Per CBS Sports . com.
The Giants didn't wait long after losing out on Zack Greinke, so perhaps they had Samardzija in mind to begin with. The bad news is this guy is a big drop from Greinke - he had a lousy year last year with the White Sox, leading the league in home runs allowed. In fairness, U.S. Cellular Field (a.k.a. Comiskey Park) is prone to home runs, so it might not have been all his fault.
The Giants really didn't have great starting pitching last year other than Madison Bumgarner (4.8 WARP) - Chris Heston and Jake Peavy checked in at 1.5 WARP apiece, and the rest of the starters (Mike Leake, Tim Lincecum, Tim Hudson, Ryan Vogelsong, Matt Cain) combined for 0.1 WARP. Of those five, only Cain is signed for next year (Hudson retired and the other three are free agents), so there were holes to fill no matter what. Still, Samardzija is a guy who's had one really good year (2014, with a 3.7 WARP, or Wins Above Replacement Player), so it wouldn't be shocking to see buyer's remorse kick in within a year or two.
Here are his stats on Baseball Reference.
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