The Giants have activated right-hander Jason Foley off the 60-day injured list, according to Justice de los Santos of Mercury News. Foley had been at Triple-A Sacramento while rehabbing from last year’s shoulder surgery. The team had an open spot on the 40-man roster, so no corresponding move is needed there. To make space for Foley on the active roster, right-hander Spencer Bivens was optioned to Triple-A.
Foley underwent the procedure in May 2025 while with the Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate. He was making $3.15MM through arbitration, but given he was set miss significant time in 2026, Detroit non-tendered him after the season rather than pay him a similar salary. The Giants picked him up in December on a $2MM guarantee, with the expectation that Foley would be ready to go at some point in the middle of the season. That now proves to be the case, as Foley joins the team with one game left before the All-Star break.
Foley was generally effective out of the Tigers’ bullpen from 2021-24. Working with an upper-90s sinker and a slider that sat in the upper 80s, the righty posted a 3.69 ERA in 70 2/3 innings across his first two seasons. The 2023 was arguably his best, as Foley lowered his ERA to 2.61 in 69 innings and ran a 57.1% ground ball rate, ranking 14th-best among qualified relievers. He followed that up with a 3.15 ERA in 2024, along with 28 saves. Foley was not one to strike hitters out, but he always displayed excellent control and was among the best at keeping the ball on the ground.
It’s been almost two calendar years since Foley appeared in the Majors, but the Giants feel confident that he can return to being an effective reliever. Even if he shows rust, the club can afford to give him leeway to figure things out. As MLBTR’s Steve Adams wrote in our Trade Deadline Outlook series, the Giants are one of the few clear sellers at this point in the season. They have a 40-55 record, sit 11.5 games out of a Wild Card spot, and would need to leapfrog six other teams to get there, including two of their division rivals in the Padres and Diamondbacks.
More to come.
