The Giants announced a series of roster moves today, with outfielder Luis Matos and right-hander Kai-Wai Teng recalled from Triple-A Sacramento. Teng will be making his major league debut as soon as he gets into a game. In corresponding moves, outfielder Mike Yastrzemski has been placed on the paternity list while right-hander Luke Jackson goes on the 15-day injured list with a lower back strain. Daniel Álvarez-Montes of El Extrabase had reported earlier that Matos would be taking Yastrzemski’s place on the roster. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle first relayed that Teng was at the ballpark tonight.
Jackson departed last night’s game with an apparent back issue. He didn’t seem terribly concerned with the severity but the club evidently feels he will need at least a couple of weeks to get back on the mound.
His injury will pave the way for Teng to be called up to the big leagues for the first time. The 25-year-old was signed by the Twins as an international amateur out of Taiwan. He came to the Giants in the 2019 deadline deal that sent Sam Dyson to Minnesota.
He has climbed the rungs of the minor league ladder since then, showcasing strikeout stuff but also control issues. He split last year between Double-A and Triple-A, making 28 starts and one relief appearance, tossing 126 1/3 innings. He struck out 29.8% of batters faced but also gave out free passes at a 12.4% clip, leading to a combined earned run average of 4.42.
He was added to the club’s 40-man roster in November to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. He didn’t make the Opening Day roster but Jackson’s injury will allow him to come up just after. He’ll likely be in a long relief role out of the bullpen. The club is currently operating with 14 positions players and just 12 pitchers, meaning that eating multiple innings from the bullpen will be valuable for the club.
Even if Teng can’t hang in the big leagues, that Sam Dyson trade will still go down as one of the worst in Twins history.
I like his SO/9 compared to his BB/9.
Not giving up many HR/9 as well.
Might be a good middle relief guy.
I am inclined to agree on that. for those that always talk about how bad they think farhan is, this trade, the one for lamonte wade, the melancon one that cleared him from the books AND brought tristan beck over…. they were all pretty lopsided in favor of the giants
Melancon had a great year after Farhan traded him while the Giants blew something like 18 saves in a 60 game season where they missed the playoffs by 1 game
frugalfarhan, You were probably one of those fans critical of the Melancon signing, of which there were many. Some fans want to have it both ways; criticize for signing someone, then criticize when that guy is traded.
He signed in 2017 for SF. 4years/$62 mil. $15.5 AAV. 15 saves in 116 appearances over 2+ seasons. After going to Braves per Wiki: In 2019 for the Braves, he was 1–0 with 11 saves and a 3.86 ERA over 23 games.[32]
In 2020, he was 2–1 with 11 saves and a 2.78 ERA over 23 games.
So, for ATL he made about $30mil for 22 saves and 46 appearances. Frugal, “a great year” equal 3.86, 11 saves, 23 appearances while making $15 mil? Farhan essentially avoided paying him $30 mil for Melancons “great years”. And received a currently quality pitcher in Beck. Oh, since we’re on PreFarhan burdens, Lucius Fox just got released from a team. Remember him? Doubtful but Evans/sabean front office signed him for $6 from the international pool. BUST. I’ll repeat, Zaidi got rid of a $30 mil, 15 saves, High ERA Melancon, picked up a solid starter, and lost out on “a great year”. People like you FF who continue to try to find ANY hole in their front office, keep getting stuff wrong. Just proving how lacking in knowledge you’ve been…going back to when you created your username
Twins owed us after the disastrous AJ Pierzynski deal
Big step forward for Taiwan! Second MLB player since Chien-Ming Wang no?
Tzu-Wei Lin is Taiwanese if I recall correctly.
Oh,and Yu Chang too. There’s probably more.
Wei-Yin Chen
Completely incorrect teng would make the 17th player in mlb history from Taiwan
Teng is probably just a guy, but it’s cool that Matos is up
Shouldn’t teams, the league and the player’s association issue reminders to players who are unable to calculate forward nine months that they should knock up their women from December to April? That way the dad’s can be home to support and aid their child’s mother and/or family instead of having to gallivant all over the country doing their JOB.
I honestly cannot tell if this is sarcasm or honest to goodness misogyny.
are you serious? life doesn’t work that way..you sound young or you are a 40 year old virgin..
Nice troll, but you gave yourself away. No one smart enough to know the word “gallivant” would post something that dumb 🙂
@Bauer Well he wasn’t intelligent enough to is the word. You don’t “gallivamt” for anything such as a job. The definition of gallivamting already defines what one is traveling about for which is the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.
Good to see you will never disappoint us jacksson13. once a clown always a clown
Teng, eh? There are other pitchers I would have thought they’d call up first; this guy had kind of fallen off the radar with a few seasons of meh in the minors.
A KNBR host this morning stated he is the only pitcher on the current 40 man that was available, all the other pitchers are up or have injuries. Although on the Giants official page it show Rodrigues and McDonald are in minors as well, perhaps they are nicked up.
Black would be the choice as a long man/ starter if 40 man wasn’t a thing. Teng has control issues, but that’s mostly due to the robo zone. Dude had one of the best k/9 in the minors
Off radar with the fans maybe. Gets mentioned quite regularly when Giants people talk pitching depth. I’m always “Who is Teng ? Where did he come from ?”
Where did he go?
Thanks for the reminder on Sam Dyson who had an injury that was covered up and then in the offseason he decided that abusing his wife would be his offseason hobby. Outstanding
He’s just a typical Florida man.
Guessing Sunday either Teng or Roup will start and the other will follow as neither is built up for a full start.
Teng was the last man standing on the 40. McDonald and Rodriguez are not 100%. Everyone else requires a 40 man slot and dumping someone. Giants don’t have that luxury.
I think Teng would be a great relief pitcher.
The entire reason he’s been held back in the minors is because of his bb/9. How exactly does that make a great reliever?
Doesn’t allow a lot of home runs. Stuff should improve in relief.
Most relievers start in the minors and get converted to relief because they walk too many, don’t have enough secondary pitches, or one of the many other reasons one can’t stick it as a starter. It would not be out of the realm of possibility for him to be a solid reliever because he walks guys as a starter.
Like Matos a lot. The Giants could be really good. They are gonna pitch. Bullpen and starters are strong. Lee looks like a real player and yes 2 games is the smallest of samples but Conforto resurgence?
He’s not the only Gai-Wai Ting for a call to MLB.
He’s better than Sum Ting Wong
That S.F. TV station news coverage of the SFO accident was classic.
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