The Giants signed Raymond Burgos to a new minor league contract earlier this month, as per the left-hander’s MLB.com profile page. Burgos elected minor league free agency after the season, but he’ll now return for what will be his third season in San Francisco’s organization.
An 18th-round pick for Cleveland in the 2016 draft, Burgos didn’t make his pro debut until 2018 due to Tommy John surgery. He entered minor league free agency after the 2022 campaign and caught on with the Giants for the first time that winter. The Giants parted ways with the southpaw last fall and Burgos caught on with a Mexican League team, only to rejoin the Giants on a new minors deal last April.
This reunion led to Burgos’ first and only appearance at the big league level. The 26-year-old left-hander allowed a run on three hits in his lone inning of relief work in San Francisco’s 5-4 win over the Cubs. Soon after that debut appearance, the Giants designated Burgos for assignment and then outrighted him off their 40-man roster.
Working mostly as a reliever during his career in the minors, Burgos has posted solid numbers, including a 3.38 ERA, 22% strikeout rate, 7.5% walk rate in 48 Triple-A innings. Burgos’ lack of standout strikeout ability could be hampering his path to the bigs, but he has been consistently effective at retiring same-sided batters. Taylor Rogers and Erik Miller are slated to be the top left-handers out of the Giants’ bullpen, and it makes sense that the team would add to this depth (for at least the Triple-A level) with a known quantity in Burgos.
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Going down their list alphabetically, first 3 letters of the last name match, so….. Burnes should be next?
Based on his numbers, this seems like a guy who is very good at baseball, but presently not good enough to be a regular at the major league level. Any sense of whether he’s just waiting for enough guys to be injured or if he’s a couple of adjustments away from finding a more regular role?
Yeah, obviously the Giants see some value there. His AAA numbers are really good for that hitter-friendly environment. It would appear that he could bulk up a bit. The guy’s 6′-5″ and 170 lbs.
He has control issues.
Yeah, in the small sample of his 1 MLB game. But he has just 2.8 BB/9 at AAA. That’s not that bad at all.
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I was kinda hoping the Giants would sign Goldschmidt (has monster lifetime numbers in San Francisco) and Walker Buehler (primed for a post TJ comeback and has a great bulldog competetive mentality).
All I can say is hopefully Posey has much bigger acquisitions in mind.
I can’t agree on Goldschmidt. Two straight years of decline, with a less than league average 2024, entering his age 37 season isn’t encouraging. He could have a bounce back but even with a moderate bounce back wouldn’t be an upgrade on Wade/Flores. Based on age, Wilmer has better odds for a bounce back than Goldschmidt.
I do agree on Buehler. He was really good before the TJS, and looks ready to regain that form.
I wonder if Posey is feeling good about Sasaki, which is why nothing is happening with Burnes.
Ya I think Flores/ Wade make a good platoon at First and or DH. I expect Wilmer to have a good bounce back year. hopefully Eldridge continues to amaze and works his way on to the roster, then they could trade Lamont at the deadline.