. There is no reason to think he won’t be decent next year.

  13. longoverdue1977

    8 months ago

    Ray only has a good pitching year once every 5 years or so. Too much dough for Mr. Inconsistent.

    • The biggest tr0ll

      8 months ago

      But leads in strikeouts nearly every year. He’s valuable for k’s when healthy

  14. davemlaw

    8 months ago

    The Giants will gamble on Ray and his tight pants for 2 years. He’ll put ladies in the seats and his floor should be a #3 starter with #1 upside.

    It’s an overpay but it isn’t like a Rendon train wreck for the next 2 seasons.

  15. Humm bumms

    8 months ago

    Glad he’s back!

  16. uvmfiji

    8 months ago

    Will this help them sign Snell?

  17. GarryHarris

    8 months ago

    I guess my Javier Baez joke doesn’t work here…

  18. sergefunction

    8 months ago

    I used to think Robbie Ray had some Max Fried in him, but instead it was Matthew Boyd if Boyd was more like Wade Miley.

  19. lakeg

    8 months ago

    Since the trade ( Ray for Haniger + DeSclafani) was made prior to 2024, the Giants took on 72 $ MM and sheded 47$ MM so the net cost is really 25$MM over 3 years and they got a pitcher returning from a TJ whose WHIP was 1.14 (21st best in MLB) in 7 starts (includes 5 earned runs in 2/3 inning on august 14) & drops to 0.81 if you take out that game… which would be the best in MLB in 2024 and that spells D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T!

    The net cost for the next 2 years of Robbie Ray is in fact 8.5 $MM per season… a bargain! So please, give credit where credit is due… to Farhan Zaidi!

    • muskie73

      8 months ago

      Robbie Ray pitched 30.2 innings this year.

      Among pitchers with at least 30 innings pitched, Ray finished 124th with a WHIP of 1.14:

      fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&st…

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