Report: Giants in the ‘mix’ for free agents, it makes sense for another originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
As Blake Snell explores options elsewhere in MLB free agency, the Giants could consider their own options on the open market this offseason. when it comes to starting to throw.
And it looks like San Francisco is in the running for one of the best players in the league. only high level launchers available.
Giants are ‘part of the mix’ for left-hander Max Frit, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported Tuesday, alongside the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Fried is coming off an All-Star campaign during the 2024 MLB season, where he posted a 3.25 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and an 11-10 record in his eighth season with the Braves. Atlanta. After Snell unsubscribed out of his contract with the Giants, putting his return to the Bay up in the air, Fried would be a huge asset to San Francisco after owning MLB’s best ERA (2.81) over the past five seasons.
But there is also Corbin Burnesa St. Mary’s product who is coming off a good year in Baltimore and would make sense in the Giants’ rotation if they fail to re-sign Snell. Passan agrees, although San Francisco wouldn’t be alone in pursuing righties, of course.
“The nation’s most coveted pitcher also deserves his own category, and even at a high price, there is considerable interest in the 30-year-old,” Passan wrote of Burnes. “He could anchor the Giants’ rotation alongside Logan Webb or add to an already solid quartet of Blue Jays starters with Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios, Chris Bassitt and Bowden Francis, who had a 1.53 ERA in nine games after his transition to the starting position August 7.
Burnes, a four-time MLB All-Star and 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner, went 15-8 in 2024 with a 2.95 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 172 strikeouts and 47 walks in 189.1 innings in 31 starts.
Both pitchers would certainly make sense for the Giants, if they’re willing to dish out some money. But even if Snell opts out, the rotation isn’t in a bad place, as San Francisco enters 2025 with Webb, Robbie Ray, Jordan Hicks, Kyle Harrison and Hayden Birdsong as their starting five, with plenty of young, strong players behind them.
