Bryce Johnson and Sean Hjelle were expected to make the SFGiants’ OpeningDay roster, but a late transaction altered those plans.
"We felt like he's a good left-handed bat off the bench for us," Kapler said."A guy that can pinch-hit for, on a day like today potentially, Perez, by way of example if we're late in the game and the opportunity presents itself."
The move brought back memories of 2019, when the Giants acquired Connor Joe and Michael Reed at the last second and plugged them into the lineup. It is not at all out of character for the Giants, who used a franchise-record 67 players last season, although it was a bit unexpected after the way the spring went.
"He had a fantastic spring, ran the bases very well, as we all saw, and I think made every possible push to be on our Opening Day roster," Kapler said."We got to the end and it wasn't right for Opening Day, necessarily, but it could be right at another time pretty soon."
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