{"id":57597,"date":"2022-08-27T01:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T01:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-select-scott-alexander-mlb-trade-rumors\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T01:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T01:14:59","slug":"giants-select-scott-alexander-mlb-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/giants-select-scott-alexander-mlb-trade-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants Select Scott Alexander – MLB Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Giants announced they’ve selected reliever Scott Alexander<\/strong> onto the major league roster. Fellow southpaw Thomas Szapuki<\/strong> was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento in a corresponding move. To create a spot on the 40-man roster, San Francisco recalled left-hander Sam Long<\/strong> from the minors and placed him on the major league 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n

Alexander is up for the first time as a Giant. The 33-year-old is no stranger to the NL West, having spent the 2018-21 campaigns with the archrival Dodgers. He was a solid situational piece for LA skipper Dave Roberts, posting a 3.49 ERA across 111 frames. The sinkerballer only struck out 17.7% of opposing hitters over that stretch, but only Zack Britton<\/strong> and Aaron Bummer<\/strong> had a ground-ball rate superior to Alexander’s 67.5% clip (among relievers with 100+ innings). He held left-handed opponents to a woeful .196\/.262\/.312 line in 122 plate appearances over that stretch.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Alexander was also no stranger to the injured list. He lost a good chunk of the 2019 season with forearm inflammation, and he spent most of last year on the IL with a shoulder injury. The Dodgers waived him at the end of last season, and he remained a free agent until signing a minor league deal with San Francisco in March. He’s spent the majority of this year on the IL as well, only reporting to Sacramento three weeks ago. After 7 2\/3 scoreless innings over seven games there, Alexander makes his return to the major leagues.<\/p>\n

Long recently concluded a right oblique strain in-A, according to his transactions log at MLB.com. His 2022 season comes to an end after 28 MLB appearances and eight outings in Sacramento. The swingman worked to a 3.61 ERA over 42 1\/3 innings at the MLB level, albeit with a modest 18.2% strikeout rate. He’ll be paid at the prorated $700K league minimum rate for the rest of the season and collect big league service time for the next five weeks.<\/p>\n

@Drew_Smitty<\/a> first reported Alexander’s forthcoming promotion yesterday.<\/i><\/p>\n

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