Giants call up recently acquired Avelino

COLORADO -- Shortstop Abiatal Avelino played the first inning Thursday for Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre, but didn't take the field in the second for the Yankees' farm club.

He thought he could be on his way to New York, getting a promotion to the Major Leagues for the first time, particularly when some teammates told him, "Gleyber Torres doesn't feel really good. I said, 'Oh, maybe that's an opportunity for me.'"

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Soon enough, Avelino, 23, learned that he had been traded to the Giants on Friday in the deal that sent outfielder Andrew McCutchen to the Yankees.

"At that moment, I was really happy because I said in my mind, 'OK, now I have another opportunity to go to The…