After failing to sign Zack Greinke, the Giants land Jeff Samardzija:
Final numbers for the contract are 5 years for $90 million dollars with a limited trade clause.
In three of his last four seasons, Samardzija posted 2.7 fWAR, with an outlier of 4.1 fWAR in 2014. The $90 million indicate the Giants expect to get about 12 WAR from him, which seems about right. Supposedly, Samardzija abandoned his split finger pitch in 2015, and will bring it back in 2016. PITCHf/x does not agree with that, indicating he traded a two-seam fastball for a cutter. I suspect getting away from a designated hitter will help more. If tinkering does get him back to being a four WAR player, the Giants got a bargain.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1RwiDqA
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