The next domino (or pair of dominos) in the starting pitching market have fallen for the offseason. The San Francisco Giants have re-signed Anthony DeSclafani and Alex Wood. DeSclafani signed a 3 year, $36M contract on Monday. He was a low risk signing last season for the Giants at $6M and gave them a spectacular return on their investment, pitching to a 3.17 ERA for the season while starting 31 games. His counterpart, Alex Wood, is in the process of finalizing a 2 year deal to pay him “over 10 million” per year. It is likely he will clock in at 11 or 12 million per season on the two year pact. He was a very similar situation as DeSclafani for the Giants last year, a $3M signing who pitched to a 3.83 ERA over 26 starts. A pair of low risk signings last season that helped lead the Giants to their amazing 107-win season will be returning. Now time will tell if they can resign Gausman.
This marks 2 more starting pitchers off the board, albeit two starters who were likely to make a return to the Bay Area anyway. Onto the next move…
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