San Francisco Giants Skipper Announces Former All-Star Closer Will Lose Role in 2025
Bob Melvin wasted no time dropping major information at Giants camp, announcing that Ryan Walker will serve as the team’s closer, and not Camilo Doval.
San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin wasted no time dropping major news on the first day of spring training.
Per Justice delos Santos of the San Jose Mercury-News:
He made his major league debut in 2023 and is 15-7 lifetime with a 2.48 ERA. He is a former 31st-round draft pick out of Washington State.
The guy he’s already beaten out for the job, Camilo Doval, had 23 saves last season but battled inconsistency, even getting sent to the minor leagues at one point. Now 27, Doval is a four-year veteran. He made the All-Star Game in 2023 as he led the National League in saves with 39.
The Giants are coming off a season in which they finished fourth in the National League West and missed the playoffs. They’ve been active this offseason, bringing in All-Star shortstop Willy Adames, but they still appear to be behind the World Champion Dodgers, who took Blake Snell from the Giants in free agency and added Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki.
