The Giants have been on the lookout all offseason for outfielders, but they’ve been unwilling to pay for them, so it makes sense that they reached out to veteran left-handed hitting outfielder Matt Joyce following his release from Cleveland’s camp yesterday.
Joyce, 34, was with the A’s the past two seasons, and posted a .767 OPS over 224 games. He was much, much better in 2017 than 2018, though, slashing .243 / .335 / .473 (.808 OPS) with 25 home runs in 141 games. Last year was marred by back issues, leading to three trips to the injured list and a slash of .