The San Francisco Giants have been as active as any team in baseball when it comes to scouring the scrap heap for potential value.
That started well before Opening Day, with new team president Farhan Zaidi casting a wide net during the offseason in search of complementary roster pieces.
It’s an exhausting process that rarely bears fruit, but all it takes is finding one low-cost diamond in the rough to make it a worthwhile endeavor.
Nick Vincent looked like one of those diamonds in the rough.
A workhorse during his time with the Seattle Mariners, Vincent averaged 64 appearances while posting a 3.