The Giants have added two hard-throwing right-handed pitchers over the past eighteen hours, so let’s talk about them.
Yesterday, Jose Lopez was claimed off waivers from the Reds, who had designated him for assignment after they had signed Zach Duke to a 1-year deal. This morning, the team traded for Trevor Gott from the Washington Nationals for cash considerations.
These are really nice depth moves that should be pretty familiar to us by now. They wouldn’t have been uncommon in the Brian Sabean era and the only reason why they’ve registered to me as a mild surprise at the beginning of Farhan Zaidi’s tenure is because neither of them are speedy outfielders with a high minor league on base percentage.