Report: Trade interest in Giants’ Doval ‘strong’ across MLB originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Camilo Doval had an up-and-down 2024 MLB season for the Giants, but that reportedly hasn’t stopped teams from considering a trade for the reliever this winter.
Interest in Dóval throughout the league is “strong”, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday, as teams look to upgrade the back end of their bullpens.
While the Giants are not shopping Doval, according to Slusser, he listed seven contenders they could trade for Doval’s services: Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Phillies Philadelphia, the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 27-year-old Doval struggled last seasonposting a 4.88 ERA in 59 innings over 62 appearances. the giants he took him out of the closer role and sent him to Triple-A Sacramento in early August, hoping to fix some issues with less pressure.
He The Giants recalled Doval on August 24. and posted a 5.40 ERA in 16 appearances over the final five weeks of the season. Even with Ryan Walker taking over the closer role, Doval’s previous success as San Francisco’s flamethrower appears to have other teams uneasy.
“I’ve seen it good and I’ve seen it bad,” one scout told Slusser this winter. “Who is he?”
Doval was one of five Giants players eligible for arbitration this offseason, and San Francisco last month offered him a contract that would pay him $2.9 million in 2025, according to Slusser. The organization could still trade him in the future, but the Giants decided that Doval was valuable enough to keep him under team control for now.
Doval is just one season removed from an MLB All-Star campaign and can still throw a 100 mph fastball past opposing hitters. If he can find his form again, he could be a major contributor in San Francisco’s turnaround campaign next season.
Or one of the Giants’ competitors.
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