Right-hander Chris Heston spent most of last season, when healthy, pitching at Triple-A Sacramento, before the Giants traded him to the Seattle Mariners over the winter.
“I didn’t waste any time getting back,” Heston said Friday.
For his first start with his new organization, Heston will face his former one. Starting this season with the Mariners’ Triple-A Tacoma affiliate, Heston is scheduled to pitch on Saturday evening against the River Cats at Raley Field.
Heston said it’ll be strange opposing the organization that drafted him and where he still counts many friends. The 28-year-old spent eight seasons in the Giants system and was a key member of their major-league rotation as a rookie in 2015.