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Giants To Purchase Contract Of Austin Slater

By Jeff Todd | June 1, 2017 at 12:55pm CDT

The Giants will purchase the contract of outfielder Austin Slater, according to Andrew Baggarly of the Mercury News. Slater, 24, was taken in the eighth round of the 2014 draft.

A corresponding move has yet to be reported, but the Giants will need to clear roster space to make way for Slater. While that could involve optioning youngster Christian Arroyo, a 40-man move of some kind will be needed regardless.

Slater has thrived in the upper minors since the start of the 2016 season. All told, he owns a .308/.381/.487 slash through 474 trips to the plate at Triple-A, with 48 walks to go with 91 strikeouts.

While the right-handed hitter can play center, it makes sense to expect he’ll find most of his opportunities in left field. San Francisco has struggled to find production from the outfield all year long.

The struggling Giants could ultimately begin cycling in more new faces, Baggarly notes, if the club can’t quickly break out of its season-long struggles. It seems that light-hitting outfielder Gorkys Hernandez is the most likely player to go to make way for Slater, though a few of other roster spots also appear to be less than secure.

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  1. nmendoza44

    4 years ago

    Just designate Gorkys

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    • Adios pelota!

      4 years ago

      They need to so bad he’s just awful!

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      • liamsfg

        4 years ago

        I’m surprised he’s been around for this long already.

        As a Giants fan its hard to see the batting averages on some of these guys in the starting lineup.

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      • Wolf Chan

        4 years ago

        but he’s a great defender when he isn’t missing the ball or booting it… um

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        • vtadave

          4 years ago

          Advanced metrics have him average at best.

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        • Wolf Chan

          4 years ago

          Advanced metrics are pretty right, the guy has a pretty bad first step and glove awareness – he can cover ground but a lot of times does it when he shouldn’t have to.

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  2. bleacherbum

    4 years ago

    No confidence in Melvin Upton I’m assuming? With Bochy’s track record of squeezing the last out of veteran players I’m surprised they at least haven’t given him a look yet after signing him to a minor league deal.

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    • thethrill

      4 years ago

      He had surgery on his thumb before playing a game this year, I believe he is out till late June than rehab…. so maybe around All-Star break he will be ready.

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      • bleacherbum

        4 years ago

        Okay got it, makes sense. He has a Pat Burrell 2.0 resurgence in black and orange written all over him.

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    • Johnny Khanh Huynh

      4 years ago

      Upton is injuried at the moment if he wasnt im pretty sure Giants would have called him up already.

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  3. dstuart

    4 years ago

    Yes! Been excited to watch this dude play

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  4. Cam

    4 years ago

    Geez, the Giants’ below average farm system is finally starting to expose itself. They really, really lack talent.

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