SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–With rain expected to fall throughout the day, the Giants took the field early Friday and shortened their final workout before Cactus League play begins.
The team started practice about an hour ahead of schedule so Jeff Samardzija, Dereck Rodríguez and Sam Coonrod could throw live batting practice against hitters. Samardzija and Rodríguez are expected to start games at the beginning of next week for the Giants and manager Bruce Bochy said it was important the pitchers had the chance to throw.
“We had three pitchers that had to throw live so we had the hitters and they were great about it,” manager Bruce Bochy said.