Herb came over in a trade with the Seattle Mariners as the PTBNL for Chris Heston, and the Giants like what they saw enough to put him on the 40-man roster. Herb is their fifteenth rated prospect according to MLBPipeline.com. Here is our conversation with him:
Daniel Sperry: What went through your mind when you found out you were getting traded to the Giants?
Tyler Herb: “At first I really didn’t believe it. Just because I was a senior sign guy, who was never really sought after, it was a bit of a shock.