"I thought it was traded when the director called." SF, David Vee, who was wavering before the opening, called up again
"I thought it was traded when the director called." SF, David Vee, who was wavering before the opening, called up again
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The San Francisco Giants will give another chance to a player who was excluded from the season's plan.
San Francisco announced the transfer of players ahead of an away game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on the 20th (Korea Standard Time).
Casey Schmidt, who injured his left ankle while training ahead of the previous day's game, was on the injured list and David Villa joined the big league roster from Triple-A Sacramento to replace him.
Outfielder Gerard Encarnacion, recovering from a finger injury to make his place on the 40-man list, was moved to the 60-day injured list.
Villa is from the 11th round of the 2018 draft. He made his big league debut in 2022, batting .200 with a .288 slugging ratio of .400 in 109 games over three years.
He recorded nine hits in 45 at-bats (batting average 0.200), three home runs, five RBIs, four walks and 18 strikeouts in the spring camp, and was waived just before the season opened and was excluded from the 40-man list.
In an interview with reporters before the game, he said, "I thought I was traded when the coach called me for the first time," adding that he was not expecting a call-up at all.
"During the spring camp, he seemed to be a little off the rails as the number of strikeouts increased. At Triple-A, his power remained the same, and he made more efforts to keep in touch. As he was controlled well, swing and miss decreased and gained positive results," he said.
Having watched the Major League teams play from time to time, he said, "I haven't seen many of them, but I know they performed very well. It was a really good and fun team. I'm glad to be able to contribute to such a team."
"It was a shock, but I thought this was also part of the business," he said, expressing his feelings at the time. "I'm grateful for the opportunity. I felt free to think that 'I went down to the floor, but now I have to go back up,'" he said about his mindset to face the opportunity he gained again.
"I spoke with Dave Brundage (Triple A), and he praised me as a 'player who plays hard and doesn't make excuses every day." He has been showing off his productive performance again after failing to get a chance. This is why he is in this team," he said of Villa. He revealed that he plans to use Villa as an option for right-handed first base, signaling that he will start against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the final match of the series a day later.
Schmidt injured his left oblique muscle while practicing batting just before the game the previous day. 바카라사이트
At a meeting with reporters, he said, "I felt sharp pain while swinging. I felt as if I was stabbing him in the side with a knife," explaining how he was injured. He will return to San Francisco next week for a thorough checkup.
Meanwhile, San Francisco announced a lineup of right-handers Mike Yastremski (right fielder), Willie Adames (striker), Lee Jung-hoo (midfielder), Matt Chapman (third baseman), Elliott Ramos (left fielder), Ramonte Wade Jr. (first baseman), Wilmer Flores (designated hitter), Patrick Bailey (catcher), and Tyler Fitts-Gerald (second baseman) against right-handers Kyle Hendricks.