Camilo Doval
Position: RHP
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 205 lbs
Bats/Throws: R/R
Born: 07/04/1997
Country: Dominican Republic
Signed: International Free Agent, 2015 (Giants)
How Acquired: Trade (with Yankees)
Bonus: $100,000
40-Man Roster: Yes
Rule 5 Eligible: N/A
Minor League Free Agency: N/A
Options Left: N/A
Overview
The Giants signed Doval as a hard-throwing pitching prospect whose velocity increased as he moved up. He’s pitched strictly in relief as a pro. He doesn’t throw a four-seam fastball, but instead has thrown a cutter that sits at 98-99 mph and peaks at over 100. He’s also increasingly thrown a sinker. His main secondary pitch has always been a slider that he used to throw about half the time, but in 2026 cut that to a quarter. As is common with sinker/slider pitchers, he’s had large platoon splits. In his major league career, he’s allowed an OPS of .574 to right-handed hitters and .740 to left-handed hitters. Home runs by the latter have been a problem, although he’s generally had high groundball rates. Over his career Doval has had very high K rates, although a little less so the last couple years. His walk rates haven’t been terrible, but control is not a strength. The Pirates acquired Doval, as well as cash to offset the majority of his remaining salary for the year, from the Yankees at the trade deadline in 2026 for two minor leaguers.
2016-20
Doval spent four years moving slowly through the lower levels of the Giants’ system. He had a 1.66 ERA in the DSL, then ERAs ranging from 3.06 to 3.90 in the complex league and the two class A levels. His strikeout rates were very high, 13-14 per nine innings, but his walk rate was 4.6 per nine in low A to 5.4 in high A. Doval didn’t pitch in 2020, but the Giants added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
2021-23
In 2021, Doval made the San Francisco roster to open the season. The Giants sent him to AAA in mid-May and, except for one game, he pitched there until September, when the team brought him back up. His numbers in AAA weren’t good — a 4.99 ERA and 1.70 WHIP that resulted mainly from a 7.0 BB/9 — but he was in the high-offense California League. His K/9 was 12.9. In 29 games in the majors, Doval got much better results. He had an ERA of 3.00 and WHIP of 1.04, with a BB/9 of 3.0 and K/9 of 12.3.
Doval spent 2022-23 as one of the main relievers in the Giants’ bullpen, much of the time as closer. He appeared in 68 and then 69 games. In 2022 he had a 2.53 ERA and saved 27 games. In 2023, 2.93 and 39. He had solid walk rates and high K rates both years. He had a very large platoon split in 2022 and none in 2023.
2024-26
Doval was less effective in 2024. He had 23 saves, but the Giants eventually sent him to AAA for a couple of weeks in August. He was hurt by a 5.9 BB/9, although his K/9 remained at 11.9. He had a 4.88 ERA and 1.58 WHIP. Left-handed hitters put up an .845 OPS against him.
In 2025, Doval bounced back. Through the trade deadline, he had a 3.09 ERA and 15 saves. At the deadline, the Giants traded him to the Yankees and he didn’t pitch well in New York, posting a 4.82 ERA over the last two months of the season. His BB/9 was back up to 5.3.
Doval had an odd four months with the Yankees in 2026. He had huge splits. His opponents’ OPS was .962 in Yankee Stadium and .456 on the road. At home, opponents slugged .578 against him with 11 extra base hits, on the road .203 with one extra base hit. Some of this no doubt resulted from the absurd, short right field porch in New York. While he was with the Yankees, left-handed hitters batted 360/425/573 against Doval, right-handed hitters 143/231/247. He was also hurt by a fairly low strand rate of 58.5% and a much higher HR rate than he’d had previously. His xFIP was 3.87. The Pirates acquired Doval at the deadline for Omar Alfonzo and Luis Cruz, with the Yankees including a little over $1M. Doval will be eligible for arbitration for the second time in the offseason.
Stats
Transactions
October 28, 2015: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent.
November 20, 2020: Contract purchased by the San Francisco Giants.
July 31, 2025: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the New York Yankees for Jesus Rodriguez, Trystan Vrieling, Parks Harber and Carlos De La Rosa.
August 1, 2026: Traded by the New York Yankees with $1,109,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Omar Alfonzo and Luis Cruz.