The Giants turned to the waiver wire late in the 2026 season as they scrambled for arms, and Duncan Davitt was one of the names that came back to San Francisco from the Atlanta Braves. His time on the mound for the Giants didn’t amount to much, but his story still stands out for reasons that have nothing to do with his ERA.
Start with the name. Duncan Davitt has the kind of alliteration that sticks, the sort of name that sounds like it belongs on a kid detective show.
It brings to mind “Duncan Davitt: Kid Detective,” which feels like something a person could absolutely imagine watching on the Disney Channel. There’s a little Doogie Howser, M.D. energy in there too.
Then there’s the offseason job. As Harry Barker-Fost previously dug into, Davitt works as a high school sports reporter back in his native Iowa. That makes him a pretty unusual case: a professional athlete who also spends his offseason covering sports from the other side of the notebook.
As for the baseball, the Giants didn’t get much out of him. Davitt made just four appearances for San Francisco in 2026 and posted a 9.00 ERA.
In six innings, he gave up six earned runs, along with two homers, three walks, and four strikeouts. His earlier stop with the Chicago White Sox was also brief, but it went better - one earned run in two innings.
With the Giants facing a long list of 40-man roster decisions this offseason, Davitt looks like a long shot to stick. Still, another club might be willing to take a look, especially with the funky arm slot Jeff Young noted. And if baseball doesn’t work out in the long run, Davitt already has a second career waiting for him.
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