When Jeff Samardzija signed a 5-year, $90 million contract with the Giants in 2016 at age 30, he was coming off his third-straight 200-plus inning season.
The time has finally come. Spring training is officially over as the San Francisco Giants closed out their exhibition series with the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, falling 4-2.
A number of Giants players spoke to the media for the first time on Tuesday, since Monday’s news that 2019 would be Bruce Bochy’s last as the club’s manager.