© Reinhold Matay | 2020 Feb 25
The Giants’ first move before the trade deadline involves the only player acquired at last year’s deadline.
According to The New York Daily News, San Francisco has traded left-handed pitcher Anthony Banda to the New York Mets in exchange for infield prospect Will Toffey.
Source: Mets traded minor league third baseman Will Toffey to the San Francisco Giants for left-hander Anthony Banda.
Banda has pitched 18 games (5 starts) in the major leagues for the D-backs & Rays from 2017-2020. He has a 6.86 ERA in 10 games (39.1 IP) for Triple-A this year.
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Banda, 27, was mostly a flop since being acquired in a trade with the Rays last season, posting a 6.86 ERA in 10 games with Triple-A Sacramento so far this year. That included a whopping 52 hits in 39 and 1/3 innings.
In exchange the Giants are taking a flier on Toffey, 26, a former fourth-round pick by the Athletics who despite having a lowly .176 average at Double-A Binghamton this year, gets on-base and hits for power at a high enough clip to be posting a .703 OPS.
Toffey is also a Vanderbilt alum, a school that Farhan Zaidi has frequently targeted prospects and players (Mike Yastrzemski, Curt Casali) from during his tenure in San Francisco and Los Angeles.