The Giants have inked a minors deal with lefty Jerry Blevins, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter).It comes with an invitation to participate in MLB camp.
He'll presumably just be the Blevins had been out since Tuesday for the birth of his child. Versus left-handed batters, he allowed just a 2.51 ERA and 40:6 K:BB ratio in 32.1 innings along with a .153/.202/.217 slash line, numbers more in line with his last two seasons in Oakland.
Born: September 6, 1983 in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA College: Dayton Current Team: Sacramento River Cats Total Cards: 83 Tweet Team Date Transaction; January 21, 2020: LHP Jerry Blevins assigned to Sacramento River Cats. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. The Mets exercised Blevins' option, so he’ll be back in a setup role, where he accrued 19 holds last season. Free-agent left-hander Jerry Blevins has signed a minor-league contract with the #SFGiants, source tells The Athletic. Blevins slots in the A's bullpen in the sixth or seventh inning, or in situations with multiple lefties coming up.Blevins was designated for assignment three times during the course of last season, which should be a pretty clear indication of how the A's view him. Blevins only gave up one home run to a left-handed hitter all year (Michael Saunders in April) and held lefties to a staggering .235 slugging percentage before pitching well in the postseason. In 2020, Blevins will earn, while carrying a total salary of . He'll be available for Game 2 of Monday's doubleheader against the Phillies.Blevins left the team Friday, and after missing the Players on the bereavement list must ,miss between three and seven games, so Blevins will return as early as Monday or as late as next Friday.
He returned to the majors in September and pitched well (18 innings, 12 hits, 20:3 K:BB ratio), and he should pair with Craig Breslow to give the A's two effective lefty relievers.Blevins figures to benefit from the departure of both Alan Embree and Huston Street, and could begin the year as the A's designated lefty option in the late innings. However, in recent seasons, he's displayed a reverse split, diminishing his overall effectiveness. Blevins' bullpen mate, Craig Breslow, seems better cast to get the occasional righty out, which should limit Blevins to more middle-inning work and limit his exposure in late innings.A poor spring and subsequent struggles to start the regular season resulted in Blevins' demotion to the minors after he was all but handed a late- inning lefty specialist role at the start of spring. In camp as a non-roster invitee, Blevins gave up nine earned runs in 3.2 innings this spring, which sealed his fate. About Jerry. The Nationals don't have anyone else in their bullpen who fits in a standard LOOGY role, so if manager Matt Williams can limit Blevins' plate appearances to mostly same-side matchups, he should put up a much better line in 2015 and might even be marginally useful for fantasy purposes.Blevins turned in another solid season of relief for the A's in 2013, compiling a 3.15 ERA over 60 innings and even tossing in five wins for good measure. After spending a couple of months in Triple-A in 2011, Blevins has been solid and ended 2012 with an ERA under 2.50 and a WHIP around 1.00. 64 connections. He'll get a chance to win a roster spot in San Francisco with a strong showing in spring training.After using Shane Greene in the eighth inning, the The 35-year-old more typically gets used as a LOOGY -- Tuesday's outing was his longest of the year -- but Blevins hadn't pitched since July 2 and was plenty rested, and he helped save the rest of the bullpen in a 13-1 rout. Kenta Maeda could see the majority of saves in Los Angeles until Kenley Jansen returns.Brad Johnson delves into the details of his 28th Home League pitching staff, featuring Noah Syndergaard as his No. SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, MMAFighting.com and over 300 fan-centric team communities. He pitched in 15 games there and had a 1–0 record with 6 saves and a 0.38 The Athletics, upon receiving Blevins, optioned him to Double-A On September 16, 2007, Blevins made his major league debut, coming into the game in the ninth inning against the Blevins earned one save during the 2012 season, also his second save in his career, in a clutch relief appearance when A's closer Blevins signed a one-year, $1.1 million deal with the Athletics to avoid arbitration before the 2013 season. Blevins allowed a run on one hit and two walks over two innings of relief in Tuesday's loss to the Brewers..