The San Francisco Giants appear prepared to bid farewell to three key members of their championship teams this offseason.
Sergio Romo, Santiago Casilla and Javier Lopez are all free agents, and the Giants don't intend to bring any of them back, Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area reports. The Giants signed free agent Mark Melancon to be their closer earlier this week and are happy with the other young arms in their bullpen, per Pavlovic.
All three relievers have been with the team for its three World Series wins this decade. Romo, 33, is the longest tenured of the bunch, making his major league debut with San Francisco in 2008. Casilla, 36, and Lopez, 39, joined the club in 2010.
The bullpen was the Giants' Achilles heel this year, struggling down the stretch and in the playoffs. Casilla started the season as the closer but was eventually demoted in favor of Romo, who closed out games from September onward.
Overall, Casilla had a 3.57 ERA, Romo finished at 2.64 and Lopez, primarily used as a lefty specialist, posted a 4.05 ERA.
-- Kyle Brasseur
