Here are the day’s minor moves:
- The Giants have released lefty Dan Runzler to allow him to sign with Japan’s Orix Buffaloes, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on Twitter. He’ll be signed through the end of the year, with a 2015 option, per a tweet from Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News. Runzler, 29, has 72 1/3 MLB innings and a 3.86 career ERA on his resume, but has pitched exclusively at the Triple-A level over the past two years. In 2014, he owns a 3.30 ERA over 46 1/3 frames.
Even the Orix Buffaloes are making acquisitions before the waiver deadline.
Good for him. He’ll dominate over there.
I remember him back in 2009 going through every minor league level and basically dominating, thinking he had a shot at being a mainstay in the Giants bullpen like fellow draftees Romo and Wilson. He had good stuff, but the control was never there.