We’re 30 games into the season, and the Giants still have the worst record (11-19) in the National League. Not good.
Production from the outfield has been a problem and on Saturday the Giants announced they were promoting Justin Ruggiano from Triple-A while designating Drew Stubbs for assignment.
GM Bobby Evans told Murph and Mac earlier this week the team miscalculated the situation in left field.
“Yeah,” Evans said when asked by Brian Murphy if there was a miscalculation. “I mean we certainly didn’t count on (Jarrett) Parker getting hurt and his rough start wasn’t good either. At the same time I don’t think that left field is probably my biggest concern. I think that overall I want to see the veterans of our lineup producing at a level that allows left field to evolve and hopefully get a Parker back eventually. But miscalculate is probably a fair assessment. I think that I was hoping our guys would do more around left field so that even if the left fielder is a player that’s going to struggle, that we would have enough offense everywhere else to cover for it.”
The 34-year-old Ruggiano played for the Mets and Rangers in 2016. He’s a career .258 hitter with 51 home runs in eight MLB seasons.