The Giants were able to hold onto their top three prospects while trading for former NL MVP Andrew McCutchen, but at least one member of the team is headed to Pittsburgh. Former 2011 first-round pick Kyle Crick is part of the deal, according to Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area.
Per source, Kyle Crick is part of the McCutchen trade.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) January 15, 2018
Crick, 25, is a right-handed pitcher that hasn’t been considered a Top 100 MLB prospect since 2015. Crick was ranked as the club’s 16th prospect heading into the 2017 season, and didn’t make Baseball America’s top 10 Giants’ prospects list for 2018.
Crick got the call up to the major league club for the first time in 2017, and was solid coming out of the bullpen, posting a 3.06 ERA in 30 relief appearances. Crick also had a solid year in AAA Sacramento, posting a 2.76 ERA after transitioning to a relief role for the first time in his pro career.
At this point, Crick is the only Giants player that we know of involved in the McCutchen trade, and the club has reportedly held onto Heliot Ramos, Chris Shaw, and Tyler Beede, their No. 1, 2, and 3 prospects respectively. San Francisco shipped prospect Christian Arroyo to the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the Evan Longoria trade earlier this offseason.