SF Giants Player Review 2026: Duncan Davitt had a cool name and side hustle

The SF Giants got desperate for arms at the end of the 2026 season which led them to make some waiver claims. Duncan Davitt was one of those acquisitions off waivers from the Atlanta Braves and he didn’t do all that great on the field for San Francisco so let’s talk about his name and side hustle first.

Duncan Davitt. I love the alliteration. For some reason my mind wants to go, “Duncan Davitt: Kid Detective,” which feels like a show I would have watched on the Disney channel as a kid. Maybe it reminds me of Doogie Howser, M.D. or maybe I’m just a bit odd. Why not both?

Besides the cool name, Davitt has a cool background that our very own Harry Barker-Fost dug into a bit earlier this year. His article is well worth a read and can be found right here, but basically Davitt is a high school sports reporter in the offseason back in his native Iowa. 

Rarely do you have an athlete who is also a journalist so it’s pretty cool that Davitt plays a sport at the highest level professionally but also likes writing about and covering sports as well during the offseason.

Depending on how long the lockout lasts Davitt may end up having to cover high school baseball pretty deep into next season but let’s hope that MLB and the MLBPA can reach some sort of agreement that doesn’t delay the season too long. Maybe the fact that two small-market teams like the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays are in the World Series will prove that the league isn't quite as unfair as it seems.

Duncan Davitt struggled on the mound for the Giants in 2026

Alright, now that we’ve exhausted the fun stuff let’s dive into Davitt’s performance with the Giants. You have to vamp a little bit when writing an article about a pitcher who made just four appearances with the team.

Davitt had an ERA of 9.00 with the Giants in 2026. He allowed six earned runs in six innings of work including two homers, three walks, and four strikeouts. That’s obviously not exceptional and his brief stint with the Chicago White Sox earlier in the year resulted in one earned run allowed in two innings of work.

With the Giants having to make a lot of 40-man roster decisions this offseason, it seems unlikely that Davitt will make the cut but maybe another team will take a chance on him, especially since he has a bit of a funky arm slot as our own Jeff Young noted, and at least he always has his other career to fall back on. 

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