The Giants introduced Monday that they’ve designated right-hander Daulton Jefferies for task. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to right-handed pitching prospect Mason Black, whose beforehand reported promotion from Triple-A Sacramento is now official.
Jefferies, 28, went via two years of painstaking rehab to get again to the massive leagues after present process each Tommy John surgical procedure and thoracic outlet surgical procedure. The previous No. 37 general draft choose’s Giants debut on the finish of March was his first MLB look since Might 2022 with the A’s.
Jefferies shined in Spring Coaching this 12 months (2.57 ERA, 16-to-3 Okay/BB ratio in 14 innings) and has pitched fairly nicely in 4 Triple-A appearances this season. In 18 1/3 frames with Sacramento, he’s notched a tidy 3.44 ERA whereas fanning 22.7% of his opponents in opposition to a pointy 6.7% stroll price.
Nonetheless, in a pair of huge league appearances, he’s lasted simply 4 2/3 innings general and been tagged for 13 runs (9 earned) on the power of 14 hits (two homers) and a pair of walks. Jefferies has solely fanned 4 of the 31 males he’s confronted. He’s seen greater than half the balls in play in opposition to him land for hits, which actually hasn’t helped his trigger, however he’s additionally paid the worth for loads of errors over the plate; along with the pair of homers, he’s surrendered six doubles and a triple.
Jefferies has had a good bit of minor league success, however he’s but to hold it over to the massive leagues in a quartet of seasons the place he’s seen principally fleeting motion. In 61 MLB frames, he carries an unpleasant 6.64 earned run common, though his general mark in six minor league seasons is almost half that quantity, sitting at 3.88.
Accidents have performed no small half in his struggles; the beforehand talked about Tommy John surgical procedure in 2022 was truly the second of his profession, and he battled nerve points in his elbow for practically a 12 months earlier than lastly being recognized with thoracic outlet symptom and present process that surgical procedure.
The Giants could have every week to commerce Jefferies, try to move him via outright waivers or launch him. He’s in his ultimate minor league choice season, so any crew that acquires him would be capable to ship him to Triple-A without having to reveal him to waivers.
Jefferies has been outrighted as soon as previously, so even when he goes unclaimed on waivers, that prior outright task grants him the correct to reject one other outright task in favor of free company.
