- The San Francisco Giants have signed right-hander Jeff Samardzija to a five-year deal, the team announced on Saturday, as the big name pitching merry-go-round continued in Major League Baseball. With David Price joining the Boston Red Sox, John Lackey apparently finding a new home at the Chicago Cubs and Zack Greinke reportedly moving to the Arizona Diamondbacks, it has been a boom week for free agent pitchers.