Sam Hentges’ Surprising $1.4 Million Deal: What Does This Mean for the Giants’ Season?
San Francisco Giants supporters, here’s a nugget to brighten your day — the team has locked in a deal with left-handed bullpen arm Sam Hentges for the upcoming season. This isn’t just any signing; after a challenging 2025 sidelined by surgeries, Hentges is making his return under a one-year contract worth $1.4 million. For a guy who’s been around the block — four seasons, over 200 innings thrown for Cleveland — this pact speaks volumes about the Giants’ faith in his rebound and potential impact. It’s a move that not only shakes up the bullpen depth chart but also clarifies their recent decision to part ways with another southpaw, Joey Lucchesi. Now, with Hentges alongside Erik Miller, Matt Gage, and Reiver José Sanmartín, the Giants’ back-end relief options just got a bit more intriguing heading into 2026. Curious about the details and what this means for the Giants’ blueprint?
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
Free-agent reliever Sam Hentges and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a one-year, $1.4 million contract, according to a source familiar with the deal. — Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) November 27, 2025
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 surgeries.
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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
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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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