The Giants kept chipping away at their 40-man roster Sunday night, and Nate Furman became the latest name to go.
San Francisco sent Furman to the Washington Nationals in exchange for 23-year-old left-handed pitcher Tony Neubeck, a move that fits the club’s immediate need to clear space as it prepares to reinstate players from the 60-day injured list for the offseason. The roster squeeze is expected to come to a head on Monday, when the Giants need to get everything lined up.
Neubeck is an undrafted arm Washington signed as a free agent, and the early returns are intriguing. He threw six innings for the Nationals’ Single-A affiliate, striking out eight while walking only one. At Indiana in 2026, he posted a 3.95 ERA over 14 starts.
The Giants have shown a willingness to bet on undrafted talent, too. Bo Davidson, Turner Hill, and Trent Harris are all examples of that approach, and Neubeck now joins that group of low-cost, upside plays.
Furman’s exit closes the door on a player who once looked like a strong piece of the return in San Francisco’s 2024 trade with Cleveland for Alex Cobb. He arrived as the player to be named later and impressed in the minors, climbing quickly through the system before struggling after his big-league call-up this season.
That doesn’t make the Cobb deal a miss. Furman was the extra piece, while left-handed pitcher Jacob Bresnahan was the centerpiece of the trade and has backed up that status so far.
In the majors, Furman hit .125/.243/.125 in 39 plate appearances. The Giants likely would have preferred to keep him, but with an infield that is already crowded and a 40-man roster that needs major trimming, he simply didn’t fit.
And he won’t be the last one out. San Francisco still needs to clear at least nine more spots, and more movement is coming as the Giants sort through who stays, who goes, and who might end up elsewhere before the offseason really gets rolling.
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