The San Francisco Giants added another veteran arm to their rotation, agreeing to a one-year deal with right-hander Tyler Mahle on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
Mahle, 31, is coming off a sharp but abbreviated 2025 with the Texas Rangers, posting a career-best 2.18 ERA with a 6-4 record and 66 strikeouts over 86 2/3 innings in 16 starts. Shoulder fatigue curtailed his second half, the latest interruption in a three-year stretch that has limited Mahle to 125 innings across 24 starts after elbow surgery sidelined him for most of 2024 and shoulder tightness halted his late-season ramp-up.
Now entering his 10th MLB season and fourth organization, Mahle owns a career 39-46 record with a 4.07 ERA and 753 strikeouts over 735 innings pitched in 142 career games (141 starts) with the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins and Rangers.
His peak workload came in 2021 with the Reds (180 innings, 210 strikeouts, 3.75 ERA), and he closed last season on a high note, allowing just one run across two starts totaling 9 2/3 innings.
San Francisco has been busy fortifying its staff, previously adding starter Adrian Houser and reliever Jason Foley in December. Mahle slots behind ace Logan Webb and former Cy Young winner Robbie Ray, giving the Giants another strike-throwing option for the back half of the rotation while their young arms continue to develop.
Given Mahle’s recent workload history, the one-year structure offers upside without long-term risk. If healthy, he represents a potential value play capable of stabilizing innings and missing bats for a club intent on tightening the run prevention behind its front-line duo.
–Field Level Media
