Trevor Gott (RP, SF) - Week 2 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Personally, as a fellow alum of the University of Kentucky and resident of Lexington, Kentucky, it would be hard for me not to harbor some excitement regarding Trevor Gott (just ask Jason Kipnis, James Paxton, Luke Maile, Taylor Rogers, and Evan White). However, it's even more difficult to not buy stock in Gott after a weekend in which he earned two saves against the Dodgers, considering that the San Francisco Giants were widely thought to be going with a committee approach to the back end of the bullpen and Gabe Kapler's reputation for unpredictability.

Gott saw significant time on the mound for San Francisco in 2019, producing a save and a hold, a 4.44 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 2.9 BB/9, and 9.7 K/9 over the course of 52.2 IP. The product of Tates Creek High School was superb at limiting damage last season, forcing 25.4% soft contact, 43.1% grounders, and 37.2% flyers on batted balls, which netted a HR/FB rate of just 7.8% in notoriously pitcher-friendly Oracle Park, and certainly indicates that his 2019 BABIP of .276 can be easily maintained. Gott isn't big on variety; he mostly deploys his fastball (72%, 95.3 MPH) and curve (28%, career-high 82.3 MPH) with a very scarce sprinkling of a changeup or slider on occasion, but it's hard to argue with successful simplicity.

There is indeed a host of diverse weapons in the Giants bullpen that will compete throughout 2020, such as Tony Watson, Tyler Rogers, Rico Garcia, Wandy Peralta, and Shaun Anderson. Regardless, with Trevor Gott's ability to minimize damage by limiting free trips to first base and quality of contact on batted balls, expect his number to frequently be called with the outcome of the game on the line.