The Giants selected infielder Sergio Alcántara onto the roster for tonight’s series finale in Arizona. Outfielder Daniel Johnson was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento, while catcher Logan Porter was designated for assignment to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.
Alcántara, 29 next week, is a switch-hitting middle infielder. If he gets into a game, it’d be his first big league appearance in three years. He has tallied just over 500 MLB plate appearances between four teams. He’s a .209/.281/.343 career hitter. His overall Triple-A track record is a bit better, though that hasn’t been the case this year. Alcántara has yet to hit his first home run of the season and is batting .206/.319/.252 across 256 trips to the plate with Sacramento.
It’s likely this is a brief call for Alcántara. Shayna Rubin of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Tyler Fitzgerald has experienced minor back soreness, leading the Giants to look for short-term insurance on the infield. Fitzgerald is in tonight’s starting lineup against Arizona righty Brandon Pfaadt, but it appears they want Alcántara on hand in case Fitzgerald needs to come out of the game. Alcántara is out of options, so the Giants would need to run him through waivers once they decide to take him off the big league roster.
The sequence squeezes Porter off the 40-man roster. The 29-year-old catcher had made five appearances in mid-June, going 1-7 with a walk. He backed up Andrew Knizner for a week while Patrick Bailey was injured and was optioned back out once Bailey returned. Porter has hit .222/.354/.310 in 48 Triple-A games this year. He’s likely to land on the waiver wire in the next few days and could elect free agency if he goes unclaimed.
Tigers legend.
Dig down deep to get to the bottom.
No sense looking for a trade. Giants need to dance with who they came with. Don’t chase bad money with good.
If they’re to climb out of the hole they dug, the current players will have to pull them out.
Saw Alcantara a few weeks ago, I wasn’t impressed.
This is a temporary move. Once Matt Chapman and Casey Schmitt return, expect Fitzgerald (not Wisely) to be sent down. Back or no back pain, Fitzgerald cannot layoff the down and away pitches. His swing and miss is worse than ever. Meanwhile Schmitt has shown much better plate discipline and Wisely has shown he can pick it wherever he plays.
The next three series after the A’s will be the true test for this team. All in 1st place. The current run of last place teams did not go well. In the long run it doesn’t matter how you play against the bottom, it finishes at the top. Go get em boys !