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Right-hander Reyes Moronta reaches one-year deal with Giants SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Reyes Moronta agreed to a $695,000, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Friday to avoid sal...

JANUARY 15, 2021 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM

Right-hander Reyes Moronta reaches one-year deal with Giants Right-hander Reyes Moronta agreed to a $695,000, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Friday to avoid salary arbitration.

JANUARY 15, 2021 • WASHINGTONTIMES.COM

Right-hander Reyes Moronta reaches one-year deal with Giants

Right-hander Reyes Moronta agreed to a $695,000, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Friday to avoid salary arbitration

JANUARY 15, 2021 • Associated Press

Avoids arbitration Moronta signed a one-year deal with the Giants on Friday to avoid arbitration, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Impact The 27-year-old missed last season after undergoing shoulder surgery in September 2019, but he's now officially under contract for 2021. Moronta has a 2.66 ERA since making his big-league debut in 2017, and he's expected to be in competition for the closer's role in spring training,

JANUARY 15, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Set to compete for closing gig Giants manager Gabe Kapler suggested earlier this month that Moronta (shoulder) will be given the opportunity to compete for the closer's role in spring training, Alex Pavlovic of...

Impact Moronta missed the entire 2020 campaign while rehabbing from shoulder surgery, but he displayed good velocity in his late-season throwing sessions at the Giants' alternate site, putting him on track to enter the spring without any restrictions. The Giants are expected to have a number of arms competing for the ninth-inning gig in the spring, but Moronta probably offers the most traditional closer profile of any reliever currently on the roster. Largely on the strength of his upper-90s fastball and a sharp slider, Moronta has struck out 29.8 percent of the batters he's faced over his three seasons in the big leagues.

DECEMBER 9, 2020 • ROTOWIRE

Giants' Moronta writhes after painful apparent arm injury

Giants right-hander Reyes Moronta has been pulled from a game after suffering what appeared to be a painful arm injury

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 • FOX SPORTS

Giants' Moronta writhes after painful apparent arm injury

Moronta fans 5 in 2 innings to help Giants beat Padres 3-2

Moronta fans 5 in 2 innings to help Giants beat Padres 3-2

MARCH 31, 2019 • FOX SPORTS

Moronta fans 5 in 2 innings to help Giants beat Padres 3-2