12:20pm: Mackey relays that the 2023 salary will be $2.5MM with the club option for 2024 valued at $3.25MM.
11:47am: The Pirates are close to a deal with left-hander Jarlín García, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. It will apparently be a one-year deal with a club option. Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says the deal is done, pending a physical. The financials of the deal aren’t yet publicly known. The lefty is represented by Paul Kinzer.
García, 30 in January, has seen MLB action in each of the past six seasons, the first three with the Marlins and the last three with the Giants. He made 58 appearances for the Giants in 2022, logging 65 innings and finishing the year with a 3.74 ERA, 20.7% strikeout rate, 6.7% walk rate and 39.1% ground ball rate.
The Giants could have retained García for 2023 via arbitration, as he has between five and six years of MLB service time. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected García for a salary of $2.4MM but the Giants instead opted to non-tender him and send him to the open market.
As of this moment, the Pirates don’t have a single left-handed pitcher on their 40-man roster. That makes García a very sensible addition for the club. Like most southpaws, he fares better against batters that hit from left side. For his career, lefties have hit García to the tune of .206/.268/.338 while righties have a line of .235/.304/.428. The Pirates have been deep in rebuild territory for a few years now and don’t seem likely to suddenly jump into contention but García can potentially help them in multiple ways this year. He should give the club an option to tackle tough lefty hitters on opposing teams and will likely find himself in trade rumors at the deadline if he’s successful.
OPEN THE FLOODGATES
They needed this guy. He will be huge in the WC game for them!
Actually real Trumbo?!?! I thought I never see this day.
Haha whats up fre5hwind??
You just can’t help huh? Your stupidity prevents you from not sounding stupid over and over.
With the Bucs projected to sign Roberto Perez and their intention to sign a starter, Duane Underwood Jr is probably the odd man out.
He’s arbitration eligible and could see his salary jump significantly.
Says the child with a pic of 45 with a binky in his mouth.
Ever heard of a joke, bro? It’s what your little January 6th stuff was.
StephCurry, You are posting on the wrong site son!
And who is “Your?” I was watching TV on Jan 6 just like you. Crawl back underneath the rock youngin.
The events of January 6 in legal terms is known as “ an insurrection “
How did we get talking about insurrections?
That’s good
Solid pickup!! Once again, this also proves how cheap Bloom is being. The pirates land a decent RP over the Sox . ;P
Very good add. Pirates bullpens haven’t actually been bad overall but very short of lefties.
They aren’t bad. They’ve just been gassed by August because starters aren’t pitching deep enough into games. They need at least 3 starters go 180+ innings next year.
That and the misuse of some members of the bullpen contributed to the end of year meltdown
Shelton’s a horrible manager, thankfully 2023 is the last year of his contract
Bryan Reynolds should really reconsider his trade request. They’re an arm away from competing with the pre season favorite Cubs to wins the NLC.
The cliche troll garbage can post .. Nice
3Rivers, People joke around on here all the time and are self deprecating about there own teams! What is your malfunction green pea?? You come in as a rookie poster and start telling everyone off?? You can kick rocks friend..
Pretty sure that pacifier from you profile pic needs to be in your mouth
MLB.com reported yesterday that the Bucs expected Reynolds to ask for a trade even before the winter meetings started
Team management had hoped to keep this a secret but Reynolds’ agent leaked it to the media
It would be interesting to see them target Sean Manaea and Michael Conforto on bounce back deals. Can’t seem them spending that much money, but it would sure make things more interesting this year. Conforto could benefit from the short porch in RF and spend a lot of time as the DH. Manaea solidifies the rotation. Neither impedes the progress of any of their prospects.
They have enough hitters with 100.+ strikeouts
( 7 last year)
I only count 5 (Hayes, Cruz, Chavis, Reynolds, and Suwinski). Hayes, Cruz, Reynolds, and to a lesser extent Suwinski, are all sure to be involved next season. Conforto basically replaces Chavis’ strikeouts but with a lot more potential upside for a lineup that desperately needs it.
Ben Gamel also struck out 100 times
I see 98 on Baseball Reference.
Choi + Santana and now this dude.. Pirates just low key getting it done
Compared to what we’ve been used to? Absolutely. People can complain about what they’re doing, but they’re at least doing something.
He had a down year in 2022 but he can pitch.
2021 was great so he’s capable and Pittsburgh will allow him to find his groove before he gets traded.
Good move…looks like other GMs must be at the San Diego zoo this morning.
McCutchen reunion should be next.
I would love it, but I just don’t see it.
Why? His defense has declined. They need OF who can play OF still.
I was joking…..Just seems along the lines of the way they are spending money at the moment.
Sorry, there are still a bunch of Yinzers that keep wanting the Pirates to resign him and thought you one of them. Had to hear about Neal Walker not being extended for years too. Didn’t matter that he spent a lot of the time after he was in Pittsburgh on the IL, still should have extended him. Sorry for thinking you were being serious @Bud 🙂
the same Neil Walker that went 0-19 in the 2015 playoffs?
That’s the man @TheMan 3 🙂
This was a very good pickup by Pirates, unlike Santana move.
Santana may be a good pick up with shifts outlawed. He had the highest shift percentage in the league per what I read.
Agreed, Manny. Excellent signing. Quality LHP.
Great cheap signing
Jarlin the Pirate!
For a second I thought “Jaime” Garcia, ugh