The San Francisco Giants came into the 2017 season hoping to get some production from their younger players in left field, with the idea that one would take hold of the job that has long been a revolving door. That, much like just about everything else this season, hasn’t gone to plan. But lately, one of those “younger players” has been given an opportunity and has run with it.
Austin Slater, getting his first taste of major league action, has finally given the Giants some much-needed production out of left field. He began as a part-timer, splitting at-bats with another rookie Orlando Calixte, but since the acquisition of reliever Sam Dyson, whose 25-man roster spot came by way of Calixte’s demotion to Triple-A, Slater has played just about everyday out in left field, and made the most of it.