Giants, Clayton Andrews Agree To Minor League Deal

The Giants signed lefty reliever Clayton Andrews to a minor league contract, per the transaction log at MLB.com. San Francisco assigned Andrews to their Arizona complicated in the intervening time, although he’ll presumably head to Triple-A Sacramento earlier than lengthy.

A former Seventeenth-round choose by the Brewers, Andrews has 5 MLB appearances below his belt. The 5’6″ southpaw reached the majors with 4 outings for Milwaukee final season. He made a lone look this yr for the Yankees, who acquired him from Milwaukee in February. Andrews recorded one out and surrendered a homer to Luke Raley throughout his solely sport in pinstripes. New York designated him for task and ran him by outright waivers once they signed Tim Hill late final month.

Andrews has cleared waivers twice this season. After the second outright, he had the flexibility to decide on minor league free company as an alternative of heading again to Triple-A with the Yankees. He took that chance and lands with a company that performs a lot nearer to dwelling. The 27-year-old went to highschool in Santa Rosa and attended Lengthy Seaside State.

The Giants have been mild on lefty aid depth. Taylor Rogers and Erik Miller are the one southpaws to work a number of innings out of Bob Melvin’s bullpen all yr. Raymond Burgos made a one-inning cameo in his MLB debut however was rapidly outrighted off the 40-man roster. San Francisco has made a pair current additions to their 40-man in an effort to shore up the group. They acquired Alex Young from the Reds for Austin Slater and grabbed Kolton Ingram off waivers from the Cardinals.

San Francisco takes a non-roster flier on Andrews, who has proven the flexibility to overlook bats within the minors. He punched out virtually 26% of opposing hitters over 24 2/3 Triple-A frames for the Yankees. Over elements of six seasons within the minors, Andrews has fanned practically a 3rd of batters confronted. He hasn’t managed to harness that intriguing stuff persistently. Andrews has walked greater than 12% of opponents in his skilled profession and dished out free passes to 22 of 108 opponents (20.4%) within the Yankees’ system.