SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–A peek at the back of his baseball card says everything you need to know about Evan Longoria’s first full season with the Giants.
The team’s starting third baseman never looked like himself last year. In his second spring with the club, Longoria admits he never felt that way either.
“Last year, just little things piled up the year before and the offseason, I didn’t do a whole lot because I was trying to get healthy,” Longoria said. “So I came into spring a little bit behind and never really felt like I caught up.”
After a 98-loss season that Giants executives termed an “aberration,” former general manager Bobby Evans sent four players to the Tampa Bay Rays to acquire the three-time All-Star in December, 2017.