The San Francisco Giants trimmed down their Spring training roster today, sending a handful of players down to their minor league camp. Merandy Gonzalez and Logan Webb were optioned to the minor league camp. John Andreoli, Jandel Gustave, Ryan Howard, and Hamlet Marte were all assigned re-assigned to the minor league camp. The difference in both mechanisms is due to roster designation. All of the players are still doing the same thing, but those who were optioned get that designation because they are on the 40-man-roster.
While I personally will be sad we didn’t get a longer look at Webb and Howard, nobody should be surprised any of these players got cut.