SAN FRANCISCO — When the Giants took the sphere to start out the highest of the third inning Thursday evening towards the Brewers, it was Brett Properly and Marco Luciano who assumed the 2 center infield positions. Tyler Fitzgerald, who began the sport at shortstop, had been faraway from the sport.
Fitzgerald left the sport with decrease again tightness, the Giants introduced, after the rookie shortstop turned an unassisted double play to finish the second.
With a runner on first, Fitzgerald fielded a pointy floor ball from Sal Frelick, stepped on second, then fired to first to finish the double play. He returned to the dugout with none noticeable harm, however when the following inning started, he had been subbed out for Luciano.
Apparently, Luciano took over at second base whereas Properly slid over to Fitzgerald’s spot at shortstop.
Fitzgerald, 26, has already made a powerful sufficient impression to enter subsequent spring central within the Giants’ plans. Seizing the beginning shortstop job at midseason, Fitzgerald is batting .296 with 14 dwelling runs and a team-high 17 stolen bases in his first full-time alternative within the majors.
It has been harder sledding for Luciano, who appeared earmarked for the job on the finish of final season however was overwhelmed out by Nick Ahmed within the spring and has spent the season splitting time between San Francisco and Triple-A Sacramento, spending much less and fewer time at shortstop.
Neither participant has offered exemplary protection and have mixed to commit 19 errors, main some to take a position about pursuing exterior choices similar to San Diego’s Ha-Seong Kim, who performed for supervisor Bob Melvin with the Padres and is shut pals with Jung Hoo Lee.
There’s additionally Willy Adames, who enters Thursday with 30 dwelling runs and is at present on the town with the Brewers. Adames, 29, is arguably the highest-profile member of the upcoming class of free-agent shortstops. He’s properly on tempo to eclipse his earlier career-high of 31 homers and has already set career-bests in RBIs (102), steals (18) and runs scored (84). Adames is incomes $12.25 million in his closing 12 months of arbitration and ought to be due for a good-looking elevate.
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