Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Giants are shopping Ramon Ramirez and Jeremy Affeldt to try to make some room in the payroll.
It is a little peculiar that the Giants are looking at trading Affeldt right after picking up his option, especially considering his relatively high salary at $5 million for this season but I guess the front office has had a change of heart or think the market for relievers has changed enough that flipping him might make sense.
On that last part my initial reaction was that to move him it might require eating money which would kind of make less sense to clear payroll. After taking a look at the available free agents that might not be the case. Let’s take a closer look.
His 2.63 ERA last season would be 5th best among free agent relief pitchers.
His 3.69 FIP last season would be 12th best among free agent relief pitchers.
His 3.39 xFIP last season would be 7th best among free agent relief pitchers.
He has durability on his side...
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