The Giants are still looking for a starting center fielder. The Giants are still looking to stay under the fake salary cap. It’s going to be really, really hard for them to do both if they’re not going to give the job to Steven Duggar. They would have to make a trade for a center fielder who hasn’t reached arbitration yet.
The Brewers are not still looking for a starting center fielder. They traded their best prospect for one on Thursday, and a couple hours later, they signed another one for $80 million. Considering that there’s no way to trade Ryan Braun, and it doesn’t make sense to bench him, that leaves them with an entire outfield of pre-arbitration players who are all blocked: Domingo Santana, Keon Broxton, and Brett Phillips.