Giants sign RHP R.J. Dabovich

July 8th, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The San Francisco Giants have signed RHP R.J. Dabovich, the 114th overall selection from this  year’s First-Year Player Draft, the club announced today. The Giants have now come to terms with six of their seven selections.

Dabovich posted a 0.77 ERA (1er, 11.2ip) with 17 strikeouts and four saves over nine games for Arizona State before the 2020 season was canceled. In his first season with the Sun Devils in 2019, he posted a 7-1 record with a 4.75 ERA (28er, 53.0ip) in 16 games (nine starts). Dabovich was teammates with Giants’ 2019 first round pick, Hunter Bishop, while at Arizona State. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder played one season at Central Arizona College in 2018 and went 9-3 with a 1.81 ERA. He was ranked as the No. 9 overall player in the state of Colorado and the No. 5 right-handed pitcher in the state coming out of high school.