Giants acquire Tyler Austin, DFA Connor Joe

Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesThe San Francisco Giants have made another trade, acquiring outfielder and first baseman Tyler Austin from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league outfielder Malique Ziegler. The casualty of the trade is Connor Joe, who has been designated for assignment.

The Connor Joe Era is over. He was DFA’d. Tyler Austin was acquired from Minnesota in exchange for OF Malique Ziegler. Austin will be on big league club.

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) April 8, 2019 There are two things to digest here: the moves themselves, and what the moves represent. Let’s start with the first.

In Austin, the Giants are acquiring an outfielder who hasn’t been given much of an…