{"id":317196,"date":"2025-11-27T18:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/317196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:52:07","slug":"giants-to-sign-sam-hentges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/317196\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants To Sign Sam Hentges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Giants and left-hander Sam Hentges<\/a> have agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.4MM, reports Robert Murray of FanSided<\/a>. The Giants have an open 40-man spot and won\u2019t need to make a corresponding move when the deal becomes official. The southpaw is represented by Warner Sports Management.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a buy-low wild card move for the Giants. Hentges was a solid bullpen piece for the Guardians a few years ago but he hasn\u2019t been healthy for a while. Over the 2022 and 2023 campaigns, Hentges tossed 114 1\/3 innings for Cleveland, allowing 2.91 earned runs per nine. His 7.9% walk rate was just barely better than average while his 27.4% strikeout rate and 60.1% ground ball rate were both very strong. He gradually moved up to high leverage work, earning 23 holds over that span.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he kept things going for a while, posting a 3.04 ERA over another 23 2\/3 innings. However, he hit the injured list in July due to some inflammation in his throwing shoulder. He required surgery in September, a procedure which came with a recovery timeline of 12 to 14 months.<\/p>\n

Though he was likely to going miss most or all of 2025, the Guards still kept him around. He was still under club control through 2027, so there was still a potential long-term payoff. He had qualified for arbitration ahead of 2024 as a Super Two player and made $1.1625MM in his first of four arb seasons. The Guards gave him a slight bump to $1.337MM in 2025. Even if he couldn\u2019t manage a late-season return to health, he would still have two further seasons of control.<\/p>\n

In 2025, not only did he not make it back to the majors, but he didn\u2019t even begin a rehab assignment. In September, he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. That procedure comes with a recovery timeline of three to four months. That means he should be healthy by the spring but the Guards decided to move on. They non-tendered Hentges last week, sending him to free agency.<\/p>\n

The Giants have swooped in and will sign Hentges, giving him a slight raise over last year, even though he missed the whole season. San Francisco non-tendered Joey Lucchesi<\/a> last week but currently has Erik Miller<\/a>, Matt Gage<\/a> and Reiver Sanmartin<\/a> as lefties in their bullpen. Hentges is obviously a big unknown, having missed a season and a half at this point. But if he can get back to health, he could be the best southpaw in the bunch.<\/p>\n

If he does get back on track, he would be a bargain at a salary barely above the league minimum, which will be $780K next year. He is out of options but could be retained via arbitration for the 2027 season if things go especially well next year.<\/p>\n

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