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The San Francisco Giants and starting pitcher Alex Cobb have finalized a deal to add the veteran right-hander to their rotation for the next two seasons, agreeing on a contract worth $20 million dollars. Cobb will be paid $9 million dollars in each of 2022 and 2023, and the club holds an option for 2024 worth $10 million dollars with a $2 million dollar buyout. Cobb had a strong 2021 until he went down with injury, recording a 3.76 ERA in 93 1/3 innings with an impressive career-high 24.9 percent strikeout rate. The team now has signed Anthony DeSclafani, Alex Wood, and Cobb to follow Logan Webb in the rotation, while losing Kevin Gausman to the Toronto Blue Jays.
The San Francisco Giants and outfielder Austin Slater avoided salary arbitration on Tuesday evening by agreeing to a one-year, $1.85 million deal. Slater surprised everyone when he posted a .914 OPS in 31 games in the shortened 2020 season. While he wasn't quite as good in 2021, he was still solid for the Giants with a .241/.320/.423 slash line with a .744 OPS, a career-high 12 home runs, 32 RBI, 39 runs scored and a career-high 15 stolen bases in 306 plate appearances over 129 games. At the very least, Slater will compete for a bench spot for the Giants in spring training, and he could be the right-handed platoon partner with Darin Ruf in left field.
The San Francisco Giants are finalizing an agreement with starting pitcher Alex Cobb that will bring the 10-year veteran to the team. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle indicated that the team was making Cobb a priority earlier in the offseason, and now those efforts have paid off. Terms of the deal are not yet known. Cobb had perhaps the best season of his career in 2021, posting a 3.76 ERA and 2.92 FIP with 98 strikeouts in 93 1/3 innings before missing time with injury. He joins a rotation that includes Logan Webb, Anthony DeSclafani, and Alex Wood. Further additions are expected, though they may have to wait until after a new collective bargaining agreement is worked out.
The San Francisco Giants are finalizing a deal with left-handed starting pitcher Alex Wood which will tie him to the team for two more seasons. The contract will be for at least $20 million dollars in total. Wood spent the 2021 season with the club, providing 138 2/3 innings across 26 starts with a 3.83 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and 152 strikeouts. He had only managed 48 1/3 innings in the previous two seasons. Wood provides plenty of value as a fantasy asset, especially given his strong strikeout rate, but the concern will always be his health. He'll be a risk/reward option come draft time.
The San Francisco Giants and starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani have come to an agreement on a three-year contract worth $36 million dollars. The 31-year-old right-hander enjoyed the best year of his career with the Giants in 2021, posting a 3.17 ERA and 1.09 WHIP with 13 wins and 152 strikeouts in 167 2/3 innings across 31 starts. The move solidifies a Giants rotation that now includes Logan Webb and Alex Wood, with plenty of question marks beyond that. Desclafani will be on the fantasy radar heading into 2022, and the return to a favorable pitching park helps bolster his value.