Reliever Sam Hentges reportedly agrees to one-year, $1.4 million Giants contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Giants fans have one more thing to be thankful for today.
San Francisco reached an agreement with veteran left-handed reliever Sam Hentges on a one-year, $1.4 million contract, FanSided’s Robert Murray reported Thursday, citing a source familiar with the deal.
Hentges is a four-year MLB veteran who has tossed 206.2 innings across 168 games for the Cleveland Guardians in his career. The 29-year-old southpaw missed the entire 2025 MLB season while recovering from shoulder and knee surgery
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The last time Hentges saw action was the 2024 MLB season, where he posted a 3.04 ERA with 27 strikeouts and five walks across 23.2 innings of work.
Since making the move to a full-time relief role in 2022, Hentges has logged a 2.93 ERA in 138 appearances.
His best season came in 2022, when he went 3-2 with a 2.32 ERA in 62 innings across 57 appearances while logging a career-best 1.3 WAR.
The reported addition of Hentges brings some clarity into San Francisco’s decision to non-tender lefty reliever Joey Lucchesi on Nov. 21, after he had a solid campaign with a 3.76 ERA while holding left-handed hitters to a .219 average and a .598 OPS in 38 appearances for the Giants.
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San Francisco now has some option power in its bullpen, with Hentges joining fellow left-handed pitchers Erik Miller, Matt Gage and Reiver José Sanmartín as the Giants’ back-end southpaw options heading into the 2026 MLB season.
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