With accidents to a handful of starters together with Anthony DeSclafani, Jakob Junis and Matthew Boyd, the Giants have been trying to find pitching depth.
Their search led them to right-hander Tobias Myers, who was acquired Thursday in a commerce with the Cleveland Guardians.
The Giants despatched Cleveland money issues in change for Myers, who was designated for project this week after posting a 6.00 ERA in 14 Triple-A begins this season. To clear a roster spot for Myers, the Giants transferred DeSclafani to the 60-day injured listing after asserting the veteran starter could possibly be out for the season following ankle surgical procedure that’s scheduled for July 12.
With Junis making an attempt to return from a hamstring harm and Boyd, who has but to debut this season, battling forearm points, the Giants’ pitching depth has been depleted.
It’s unclear how Myers may match into the Giants’ plans because the 23-year-old righty had given up 73 hits and 30 walks in simply 60 innings at Triple-A Columbus this yr. Giants’ president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi usually prioritizes including pitchers with spectacular strikeout-to-walk ratios, however Myers has struggled with command and management this season and had struck out simply 40 batters in 14 begins.
Myers’ high trait that Baseball America highlighted earlier this yr is vertical motion on his fastball, which helps him arrange his high-80s cutter, curveball and working changeup.
Myers pitched within the Rays’ group final season the place he reached Triple-A Durham and struck out 65 batters over 58 innings whereas strolling simply 18 hitters.
A sixth-round draft decide of the Orioles out of highschool, Myers was traded to the Rays in 2017 in a deal that despatched shortstop Tim Beckham to Baltimore. In November 2021, Tampa traded Myers to Cleveland in change for shortstop Junior Caminero.
Upon including him to the 40-man roster, the Giants optioned Myers to Triple-A Sacramento.