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Giants add lefty reliever and versatile outfielder in Rule 5 draft

Ian Gardeck pitches in a Giants spring training intrasquad game in 2016, just before he blew out his elbow. The Giants lost him to the Rays in Thursday’s Rule 5 draft.

Ian Gardeck pitches in a Giants spring training intrasquad game in 2016, just before he blew out his elbow. The Giants lost him to the Rays in Thursday’s Rule 5 draft.

Photo: Michael Macor / The Chronicle

LAS VEGAS — Fourteen players changed teams in the major-league portion of Thursday’s Rule 5 draft, the final event of the 2018 winter meetings. The Giants selected two of the 14, which is unprecedented.