The Giants will open the season with just one left-handed reliever, an uncommon practice in the Bruce Bochy era that has included long runs by Jeremy Affeldt and Javier Lopez.
“If anything,” Bochy said with a smile, “it keeps you from going out there (to the mound) so many times.”
Despite a dominating spring training by Steven Okert, the lefty was shipped to Triple-A Sacramento because the Giants preferred to keep right-hander Neil Ramirez, who could have opted out of his contract if the Giants didn’t keep him.