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Pat Venditte: Everything you need to know about MLB switch-pitcher

The Giants are close to a deal with ambidextrous reliever Pat Venditte, as reported by NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic.

Yes, a switch pitcher.

Venditte can throw with both his right and left arms, and he can do it rather successfully.

Now that we know we could be seeing him as a member of the Giants' organization, here are a few things to get to know him better.

He dominated in his major league debut

On June 5, 2015, Venditte made his major league debut with the A's against the Red Sox after he was promoted from Triple-A Nashville.