Giants and Clayton Andrews agree to a minor league deal.
The Giants signed lefty reliever Clayton Andrews to a minor league contract, according to MLB.com’s transaction record. Andrews is currently assigned to San Francisco’s Arizona facility, but he will most likely be transferred to Triple-A Sacramento soon.
Andrews, a former 17th-round choice of the Brewers, has made five MLB appearances. Last season, the 5’6″ southpaw had four appearances in the majors with Milwaukee. He made only one appearance this season for the Yankees, who acquired him from Milwaukee in February. Andrews got one out and let up a home run to Luke Raley in his only game in pinstripes. When New York signed Tim, they designated him for assignment and placed him on outright waivers.
Andrews has cleared waivers twice this season. After the second trip, he had the option of returning to Triple-A with the Yankees or entering minor league free agency. He accepted that opportunity and joined an organization that plays considerably closer to home. The 27-year-old attended Santa Rosa High School before enrolling at Long Beach State.
The Giants have been short on lefty relief depth. Taylor Rogers and Erik Miller are the only southpaws to work multiple innings out of Bob Melvin’s bullpen this season. Raymond Burgos made a one-inning appearance in his MLB debut but was promptly removed from the 40-man roster. San Francisco has made a handful of recent additions to its 40-man roster in a bid to strengthen the group.
San Francisco takes a non-roster flier on Andrews, who has demonstrated the ability to miss bats in the minors. He struck out nearly 26% of opposing hitters in 24 2/3 Triple-A innings with the Yankees. Andrews has struck out roughly one-third of batters he has faced over the course of six minor league seasons. He hasn’t been able to regularly harness that exciting stuff. Andrews has walked more than 12% of opponents in his professional career and given up free passes to 22 of 108 opponents (20.4%) in the Yankees’ organization.
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