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Former Guardians relief ace agrees to one-year deal with San Francisco

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.