The churn continues, even when fully out of the playoff race and not having anything to play for. On Sunday the San Francisco Giants claimed right-handed reliever Jharel Cotton off of waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
Cotton, who is 30, is having a tough year. In 35 innings with the Twins he had a very nice ERA of 2.83, but everything points to that being a lot of luck, as he had a 5.48 FIP, a 5.09 xFIP, and a .182 BABIP, with less than eight strikeouts per nine innings, and more than four walks.