Five Players the San Francisco Giants Need to Make Room on 40 Man For

Nick Vincent

While the Giants are struggling with depth in the outfield, they have tremendous depth in the bullpen. While veteran left handers Will Smith and Tony Watson have been rumored to be on the trade block, nothing has happened yet, and keeping them allows the Giants to have as strong a pen as any in the game.

The Giants also have players without options trying to make the 25 man, including Sam Dyson, Chris Stratton and Trevor Gott. When you add Travis Bergen, who is a Rule 5 pick, there will absolutely be a numbers crunch in deciding who makes the opening day roster.

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The Giants, similar to sending Duggar to the minors to make room, could consider sending Reyes Moronta or Dereck Rodriguez to the minors to begin the season as well.

While all three have options, it is highly unlikely that any of the three will start the year in Sacramento.

Moronta and Rodriguez may have been the two best pitchers for the Giants in 2018, and they aren’t showing any signs of slowing down.

That brings us to Vincent, who is a right hander with major league experience and more importantly, major league success.

Last season for the Seattle Mariners, Vincent pitched well, with 56 strikeouts to just 15 walks in 56.1 innings pitched over 62 games.

His only flaw seems to be that he is not a flame thrower, but with his strikeout to walk ratio at 4.05 for his 7 year career, that will play at Oracle Park.

It might take the Giants trading Smith or Watson or even moving high priced former closer Mark Melancon, to make room for Vincent, but it seems the Giants will need to find a way.