Cole Waites hasn’t pitched in a baseball game since late 2023.
That changed Thursday night, when he began a rehab assignment at the San Francisco Giants’ complex in Arizona.
Waites is trying to complete the long road back from Tommy John surgery.
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The talented right-handed pitcher only got brief big league action before getting hurt, and he got hit around in his short San Francisco stint.
In the minors, though, Waites has been dominant throughout his career.
He has a 3.76 minor league ERA and has struck out 14.6 batters per nine innings as a minor league ballplayer.
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At 27 years old, Waites is a player who can still get back to the big leagues.
It’ll likely take a month-plus just to get Waites back to full strength at Triple-A, but if he gets to Sacramento and performs well, the Giants will have the chance to consider calling him up for the stretch run.
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