{"id":3416,"date":"2017-01-24T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=3416"},"modified":"2017-01-24T15:31:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T20:31:53","slug":"giants-sign-nick-hundley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/01\/24\/giants-sign-nick-hundley\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Giants Bring in Nick Hundley to be Buster Posey&#8217;s New Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco Giants appear to have added a new backup catcher to the depth chart behind <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/poseybu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buster Posey<\/a><\/strong>. Veteran <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hundlni01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Hundley<\/a><\/strong> has agreed to a reported one-year, $2 million deal with the Giants, as broken by Mercury News beat reporter Andrew Baggarly on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SFGiants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SFGiants<\/a> in agreement with backup catcher Nick Hundley, who has passed his physical. Expected to be $2M major league contract.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/extrabaggs\/status\/823961208382291968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Giants Bring in Nick Hundley to be Buster Posey&#8217;s New Backup<\/h2>\n<p>Having spent parts of seven seasons with the San Diego Padres and the last two with the Colorado Rockies, Hundley is very familiar with the National League West Division.\u00a0The 32-year-old backstop is known for developing a strong rapport with his pitchers, and has also been a consistent hitter at the plate despite receiving sporadic playing time over the course of his nine-year MLB career.<\/p>\n<p>Hundley hit .260 with 10 home runs and a career high 48 RBI while appearing in 83 games last season. In 2015, he posted a career best .301 batting average in 103 games with the Rockies. The Corvallis, Oregon native will solidify the Giants catching depth behind Posey, providing <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bochybr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruce Bochy<\/a><\/strong> with a more reliable and productive option to turn to in the event of an injury or day off.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Help Alleviate Pressure, Workload for Posey<\/h2>\n<p>Posey started a career high 122 games behind the plate in 2016, and the heavy workload in the squat took it&#8217;s toll on the 2012 NL MVP. This was especially true with respect to his power stroke, as Posey&#8217;s 14 home runs were the fewest he&#8217;s hit over a full season in his MLB career. Hundley will come as an upgrade over last year&#8217;s backup <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/browntr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Brown<\/a><\/strong>, and gives Bochy the luxury of allowing Posey to have more days off to rest and keep his legs fresh throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>In a corresponding move, the Giants have designated middle infielder <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/adriaeh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-lastwordonbaseball.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ehire Adrianza<\/a><\/strong> for assignment to make room for Hundley on the 40-man roster. Hundley will get the chance to start working with his new Giants teammates when pitchers and catchers report to the club&#8217;s Spring Training facility in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 15.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/610197012\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.498316% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/610197012?et=lgj86U99TS1rvqscOP5eOQ&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=Hs1DZ6ALQABD_idBhymnxr_JK4xtYB478bZmO86bNIc=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco Giants appear to have added a new backup catcher to the depth chart behind Buster Posey. 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