Giants make MULTIPLE moves...

The San Francisco Giants just made several moves. A mainstay in the rotation over the last few weeks is out, hits the IELTS, and a familiar face is back in the bullpen with that move. We'll break those down here on SF Giants Digest. If you're new here, welcome to the channel. I am your host, Michael Monreal. And if you've been here before, welcome back to SF Giants Digest. We are so glad you found your way back to the channel. Now, before we get into today's video, let me know down in the comments your thoughts on the current state of the San Francisco Giants. Obviously, getting swept by the Kansas City Royals, one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball, is not a great look, but let me know your thoughts down in the comments. Now, before we get into today's video, this one is brought to you by PrizePix. PrizePix is America's number one sports big app and the best way to get in on the action. 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He was recalled from AAA Sacramento, obviously a bullpen arm, a depth piece that we've seen over the past few seasons that has had some up and down stretches with the Giants over the last few years. We'll break down how I feel about him in a few minutes, but the bigger one is right-handed pitcher Trevor McDonald placed on the 15-day IL with a right elbow straight. Now, if anyone was watching the game a few nights ago, obviously he was warming up, felt something weird in his elbow and asked the training staff to come out, inevitably left the game. And, and that was that we didn't really know much about it. And we will still not know until tomorrow afternoon. Now, this came from Susan Slusser, the Giants beat writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, but she said the Giants won't have results of Trevor McDonald's MRI until tomorrow at the earliest and they're off tomorrow. So we'll have, or we will learn more Friday. Matt Chapman is making strides towards return and could be back on homestand. Now, Matt Chapman is a whole different conversation, but getting right back into the Trevor McDonald conversation. This is a guy who has had an up and down season, obviously looks like a potential future piece in this rotation, maybe a long-term bullpen fit, but he really has had some flashes during the 2026 campaign. So far this year, a 5, 1, 2 era 7, 2, 9 strikeouts per 92.9 walks per 9.7 fan graphs at Winsboro replacement, which is actually towards the top of the Giants rotation. It's higher than Robbie Ray, obviously higher than guys like Tyler Miley, Adrian Houser. And that's all in just 70 and a third innings pitch. So not a huge sample, but he has been a pretty consistent name in the rotation over the past few months. And a guy who is really getting his first crack at the big league rotation in an extended period. And he has showed some flashes. As I mentioned, this is something I put out a few hours ago, but if you were to take out Trevor McDonald's eight and seven earned run appearances against the blue Jays and the white he'd have a 3, 5, 0 era with 4, 1, 2 fit and 64 and a third innings pitch. Obviously you can't just take those games out of his numbers, but I would say that he has pitched significantly better than his numbers would suggest. You look at a guy that has a 5, 1, 2 era and you say, what is that dude doing in major league baseball? But you really, it's, it's two blow up starts. The other outings that's been one to earn rounds every time out. And I would say, you know, compared to guys like Tyler Malley, like Adrian Hauser, he has given the giants a much more consistent chance at winning in the rotation. Then those names I just mentioned, I think you see what you have with Trevor McDonald with Carson Woodson hunt with maybe a blade Tidwell in the future. And you, the rest of the two months of the season, obviously the rest of the year is lost. The giants are not trying to win anything. They're not trying to make the playoffs. This season is completely forgotten about. You see what you have with Trevor McDonald, with, with the Carson Woodson hunt, and you have to build for the next few seasons. Now at Jeff Young, obviously a big face on giants Twitter replied to that said, there's a pretty good basis for him to fill a rotation spot fifth starter. Maybe that would be better than trying to fill that in free agency. And I said a hundred percent, you know, especially considering how poor this free agent class is, if you can develop something somewhat effective against lefties, if you're Trevor McDonald, obviously that's his biggest downfall right now, his Achilles heel is that against lefties, he struggles sometimes because he doesn't have necessarily that out pitch facing those hitters. He could be a solid number four. If he could find somewhere in, in, in his arsenal to be more effective against lefties. I know the giants have shown an inability to develop pitches for a lot of their starters. You look at a Carson was not who has been extremely change of reliant over the last few years and hasn't been able to develop a good slider or a good breaking ball. And that, that doesn't give me a ton of confidence in the giants development staff and doing that for Trevor McDonald. But if that were to take place, he could be a very solid fourth or fifth starter for the San Francisco giants moving forward. Now, the other name, obviously in this entire transaction is Tristan Beck. Now I mentioned, we'd get my feelings out about him in a few minutes, and we're going to do that now. So far this year, a six, seven, five era in 10 and two thirds innings. He's had some solid seasons with the giants back in 2024, a one, six, nine era in just 16 innings. But I've thought for a few seasons now that Tristan Beck is just simply not a big league caliber arm. And now maybe if you're the Kansas city Royals, the Colorado Rockies, the athletics in Sacramento, if you're a team like that, who's not necessarily trying to win a world series year in and year out, then sure, Tristan Beck can fill some innings for you. But if you're the San Francisco giants and you go in every single year, claiming that you're contending for something, you know, every, every opening day, we hear that Buster Posey, Tony Vitello, they want to win that season, but it has simply not happened. Tristan Beck is not a guy who I love being in their plans moving forward. But I guess if he's just the depth starter coming up when guys are injured, stuff like that, then it does make a little bit more sense. Now, I didn't mention before we get out of here, we would get into some specific picks from prize picks. Obviously the giants are off today, but Fernando Tatis jr. 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Now I think Trevor McDonald is a guy who we don't necessarily know what we have on our hands with him yet. And I think if he's healthy, the last month of the season or something, obviously elbows are a little bit scary. So you want to take your time with him, potentially rehabbing from whatever IL stint it is, but you want to be careful with that. And if he can show you the last month of the season, that this is a guy who could be a part of your rotation moving forward as a number five starter, maybe as a sixth starter bullpen depth piece, then that's, that's something you need in the future. The giants can't just sign every free agent available. Like fans seem to want every single winter. So we'll see what happens with this IL stint. Hopefully it's nothing crazy because as I mentioned, he has showed flashes of a real potential piece for the San Francisco giants moving forward. 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