The San Francisco Giants have re-signed their former reliever and assigned him to Triple-A Sacramento.
The 28-year-old right-hander has been a free agent since July 28 when he opted to test the market instead of accepting an assignment toThe Guardians designated him for assignment on July 21. Because he’s a minor-league signing, if the Giants call him up it will require both a 40-man and 26-man roster move.
The Giants did the San Luis Obispo, Calif., native the same way the Guardians did on June 30 when they designated him for assignment. San Francisco later traded him to Cleveland for cash. Howard landed in San Francisco last offseason on a minor-league deal but failed to make the Opening-Day roster. Primarily a reliever, he went 1-1 with a 3.80 ERA in six appearances and 21.1 innings. He struck out 21 and walked nine.Texas Rangers
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