Last week, the Guardians elected to not tender a contract to left-handed reliever Sam Hentges after he spent all of the 2025 season rehabbing from arm and knee injuries.
It didn’t take long for him to find a new home.
Earlier today, Hentges agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million contract with the San Francisco Giants today, per Fansided’s Robert Murray. Hentges was projected to earn $1.3 million through arbitration, so he earned a bit of a pay bump.
Free-agent reliever Sam Hentges and the San Francisco Giants are in agreement on a one-year, $1.