{"id":166245,"date":"2022-12-23T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-michael-conforto-agree-to-two-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:52:00","slug":"giants-michael-conforto-agree-to-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-michael-conforto-agree-to-two-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants, Michael Conforto Agree To Two-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>The Giants and the outfielder <strong>Michael Conforto<\/strong> are in agreement on a two-year, $36MM deal, reports <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1606289083642179584\">Bob Nightengale of USA Today<\/a>.  Conforto will be able to opt out after the first season, per <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Buster_ESPN\/status\/1606292666605412353\">Buster Olney of ESPN<\/a>.  The deal is pending a physical.<\/p>\n<p>Conforto, 30, was arguably the best upside play remaining on the free agent market based on his excellent run of results from 2017 through 2020. However, it&#8217;s not without risk for the Giants, as Conforto had a disappointing season in 2021 and then missed the 2022 season entirely due to shoulder surgery.<\/p>\n<p>In that 2017-2020 stretch, Conforto got into 467 games for the Mets and launched 97 home runs.  His 24.4% strikeout rate was slightly higher than average but his 12.7% walk rate was well beyond par.  His overall offensive output resulted in a batting line of .265\/.369 \/ .495, which was 33% above league average by measure of wRC +.  That 133 wRC+ was in the top 25 among all qualified hitters in baseball during that time.<\/p>\n<p><em>more to come<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/5067886\/300x250_2_MLB -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Giants and the outfielder Michael Conforto are in agreement on a two-year, $36MM deal, reports Bob Nightengale of USA Today. Conforto will be able to opt out after the first season, per Buster Olney of ESPN. The deal is pending a physical. 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