Tidwell's Giants Debut: Trade Dividends

0:00It's April 3rd. You're listening to MLB News today, AI-powered baseball coverage. I'm Cory with the story. The San Francisco Giants are caching in fast on that trade deadline deal from last season with the New York Mets. They sent reliever Tyler Rogers packing and got three prospects in return. Right-handers Blade Tidwell and Jose Butto, plus outfielder Drew Gilbert. All three have already tasted the majors with the Giants and now Tidwell stepping up big time. Also hit the roster right away, Gilbert debuted back on August 8th and Tidwell just got the call on Friday. That's after Butto landed on the 15-day injured list with right arm fatigue. He left his Wednesday outing early with tightness. Tidwell takes his spot and could fire his first pitch for the Giants as soon as Thursday against the Mets, his old squad. Tidwell's no stranger to the big leagues. He had four appearances with the Mets last year, going one in one with a 9.00ERA over. 15 innings.

1:00Drafted in the second round out of Tennessee in 2022, he's been lights out lately in Triple A Sacramento, tossing scoreless ball last week with three strikeouts. Butto struggled in his three games this season, posting a 22.50ERA, capped by a rough Wednesday where he gave up four runs and four walks in one out. Still, he had a solid 2024 split between the Mets and Giants, five in three with a 3.90 ERA in 67 innings and some key holds. With Tidwell facing his former team under familiar eyes from his college days, this trades already paying dividends. Keep watching how these young, arm shake up the Giants rotation moving forward.