The Giants have claimed righty Ricardo Pinto off waivers, per a club announcement. A roster spot was created by moving Trevor Gott to the 60-day injured list.
Pinto has been hit hard in each of his two, brief MLB stints but hasn’t yet received a full opportunity. In 123 1/3 innings this year in the upper minors, he carried a 4.23 ERA with 8.1 K/9 against 3.9 BB/9.
One thing that isn’t in doubt is Pinto’s arm speed. He has shown upper-nineties heat whether leaning on a two-seam or four-seam fastball. Perhaps the Giants have some ideas for unlocking Pinto’s potential — much as they did with Gott.
Dixon Miaz
Gott is probably getting tj
GiantsX3
And your point is don’t claim the next guy?
baseballpun
Ricardo has some control issues to work through. I think he’ll get them sorted out, but Pinto’ll bean some players in the process.
statman
Gott was a good get … I’ll bet if they wanted to get something for Gott they’d get something good. It’s not clear if Gott’s gotta get TJ, he may just gotta get a good amount of rest and then he’ll get to get going back and get a lot of guys out again.
vtadave
That was awful.
BaseballBrian
I predict he will be Acquired and Dfa’d thrice before spring training.
SFGiants74
I predict you will be wrong. I predict that you have no clue.
BaseballBrian
I predict you were made fun of in the shower during high school.
nentwigs
Giants are currently eyeing Luis Bobcat for their next waiver claim !!
phamdownbytheriver
Ricardo Pinto….. he of the exploding fastball.
jorge78
But his friends call him “beans.”
geg42
Well the Giants didn’t have to pay beans for Beans.
Better than being Pony League anyway.
spinach
The article doesn’t say what team waived him…
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VTGiant
Keep in mind, you can’t coach 98 mph, you can, however, coach location issues with release point management. Just sayin’…