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San Francisco reached an agreement with veteran left-handed reliever Sam Hentges<\/a> on a one-year, $1.4 million contract, FanSided’s Robert Murray reported Thursday, citing a source familiar with the deal. <\/p>\n Free-agent reliever Sam Hentges and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a one-year, $1.4 million contract, according to a source familiar with the deal.<\/p>\n \u2014 Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Hentges is a four-year MLB veteran who has tossed 206.2 innings across 168 games for the Cleveland Guardians in his career. The 29-year-old southpaw missed the entire 2025 MLB season while recovering from shoulder and knee surgeries.<\/p>\n The last time Hentges saw action was the 2024 MLB season, where he posted a 3.04 ERA with 27 strikeouts and five walks across 23.2 innings of work.<\/p>\n Since making the move to a full-time relief role in 2022, Hentges has logged a 2.93 ERA in 138 appearances.<\/p>\n His best season came in 2022, when he went 3-2 with a 2.32 ERA in 62 innings across 57 appearances while logging a career-best 1.3 WAR. <\/p>\n The reported addition of Hentges brings some clarity into San Francisco’s decision to non-tender lefty reliever Joey Lucchesi<\/a> on Nov. 21, after he had a solid campaign with a 3.76 ERA while holding left-handed hitters to a .219 average and a .598 OPS in 38 appearances for the Giants.<\/p>\n San Francisco now has some option power in its bullpen, with Hentges joining fellow left-handed pitchers Erik Miller, Matt Gage and Reiver Jos\u00e9 Sanmart\u00edn<\/a> as the Giants’ back-end southpaw options heading into the 2026 MLB season.<\/p>\n Download and follow the Giants Talk Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t