On Tuesday, the Giants will employ the opener strategy for the first time, when they start reliever Nick Vincent vs. the Blue Jays. Wednesday will also feature a first.
The San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics faced off for a pre-season, exhibition game at Oracle Park. Delayed by weather, the game eventually started with top pitching prospect Shaun Anderson taking the ball for the Giants.
New pitcher Shaun Anderson joined our Giants beat writer Kerry Crowley on the first episode of The KO Podcast, and talked about being traded from the Boston Red Sox organization for Eduardo Nunez last week.
Shaun Anderson is the first one of potentially several new top prospects to be added to the Giants organization, as the 2016 third-round pick is now San Francisco’s 17th best prospect among MLB.com’s top 30 for the team.