San Francisco Giants Make Interesting Roster Moves Ahead of Red Sox Matchup

The San Francisco Giants made some intriguing roster moves ahead of their matchup with the Boston Red Sox.

Dylan Sanders | May 1, 2024

Mar 31, 2024; San Diego, California, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Daulton Jefferies / Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports

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As the San Francisco Giants prepare for their matchup with the Boston Red Sox, they have made some interesting roster moves regarding their pitching staff.

They have optioned rookie reliever Landen Roupp to Triple-A Sacramento and recalled Daulton Jefferies per the team's transaction wire.

Jefferies has made one appearance in the 2024 regular season for San Francisco where he pitched two innings and gave up nine runs (five earned) on nine hits, including two home runs. That appearance came against the San Diego Padres at the end of March.

He's had more success in the minor leagues, so far, which could be what is prompting the team to give him a second chance this year.

In 18 1/3 innings pitched for their Triple-A affiliate, he's had a 3.44 ERA with a 1.036 WHIP.

The former Oakland Athletics pitcher missed the entire 2023 season due to Tommy John surgery and eventually signed a minor league deal with the Giants in December.

Erik Miller is the opener for Wednesday night's matchup with Boston, but Jefferies is expected to get a lot of work as well per NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic.

Roupp had gotten off to a good start in his Major League career but had a rough stretch in the second half of April that saw him give up seven runs in five innings of work. It's clear that the team wants to try something else while he gets a bit of his groove back in the minors.

Overall for the season, Roupp has a 5.27 ERA. It gets a little bit worse when looking at his xERA which is even higher at 6.66.

It's not an earth shattering move, but with San Francisco's pitching staff ranking 24th in the league, it was clear that some adjustments needed to be made. They've had some nice surprises this season, but they have been very poor as a unit overall.

Published May 1, 2024

DYLAN SANDERS

Dylan Sanders graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree from the Manship School of Mass Communication in 2023. He was born in raised in Baton Rouge, LA but has also lived in Buffalo, NY. Though he is a recent graduate, he has been writing about sports since he was in high school, covering different sports from baseball to football. While in college, he wrote for the school paper The Reveille and for 247Sports. He was able cover championships in football, baseball and women's basketball during his time at LSU. He has also spent a few years covering the NFL draft and every day activities of the New Orleans Saints. He is a Senior Writer at Inside the Marlins and will also be found across Sports Illustrated's baseball sites as a contributing writer. You can follow him on Twitter or Instagram @dillysanders