It’s hard to make sense of the San Francisco Giants’ treatment of Marco Luciano. The top prospect was touted as the club’s next shortstop right before they signed another shortstop just in case. They traded away DH Jorge Soler to free up some at-bats for Luciano but the call-up of Jerar Encarnacion in early August limited the opportunities Soler’s departure appeared to create. Thairo Estrada was placed on waivers and outrighted to Sacramento to open up second base and then that vacancy started to be filled by a committee of infielders curiously headlined by Donovan Walton.
One way to explain the recent jerking around is that the attitude around Luciano has shifted.