Denard Span knew he might be traded. After all, he had been packaged in one aborted deal already this offseason.
However, a day after the Giants shipped him to Tampa Bay as part of the Evan Longoria deal, the outfielder still had trouble wrapping his head around a move he did not want.
"I’m not sure about my feelings about being traded,” Span said via text Thursday. “I had a feeling something might happen but hoped that it wouldn't because I wanted to finish off my contract in S.F.”
Asked if he was consoled by getting to play in St.