Giants Sign Alex Wood - 美國職棒

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Giants Sign Alex Wood

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By Connor Byrne | January 14, 2021 at 8:04pm CDT

The Giants have signed left-hander Alex Wood to a one-year contract, Alex
Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports. It’s a $3MM guarantee that includes
up to $3MM more in performance bonuses for the ACES client, per Maria
Guardado of MLB.com.

Wood, an ex-Dodger, will now reunite with Giants president of baseball
operations Farhan Zaidi, who was the Los Angeles general manager earlier in
the southpaw’s career. Wood had some of his best seasons when Zaidi was in LA
’s front office, and the 30-year-old has largely held his own since he broke
into the majors with the Braves in 2013. Overall, Wood has logged a strong
3.45 ERA/3.72 SIERA in a combined 851 2/3 innings, though his drop-off over
the past couple of years made him a buy-low type this offseason.

LA sent Wood to Cincinnati as part of a blockbuster deal before the 2019
campaign, and the Reds were surely expecting him to give them quality innings
that year. However, nagging back issues held him out for most of the season
and limited him to just 35 2/3 frames of 5.80 ERA pitching.

The Dodgers brought Wood back in free agency almost exactly one year ago
(Jan. 12, 2020) on a $4MM guarantee, but the reunion didn’t go quite as
planned. Wood struggled with shoulder problems in the regular season, in
which he tossed 12 2/3 innings and yielded nine earned runs (mostly out of
the bullpen). But Wood did rebound during the Dodgers’ World Series-winning
playoff run with 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball and eight strikeouts against
three walks. Four of those innings, all of which were scoreless, came during
the Fall Classic against Tampa Bay.

In an ideal world for the Giants, Wood will perform more like he did in last
year’s playoffs than in the regular season. Either way, it’s not all that
surprising that they’re bringing him into the fold. Not only does Wood have
connections to Zaidi and manager Gabe Kapler, another former member of the
Dodgers’ front office, but Giants GM Scott Harris made it known earlier this
week that acquiring a lefty starter was a priority for the team.

The Giants lost southpaw Drew Smyly to the Braves earlier in free agency
after he served as an inexpensive steal for the club in 2020, which
temporarily left them with a righty-laden projected rotation. Wood should
provide some balance to a Giants starting staff that figures to rely heavily
on two of Wood’s former Reds teammates – Kevin Gausman and Anthony
DeSclafani – as well as Johnny Cueto and Logan Webb.

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5. 備註：

(1) 巨人隊以$3MM/1YR附帶$3MM的激勵獎金簽下現年30歲的左投Alex Wood。

(2) 自2013年在勇士隊上到大聯盟至今，851.2局繳出 3.45 ERA/3.72 SIERA，但近年表現
不佳讓他只能拿到相對低點的合約。

(3) 去年道奇隊以$4MM/1YR的合約簽回他，但過程並不是十分順遂，主要是他因肩膀傷勢
所困，例行賽大多擔任後援投手，12.2局中掉了九分自責分，不過他在季後賽6.2局僅失一
分繳出8K與3次保送，其中在世界大賽的四局還無失分。

(4) Alex Wood去年在道奇隊的成績表現(今年30歲；去年原計薪水：$4MM)：

W - L ERA IP R ER SO BB ERA+ FIP WHIP

0 - 1 6.39 12.2 11 9 15 6 65 68 1.816

(5) 巨人隊各投手位置人選如下：
A. SP：Johnny Cueto、Kevin Gausman、Anthony DeSclafani、Logan Webb、Tyler
Beede、Alex Wood (L)、Tyler Anderson (L)*、Trevor Cahill*。
B. SP/LR：Anthony Banda (L)。
C. RP：Jarlin Garcia、Shaun Anderson、Matt Wisler、Trevor Gott、Sam Selman、
Wandy Peralta (L)、Caleb Baragar (L)、Conner Menez (L)、Rico Garcia、Reyes
Moronta、John Brebbia、Dedniel Nunez、Enderson Franco*、Jake Jewell*。
D. SU：Tony Watson (L)*。
E. CL：Tyler Rogers。
*：本季結束即成為自由球員。

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