The Giants signed Cavan Biggio to a minor league deal, the team announced, via Maria Guardado of MLB.com. The Dodgers released the infielder a couple of weeks ago. He’s headed to Triple-A Sacramento.
Biggio has split the season between the Blue Jays and Dodgers. He’s hit .197/.316/.306 across 219 plate appearances. While Biggio has walked at a customarily strong 11% clip, he only has five homers in 74 games. This season’s 32% strikeout rate is a personal high. Biggio had below-average numbers with Toronto and L.A. and was designated for assignment by both clubs. The Dodgers sent minor league pitcher Braydon Fisher to the Jays in mid-June but moved on from Biggio around two months later.
While this has been a rough season, the lefty-hitting Biggio has average offensive numbers for his career. His .225/.341/.379 slash line over 520 games checks in two points better than average by measure of wRC+. That’s almost entirely driven by his very patient plate approach. Biggio works a ton of deep counts and takes plenty of walks, but that also comes with a lot of strikeouts.
Biggio was Toronto’s primary second baseman for a couple of seasons early in his career. While the keystone is still his primary position, he has seen increasing work at the infield corners and in right field as he’s moved into a utility capacity. Thairo Estrada has had a poor season and the Giants have a righty-heavy bench group. Biggio offers some balance in a non-roster capacity for the season’s final few weeks.
