Joining Giants McGee signed a two-year, $7 million deal with the Giants on Tuesday, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports. Impact McGee recorded an excellent 2.77 ERA over his first six years in the league as a Ray before struggling to a 4.78 mark over the next four years as a Rockie, a difference seemingly too large to be attributable purely to Coors Field. In 20.1 innings with the Dodgers last year, however, he was in vintage form, backing up his 2.66 ERA with an incredible combination of a 41.8 percent strikeout rate and 3.8 percent walk rate while seeing his fastball jump by a tick and a half to 95.0 mph. Now 34 years old, the southpaw may not be able to keep up that level of performance for long, but a modest regression would keep him as one of the best relievers in San Francisco and would likely earn him at least a handful of saves as part a projected closer committee.
FEBRUARY 9, 2021 • ROTOWIRE
