Derek Law was the choice there? Lord have mercy. Look, I get that the Giants have had a lot of confounding injury issues, but goodness sakes. He has one left, because they optioned him for Law. They then added Law and wasted options on a guy who hasn’t had it for a second since 2016. So now, they don’t want to bring back Slater for the fear of having to use yet another option on him. The most frustrating thing about this is the fact that they had Slater up at the big league level for all of what felt like 72 Hours (it was 96). So why are they not going to bring him up? Because their pitching staff is so much of a wild card that they need to carry eight relievers.
Austin Slater is performing 85% ABOVE AVERAGE IN AAA! It’s entirely pointless to keep him down there, especially when you’ve got guys in the big leagues who barely pose an extra base threat. We’ll get to Duggar in a minute, but come on Bobby Evans. Here is the current situation, numbers wise in the outfield:
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So what did the Giants do? Oh they just called up another bullpen arm and SENT down (thus creating the option issue) Austin Slater, after Mac was in the concussion protocol. The Giants are bad right now, and a lineup that features two of Gorkys, Blanco, and Austin Jackson every day is likely not going to do a whole lot of damage, and they’re still without Mac Williamson for a solid 7-10 days (per Kerry Crowley). Now before you scoff, let’s take a look at what’s going on. Who in my mind are the logical players to excommunicate (DFA)? They would be Gorkys Hernandez, Gregor Blanco. There are two that currently come to mind: Steven Duggar, Austin Slater. First, let’s look at who I’m talking about. But to see the success of player down in AAA, then knowing the Giants likely won’t give them a shot right now, is deeply frustrating. The Giants are struggling so of course that has me not feeling so hot. It’s hard to do when you’re a fan of the team you’re writing about. They’re wasting some really good young potential, and hurting themselves in the long run with their current roster.Īs I said in the intro, I do my best to keep my emotions out of my writing. The San Francisco Giants don’t normally drive me to emotional writing, but I’ve about hit my limit.