Over the past few days, the San Francisco Giants have lost a couple of depth infielders. Ramiro Pena, a utility infielder, passed up a minor league contract with the Giants and took an opportunity to play with the Hiroshima Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball over in Japan. Ehire Adrianza, another utility infielder, was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Pena played just 30 games for the Giants in 2016, but made sizable contributions in such a short time. He hit .299/.330/.425 with six doubles and 10 RBI while playing all over the infield, and helped the Giants enter the All-Star break with the best record in baseball.