The San Francisco Giants have agreed to phrases on a one-year pact with free-agent infielder Luis Arraez, in response to ESPN. Arraez is predicted to earn $12 million and play second base, per El Extrabase.

Arraez, 28, is a three-time All-Star honoree and Batting Title winner. Over the previous three seasons, he is batted .319/.355/.416 (111 OPS+) with seven dwelling runs and eight stolen bases on common. Final 12 months, he hit .292/.327/.392 (99 OPS+) whereas putting out in a career-low 3.1% of his plate appearances.

Nonetheless, Arraez’s unidimensional offensive sport and lack of true defensive or positional worth landed him at No. 44 on CBS Sports activities’ offseason rankings of the winter’s high 50 free brokers. Here is a part of what we wrote on the time:

Arraez is a unidimensional participant. He would not stroll or run typically and he cannot area or slug. He is a pure singles service provider who excels at placing the pine on the cowhide, to the extent that he linked on almost 95% of his swings. That is an unbelievable talent, it is simply not one which’s worthwhile anymore for groups or particular person gamers. After all, it solely takes one membership with an outmoded perspective — or a half-understanding of why the Blue Jays loved a lot success this season — for Arraez to land a extra profitable deal than anticipated.

Arraez joins a Giants workforce that went 81-81 final season whereas giving at the least 40 second-base appearances to Tyler Fitzgerald, Casey Schmitt, and Christian Koss. Collectively, San Francisco’s second basemen hit .217/.273/.343 with 14 dwelling runs. Arraez ought to be an improve on the plate. The query, then, is how giant the benefit will stay when protection is factored into the equation.