When Brandon Crawford signed with the St. Louis Cardinals a couple weeks ago, ending the beloved player’s record setting tenure with our San Francisco Giants, Nick Ahmed was there, not drawing attention to himself, just agreeing to a minor league contract, a non-roster invitee to Spring Training, an interested potential depth piece at short, no big deal.
Suiting up for camp this Spring, Austin Slater already had dibs on his lucky number-13. Again, no biggie, Ahmed just casually picked another number at random, one that had been free since 2020—who wore #40 again?