The Giants have signed right-handers Jon Duplantier and Gray Fenter to a minor league contracts, per MLB.com.
There is, of course a transactions freeze for members of the Players’ Union, but that does not preclude clubs from offering minor league contracts. They cannot, however, incentivize those contracts with offers to spring training or give 40-man roster spots. When the lockout ends, Duplantier is likely to receive an invitation to spring workouts with the Giants.
Duplantier was once a top prospect in the Diamondbacks organizations. The bespectacled 27-year-old had a solid debut in 2019 for Arizona, appearing 15 times (3 starts) and tossing 36 2/3 innings with a 4.42 ERA/3.95 FIP. He has struggled to stay healthy since then, logging just 21 combined innings in Triple-A and the Majors in the two seasons.
Fenter, 25, has yet to make his Major League debut. The right-hander was drated in the seventh round by the Orioles in the 2015 draft. He pitched last season for Bowie in Double-A, pitching o a 5.47 ERA in 77 1/3 innings over 21 appearances (13 starts).
LordD99
I don’t believe Duplantier was ever a top-, medium- or lower-level prospect with the Yankees.
Joe says...
Baseball Reference doesn’t remember him with the Yankees either.
Dutch Vander Linde
Maybe he didn’t last long with the Yankees
Ducky Buckin Fent
I don’t think so either. But why are we talking about that?
LordD99
…and B-R’s “memory” is much better than mine. It looks to have been corrected.
stevecohenMVP
Yankees were never mentioned in the article…. I’m confused
Redsoxx_62
It did, they must have edited it
Ducky Buckin Fent
There we go. Should have read a couple more posts.
scottn59c
Good arms for depth.
voteposey4hof
Pretty amazing to watch Farhan treat the off-season like a winter baseball draft. Unlike the player draft in June, these pickups are similar to the low picks in the lower NFL and NBA draft where players are close to being talented and ready enough to play in the league. If they don’t pan out, it costs almost nothing and the Org moves on.
Baseball 1600
Perhaps a bullpen option if several get hurt?
His BB/9 in the 2019 minor league season was 6.5 though had a 10.5 SO/9
A guy like him reminds me of Tyler Beede. Don’t have a lot of faith in Beede to ever breakout but it’s possible they see something in Duplantier that they can fix
Gwynning
Dupe is a great depth signing; I wanted the Pads to do this exact deal and sign him to El Paso. Alas, FZ beat us to it.
5TUNT1N
You’ll see if Beede breaks out this year with the giants .. since he’s out of options. Otherwise it’ll be with another team!
Kapler's Coconut Oil
I’m not about to claim that I could do this job well or even better than TC but I sure as hell can Google a player’s name and see that he never spent a second in the Yankees organization.
claude raymond
Damn, perfection must become you.
elo2cali
Didn’t sign Jon Gray, so they signed a Jon and a Gray
Ghost Pepper
“bespectacled” lol
More like motorbike goggles.
rond-2
Looking at the stats, it appears Mr. Fenter needs to work on his control.
Redwolves3
Zaidi woke up long enough from snoozing to try to make fans think he was doing something to make the 2022 Giants a better team. Lol
claude raymond
Yes, RedW, he sucks at doing that. Just like you seem to suck at waking up from snoozing to make intelligent posts.
TonyGwynnSD19
The Giants. LOL
claude raymond
You’d be sleeping as well TG but you’ve misplaced your binky. Try thumb sucking.
Gwynning
By all accounts, this TGSD19 cat looks and smells like a troll and does not represent the real, faithful Friars one bit.
Giants74
@tony What such in-depth analysis. How long did it take you to come up with that?
Gwynning
Do not feed the troll, all he does is grief the Bay Area fans for some strange reason. This TG guy lives on every SF post, super strange. Hes never contributed one iota of pertinent info on any Padre post.
claude raymond
I was one and done. And you’re right, he doesn’t post on Padres articles.
xtraflamy
TG doesn’t post anything on Giants articles either. Just the same old dreck, like clockwork.
One trick troll.
HummBaby22
Do you ever post anything smart or do you only know 3 words?
UnbiasedFan13
Not gonna lie, I think it’s funny and I lol everytime I see TG’s standard comment. And I’m a diehard giants fan of 30+ years. It’s a golden one liner and the fact it irritates everyone so much makes it even funnier to me. TG shows pure dedication to his troll-craft, even when the giants win the division via 107 dubs. Gotta respect that competitive fire in a 162 game season.
The irony is it’s the Padres who hilariously fail to buy a winning team every year.
The Padres. Lol
48-team MLB
I had already predicted Giants over Blue Jays in 2022 but this move makes it a sweep.
Ghost Pepper
Lets worry about an on schedule Spring Training before we start talking about the Fall Classic.
48-team MLB
I’m not a fan of either of those teams.
talkingjunky
It would be cool if someone signed Correa to a 350 million dollar minor league contract.
48-team MLB
It should be either the Mets or Marlins since they’re both minor league teams.
Peart of the game
I would rather have Joe or Marco Duplantier. (In all seriousness, good minor league signing)
Bart Harley Jarvis
Wait until Gabe Kapler rubs some of his magic coconut juice on this pair. Voila! The Giants number 1 and 2 starters.