Next up on the San Francisco Giants season reviews is right-handed pitcher Jeff Samardzija.
Season stats
4 games (4 starts), 16.2 innings, 21 hits, 4 walks, 2 hit by pitch, 7 home runs, 6 strikeouts, 1.500 WHIP
9.72 ERA, 9.01 FIP, -0.7 rWAR, -0.5 fWAR
Status throughout the season
Samardzija made the Opening Day roster, and was placed on the 10-day Injured List on Aug. 8 with shoulder impingement. He was recalled on Sept. 25, and designated for assignment on Sept. 26.
Season review
Perhaps this operates more as a review of Samardzija’s tenure with the Giants than of his season, but the Shark’s 2020 makes me quite sad, for one main reason: I felt he was under-appreciated by the fanbase, and his season merely added to the narrative that he was a giant ball of disappointment in the black and orange.