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Giants traded Taylor Rogers to Reds for a prospect, Braxton Roxby. Salary dump. $12 million salary, Giants paying half, near as I can tell.
San Francisco Giants Dealing All-Star Reliever in Trade With Cincinnati Reds
Taylor Rogers | MLB Contracts & Salaries | Spotrac.com
Salary dump indeed. Discouraging.
Liked the guy, but honestly, took a deep breath every time he entered the game.
In his last 15 games, 11 were scoreless outings. 2.57 ERA. Giants went 1-14. He threw 172 pitches in Sept. Got 6 swing and misses. As much as anything, those two stats explain why he’s gone. He’s no longer a high leverage reliever and $12 MM is too much to pay for the 12-13th member of the staff. As supported by the fact they gad to eat half his salary.
Giants only have one left-handed reliever on the 40,man roster - Erik Miller. I’m sure Luchessi will challenge for a spot as will, perhaps, Raymond Burgos, who they picked up from the Mexican league last year. But they are wafer thin when it comes to left-handed relievers.