LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Giants have not hidden their need to find a center fielder who can chase down balls at AT&T Park. After prospect Steven Duggar's fine performance in the Arizona Fall League, they are rethinking the need to acquire one from the outside.
"We value Duggar as a guy we can look toward to in the future, so it does affect how we view addressing that need this offseason," general manager Bobby Evans said Monday during the first day of the winter meetings. "It does give us a mindset more short term."
In other words, the Giants might look to for a caretaker center fielder, an Austin Jackson type, rather than a long-term answer such as free agent Lorenzo Cain or the Reds' Billy Hamilton.