Giants Select Scott Alexander – MLB Trade Rumors

The giants announced that they chose the diluent Scott Alexander in the Major League roster. fellow south Thomas Zabuki He was selected to Triple-A Sacramento in a similar move. To create a place on the 40-person roster, San Francisco summoned the left hand Sam Long From the Palace and put him on the main league list of injured for 60 days.

Alexander arrives for the first time as a giant. The 33-year-old is no stranger to NL West, having spent the 2018-21 campaigns with arch rivals the Dodgers. It was a solid situational piece for Los Angeles captain Dave Roberts, spreading 3.49 ERAs across 111 frames. The heavy ball player hit only 17.7% of the opposing hitters on this stretch, but only Zach Britton And the Aaron Bomer The globe average was higher than the Alexander clip by 67.5% (among sedans with over 100 rounds). He put his left opponents in a sad streak of .196/.262/.312 in 122 board appearances over that stretch.

Unfortunately, Alexander was also no stranger to the list of sufferers. He lost a good portion of the 2019 season to a forearm inflammation, and spent most of the last year in IL with a shoulder injury. The Dodgers waived him at the end of last season, and he remained a free agent until signing a minor league contract with San Francisco in March. He’s spent the majority of this year in IL as well, only reporting to Sacramento for three weeks. After 7 2/3 goalless innings over seven games there, Alexander returns to the major tournaments.

He recently suffered a right slant strain on Triple-A, according to him Transaction history at MLB.com. His 2022 season ended after 28 games in MLB and eight games in Sacramento. The swingman worked to a 3.61 ERA over 42 1/3 rounds at the MLB level, albeit with a modest strike rate of 18.2%. It will be paid out at a pro-rata minimum of $700,000 for the remainder of the season and will accumulate Big League service time for the next five weeks.

Tweet embed I first reported about Alexander’s upcoming show yesterday.