The Giants have designated infielder Grant Green, as Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area was among those to tweet. His roster spot was needed for fellow infielder Joe Panik, who was activated from the DL.
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Green, 28, has produced at a .251/.286/.339 clip over 350 MLB plate appearances in parts of four seasons. The former Angels and Athletics prospect was always considered a bat-first player, and has a sturdy track record of hitting in the minors. But Green comes with a lightly-regarded glove and his home run pop has dissipated in the upper minors. It remains to be seen whether he’ll ever earn a full shot a steady MLB job.
San Francisco will certainly be glad to welcome back Panik, who missed a month with concussion symptoms. He hasn’t produce at anything close to his rate from a year ago, but Panik still carries a league-average hitting line in 2016 to go with a quality glove at second. Plus, he has probably been a bit unlucky with a .266 BABIP, so there’s reason for the Giants to expect that he’ll be even more useful down the stretch than he was in the first half.
Almost no one will get this, but I’m going to do it anyway:
Now Grant Green has more time to focus on the guitar.
ha
Boo
that joke died out when he was drafted
I get it, a big fan of the guitar player. I remember hoping the Giants would draft Grant Green cause I liked his name and the pre-draft reports were good. I seem to remember they ended up with Posey instead so guess it all worked out! Shows what I know…
I’m sure him and Zito are kickin already
They should of designated Blanco too & bring back Kelby Tomlinson at least he can hit & has major speed
Looks like the Giants decided that it was finally time to *puts on sunglasses* HIT THE PANIK BUTTON!