WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the oldest team in baseball, the youngest position player on the roster is helping manager Bruce Bochy challenge a long-standing narrative.
Steven Duggar, 25, isn’t off to the type of start he envisioned, but Bochy and the Giants are letting him play through his struggles anyway.
“You want to stay behind these guys,” Bochy said. “Sometimes you have to make an adjustment and tweak the lineup, but it’s going to be important that we do stay behind him. I don’t want these guys to lose confidence.”
For years, one of the primary criticisms of Bochy has been the manager’s unwillingness to trust inexperienced players due to a desire to defer to veterans.