Robbie Ray feels confident in the Giants heading into the 2026 MLB season.<\/p>\n
After missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, Buster Posey and Co. stuck to their promise of addressing pitching while making a big splash last week to improve San Francisco’s defense.<\/p>\n
The Giants signed right-hand pitchers Tyler Mahle<\/a> and Adrian Houser<\/a> earlier this winter to bolster their rotation, and on Monday, added Gold Glove outfielder Harrison Bader<\/a> into the mix.<\/p>\n These moves alone reassure Ray that the team is headed in the right direction.<\/p>\n “We’ve made some additions this offseason, picking up Harrison Bader, excellent centerfielder,” Ray told the media Saturday at Giants FanFest in Sacramento. “We’re making the moves to make this team really good.”<\/p>\n In 125 combined innings pitched with the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays last season, Houser went 8-5 and posted a 3.31 ERA with 92 strikeouts and 38 walks.<\/p>\n Mahle has dealt with a handful of injuries through his career, and in 86 2\/3 innings pitched for the Texas Rangers in 2025, he posted a 6-4 record with 66 strikeouts, 29 walks and a 2.18 ERA.<\/p>\n Mahle and Houser\u00a0will join a rotation with Ray, Landen Roupp and Logan Webb.<\/p>\n “The two guys we added, I’ve seen them throughout their career. They’ve had some success, so it’s going to be a fun year,” Ray said. “We got some really good guys in the rotation. Obviously, Webby, you know what you can count on when he goes out there. But the new guys we added, I think they’re exciting players. Houser had a great year last year. Mahle, a few injuries last year but still had a great year. <\/p>\n “So for me, I think those guys round out our rotation pretty well.”<\/p>\n