SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Adrian Houser finalized a $22 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants on Friday that includes a 2028 club option that could make the deal worth $30.5 million over three seasons, becoming the second pitcher added to the team this week.
Houser gets a $3 million signing bonus payable Dec. 31 and salaries of $5.5 million next season and $9.5 million in 2027. The Giants have a $12.5 million team option for 2028 with a $4 million buyout.
The 32-year-old went 8-5 with a 3.31 ERA over 21 starts for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay this year. His 125 innings were the second-most of Houser's nine-year major league career.
Earlier in the week, the Giants signed right-hander Jason Foley to a $2 million, one-year contract with hopes the reliever will return midseason following surgery on his pitching shoulder that cost him most of the 2025 campaign.
“It's just the theme of trying to add pitching, two pitchers here, Jason Foley's pitched in high-leverage situations in the past, Adrian Houser had a really good year, was somebody we talked about a lot at the trade deadline, pitched at a high level in two pretty difficult places to pitch,” general manager Zack Minasian said during a video news conference. “So adding a starter, adding a reliever, pitchers that we think can be impactful, something we talked about at the onset of the offseason, so really happy to add those two.”
Houser started last season with Texas' Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock before signing with Chicago on May 20 and making 11 starts then was acquired by the Rays at the trade deadline.
He has also pitched two stints for Milwaukee and the New York Yankees.
Minasian said the Giants targeted both Houser and Foley early on as pitchers the Giants wanted to pursue to build the roster for new manager Tony Vitello. San Francisco has missed the playoffs the past four seasons.
The 30-year-old Foley, a former closer for Detroit, was designated for assignment last month by the Tigers.
He had shoulder surgery last May after leading the club with 28 saves in 2024. The procedure was performed by Dr. Keith Meister to repair his anterior capsule.
“He's doing really well, he feels good," Minasian said. “I think as far as pinpointing a specific date don't necessarily want to do that and put this target on him to the point where he's rushing back.”
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FILE - Detroit Tigers pitcher Jason Foley reacts after the final out during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Sept. 26, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Adrian Houser (37) throws the ball against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game Sept. 14, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)
VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — Franjo Von Allmen edged his friend Marco Odermatt for a World Cup downhill victory Saturday in the latest 1-2 finish between the Swiss rivals, whose duels shape as the peak of men’s skiing in the Milan Cortina Olympics season.
Von Allmen finished 0.30 seconds ahead of Odermatt as both stars were aggressive and daring on the bumpy and tiring Saslong course.
It was the sixth time they combined to finish 1-2 in the 10 World Cup downhills since the Val Gardena race one year ago, including Thursday when Odermatt won a shortened race.
“It’s really cool that I can share the podium again with Marco. Sometimes me, sometimes him" that wins, Von Allmen said.
No other racer came close to them Saturday when Odermatt had the fastest speed close to 127 kph (79 mph). Only third-place Florian Schieder of Italy was also within a second of Von Allmen, 0.98 back on the 3.45-kilometer (2.14-mile) course.
The 24-year-old Von Allmen has three career wins in World Cup downhills, and Odermatt was runner-up each time.
“It was fair that he can win today and I’m also happy with second place,” said Odermatt, who also was second Friday in a super-G.
Each also won a gold medal in downhill at the two-yearly world championships held since the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and their rivalry could be a main event on Feb. 7 at the next Winter Games.
Men’s Alpine skiing at the Olympics is raced at Bormio where another Swiss racer, Alexis Monney, won the World Cup downhill last December with Von Allmen second.
Monney and Ryan Cochran-Siegle of the United States crashed out Saturday on the rolling bumps and jumps, while James Crawford had a spectacular save landing a jump.
Von Allmen and Odermatt both were on the limit at times on a third straight race day, that saw former World Cup overall champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde skip the start. Kilde is returning after almost two years out recovering from a scary crash at Wengen in January 2024.
Odermatt extended his big lead in the season-long overall World Cup standings chasing a fifth straight title, and Von Allmen closed the gap in the downhill points race.
There was no repeat of the stunning result Friday in super-G on a hill where more sunshine on the course after 12:30 p.m. gives late starters a fighting chance.
Super-G winner Jan Zabystran — the first Czech man to win a race in 60 seasons of World Cup racing, denying Odermatt victory — had the No. 36 bib Saturday and was almost three seconds back.
Still, unheralded Swiss racer Alessio Miggiano took fifth place with the No. 43 bib, just 0.06 off the podium.
While Von Allmen has no race Sunday, Odermatt goes to nearby Alta Badia for one of the classic men's giant slaloms. He leads the World Cup standings after winning two of four giant slaloms so far.
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Italy's Giovanni Franzoni speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Val Gardena, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Italy's Florian Schieder celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Val Gardena, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Val Gardena, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Val Gardena, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)
Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup downhill, in Val Gardena, Italy, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
