The Giants did what nobody else saw coming: they traded their untradeable former closer, Mark Melancon. He had a full no trade clause, you’ll recall, but somehow, Farhan Zaidi was able to convince him to waive it in order to join the Atlanta Braves.
In exchange, the Giants will receive a pair of pitchers: the Braves’ 4th round pick in 2018, former Stanford star RHP Tristan Beck, and Rockies’ 20th round pick in 2011 turned 2014 Rule 5 pick by the Braves, RHP Daniel Winkler.
Tristan Beck is 40 FV on FanGraphs’ board, good FB/CB combo.