SAN FRANCISCO -- Virtually every season, the Giants make something out of nothing in their pursuit of able personnel. Their ability to scour talent from the ranks of players who entered Spring Training as non-roster invitees remains uncanny.
Aside from Rookie of the Year candidate Dereck Rodriguez, this year's leading example has been Alen Hanson, who looked impressive even as the Giants fell to the New York Mets, 4-1. Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard struck out 11 in his first Major League complete game.
Performing an accurate impersonation of shortstop Brandon Crawford, who rested a sore left knee for the third consecutive game, Hanson made several difficult defensive plays besides tripling and scoring San Francisco's lone run in the third inning.