3:01pm: This move is now official. In other news, the club has bumped catcher Erik Kratz to the 10-day injured list with a hamstring strain to make way for the promotion of Tyler Beede.
2:19pm: The Giants are planning a bit of a shake-up in the outfield. They’ll select the contract of Mike Gerber, per Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area (Twitter link). To create a roster opening, the team will designate veteran Gerardo Parra, Jon Heyman of MLB Network tweets.
Gerber, 26, had a miserable showing in his first taste of the majors last year. But the Giants saw enough to claim him from the Tigers, later bumping him from their 40-man roster but hanging onto his rights.
The low-risk move has paid off to this point. Gerber is off to a .357/.402/.655 start with six home runs over 92 plate appearances at Triple-A. He also has struck out 27 times while drawing only five walks, but the quality of contact remains intriguing.
Parra, who’s closing in on his 32nd birthday, is an eleven-year MLB veteran who settled for a minor-league deal with the Giants. It was widely expected that he’d claim a roster spot once camp closed, and that indeed proved to be the case.
Things haven’t shaken out as hoped to this point. Parra carries a meager .198/.278/.267 batting line through 97 plate appearances. He’s sure to hold appeal to other organizations as a depth piece, but will almost certainly have to spent some time at Triple-A for the first time in a long while (excepting a few short rehab stints).
It isn’t known whether Parra agreed to an advance consent clause before season. If so, the club would be able to cut him loose without paying him the full $1.75MM salary called for in his contract. If not, the obligation would remain (less any other big-league earnings he’s able to command later in the season).
*sad noot*
If baseball doesn’t work out he has his baby food empire to fall back on.
Gerber is just another one of Zaidi’s attempts to “catch lightning in a bottle.” Hitting a meager .091 is not the answer. Slater or Williamson couldn’t hit any worse than Gerber!
Nice!! Was hoping they would of brought up Slater, he could play OF and some infield. Give panik some time off and grab some pine
Funny you don’t think much of Panik, he’s still twice the player Slater is or will ever be
Panik is getting worse by the years fella. A poor man’s David Eckstein. Slater has potential and needs a chance. You obviously have no clue what your talking about lol. Must have the hots for panik :/
Easy for you to say. Ya pickle licker.
Frisco… Go humm on a chode fella
Wake up sleepy floyd. Wake up buddy. My dog Muttenchops will sprinkle you with holy water.
Was surprised the Tigers cut him so quickly given how he’s generally mashed at every level of the minors.
I was thinking parra was on the bubble. I just didn’t know how long Farhan was gonna wait. I was thinking thru June. But This Works. Why wait, might as well. . .
Now Farhan gets to see his guy go first. With Mac still down there. . . Parra was only a good arm in right by the end of this. Had so few moments. Time for someone else.
Agree, but after they acquired Pilar, Parra played left, not right. He played about twice as many games in LF than RF. That strong arm was sort of wasted in left.
True. You got me there. Makes parra more expendable with Duggar in right.
Also like the Gerber move while in Cincy. Power lefty, supposedly. We’ll find out. . .
Strong arm in right, No legs to get to triples alley. That is why he played left. Old and slow.
Gerber has the potential to be an absolute stud. He has generally been very good throughout his entire career and I could see him carving out a role as an every day player for the Giants in the long run.
Obviously Pillar isn’t a long term piece (contract expires post 2020) and Solarte (who’s currently projected to see most of the ab’s in left) is a free agent after this season.
Having watched him come up thru the Tigers system. Stud might be a tad optimistic. He could become an average player., or a nice platoon.
Average bats look like all-stars on the Giants right now.
Mike Gerber sounds like the type of fake name someone makes up on the spot, then it turns out it wasn’t fake. Kinda like George Cauldron.
Or will smith, or tony watson, or sam dyson.
now in left field….Art Vandeleigh
Vandeleigh is returning to baseball after a short stint in the latex industry.
The average doesnt tell the whole story. Parra had a good portion of his hits that kept the line moving in a rally or flat out start a rally. Dont get a lot to hit when youre batting 8th. And he has a chance to lead the league in outfield assists. I understand the move. On a team that has low averages across the board, hes the odd man out. Shame to see him go, and good luck to him in the future.
Even so, if you are scratching to score two runs per game, all the pitching and defense in the world wont keep you afloat. This club is smoldering rubbish at the plate right now.
black smoke over the Bay from the tire fire at Oracle…it’s gonna be a while
Bark Bark bark, sniff sniff sniff. Muttenchops here..
That is not a tire fire over Oracle. They are just burning Bochy’s diapers.
Please DFA Crawford and option Panik next.
Cmon you cant DFA Crawford , that would show no class as far as an organization cause he deserves better. It’s just the first month of the season.Its just like Aguilar stats now are the same as last years and look where he ended up .
it’s not just the first month — since July of last year, OPS+
July – 45
August – 31
Sept – 77
April – 38
He has been utterly abysmal for several consecutive months now and he’s not a part of the future of this team.
Brandon Crawford’s WAR -0.3
He ain’t no all star.
Joe Panik’s WAR -0.1
Is he still breathing?
At some point SF has to realize that the other teams seem to be able to hit at Oracle Park and the Giants cant. They have players who have the capability to hit at least to a league average level but they are not, in fact they are hitting way below.
At what point is SF going to look at the coaching staff? They promote Bam Bam to bench coach after consistently poor overall hitting over the years. This new guy doesn’t seem to be doing any better. I suspect that Bam Bam still has too much influence over how hitting is coached at SF. Heaven help us if he ends up being Bochy’s replacement.
Sir Hensley’s crest of arms. Two crossed bats, saw off by a fastball in the catcher’s mitt..But my dog, Muttenchops, likes Hensley.
Bye Felicia
I wonder if the Giants would like to have Brian Reynolds back.
I bet they’re scratching their heads on that one lol. Reynolds is raking right now and he’s what the Giants need
I’m really looking forward to seeing how Beede and Gerber baby do today. Maybe Vogt will get a key hit off the bench too. Lots to watch out for today. Go Giants.
wow. talk about a rough outing for Beede. I think he showed potential though.
Poor Beede lol. Boy got sauced up tonight. Might as well pack his bags and wait for that next bus back to Sacramento
Estes still sounds impressed. lol
Yeah I think he had some good stuff, but two unlucky singles and a 348 foot home run later, his first inning doesn’t look great. I’d give him another chance if I was Farhan.
At least he was consistent. His third inning looked like his first.
Po Po Po Po Po Poo Poo Poo Poo Beede. Same old Beede just another year. From the top prospect to obscurity. Po Po Po Po Poo Poo Poo Beede. Send him back to Sacramento. The giants will be over the salary cap with all the money they have to pay for maids to change his bedding.
Crawford is the worst hitter in baseball. Get that guy off this team. Addition by Subtraction. ANYONE ELSE WOULD BE BETTER
I feel your pain Dougie. Lol. Had a chance to get a key hit to get giants ahead and boof…another K. Dude can’t hit with RISP, I can’t stand to look at the dude anymore. Everytime he comes up I change channel. They need to find someone to take his place, giants wont be any worse w/o him that’s for sure!
……It’s funny last May Crawford was the MVP of the League,look it up.its May, most teams don’t know how good they are til June
We don’t need to wait until June. We have known what we are since July of 2016.
Playing without a shortstop would be interesting. Kind of like starting a game without a starter on the hill. Who do the Giants have to replace Rapunzel?
It usually takes two months for Rapunzel to get into baseball shape. and lose the water weight he gains over the winter. If he needs to lose ten pounds, cut his hair or try testosterone replacement therapy.
STEVEN VOGT is my new favorite Giant.
Hahahaha yes sir! Glad to see him finally get called up. Watching kratz was getting to be a major headache to deal with
I will never understand why they didn’t go with Aramis over Kratz. It makes zero sense.
Aramis’s strikeout numbers in September last year were kinda terrible. Maybe they want him to cut that down? Still, if Poset goes down I want to see him as our primary catcher, if only to see what we have in him.
Has to suck being Aramas. Bochy’s buddy Posey stands in the way. Bochy’s gardener Sandoval is the fourth catcher. Joey Bart is the fifth, sixth and seventh catcher. Aramis should request a trade to the Tokyo Giants.
The answer to that is easy. Only those eligible for Social Security at the Bochy home of Geriatrics get to sit the bench.
…..If he gives you Headaches,you’ve got problems you need to Deal with,sorry for that!
The real story is bringing up Stephen Vogt baby. That dude can hit.
I hope he’s in the lineup today. He looks absolutely locked in right now.
Never happen. Posey is Bochy’s nephew or illegitimate son.. We’ll see Vogt again after he gets cold sitting the bench.
The Giants are paying extra for the maid service needed to clean the beds where Blach and Beede sleep. To save money on landing fees the Giants can just roll Beede out of the cargo bay while over Sacramento.. I don’t think we see Blach again. Zaidi will trade the 75MPH fastball to anyone who wants a laugh. As for Beede all the hype over his new pitch selection is just that. Hype.
Finally Parra has been let go. Talk about another Bochy “Nursing home” roadblock. Thank you Farhan we have been watching this same scenario with Diaper Boch for three years.
Next up on the DFA watch? Kratz..
Followed by Panik the pretender. The pretender is dead, long live Slater who could break the lineup before he turns 45 years old.
Is Mac Williamson 30 yet? He could get promoted by Bochy before he collects social security..