Well, I was wrong. I went ahead and guessed that the two players the Giants would designate for assignment today would be players who have recently performed poorly at the major-league level (Tyler Austin & Ty Blach).
Actually, it’s almost exactly what happened, just two different players. Ryder Jones has a sub-.600 OPS in the minors this year, bouncing around all four levels due to injury while Derek Holland has simply been bad in every role the Giants have assigned him. Yesterday’s 4-run inning of work was the last straw and now he’s off the 40-man roster.