A few minutes ago, the San Francisco Giants announced that David Villar had been optioned to Triple-A Sacramento after yesterday’s game in order to activate Brandon Crawford for today’s finale in Arizona.
Not a surprising move by any stretch — Susan Slusser interviewed him in an article published May 10th where even he knew the writing was on the wall — but another one that shows the Giants are walking a tightrope when it comes to rebuilding and developing. Gabe Kapler says in the Slusser article that I was going to write here:
“The one thing I would be continue to be really clear about is it’s only been 100 plate appearances for David,” Kapler said.