Heading into the 2019 season, the San Francisco Giants felt confident with the speedy Steven Duggar as their starting center fielder. Despite the fact that his rookie season had ended prematurely with a shoulder injury, he had shown impressive flashes, and look like arguably the best outfielder on the roster entering the year.
Very quickly, the front office realized that an outfield contingent of Duggar, Connor Joe, Michael Reed, and Gerardo Parra was not going to cut it.
On April 2, just a handful of games into the regular season, Kevin Pillar was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays.