The Giants announced a series of roster moves today. Outfielder Mark Canha, acquired before the trade deadline, was added to the roster. They also selected outfielder Jerar Encarnación, a move that was previously reported, and reinstated right-hander Sean Hjelle from the bereavement list. To open roster spots for those three, the club optioned catcher Blake Sabol and infielder David Villar while outfielder Derek Hill was designated for assignment.
Hill, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Rangers just over a week ago. He got into five games since then, producing a line of .250/.308/.417 in 13 plate appearances. Combined with his time with the Rangers earlier in the season, he has a line of .255/.293/.455 for the year, which translates to a 107 wRC+ in 58 plate appearances.
Despite that generally cromulent performance, Hill keeps getting nudged off rosters since he’s out of options. The Rangers signed him to a minor league deal in the offseason and he got up to the majors with them for a couple of weeks starting in late May before being cut and re-signing another minor league deal with that club. He was selected back to the roster in late June and got another few weeks before going to the Giants on waivers.
Now that the trade deadline has passed, Hill will be on waivers again shortly since the Giants will have no other choice. Perhaps Hill will be claimed by some club that just did some selling at the deadline and has playing time available. If he were to be grabbed off waivers, the claiming club would be receiving a guy who has yet to qualify for arbitration and who can be controlled for four additional seasons after this one.
He hasn’t been able to do too much with his major league opportunities. Despite this year’s performance, he has a career line of .233/.281/.337 in 362 plate appearances. But he has 12 steals and some decent marks for his outfield glovework at all three spots. He’s also hit .297/.360/.492 in just under a thousand plate appearances in the minor leagues since the start of 2021, with that production translating to a wRC+ of 115, which could tempt a club to give him some at-bats down the stretch here in 2024.
World Series, here we come!
Or not.
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Hopefully Hill passes through waivers but he’s good enough to be a 4th or 5th OF and he plays a good center field.
This is a Hill nobody wants to climb. Ahahaha!
OR, it’s all down Hill from here, either way. Ahahaha!
I wish the Giants had hung on to Hill and didn’t grab Canha. Hill has speed, can steal bases and has some pop. Canha, not so much. But I gues Canha’s ability to play 1b was the reason. I still don’t agree.
@pete
Canha can get on base more and represents a higher, albeit more boring, floor. And with all the other unproven guys on the roster, we kinda need that right now.
Otherwise I agree, Hill has more upside, more speed, and is a good fielder, so I hope he makes it back to the organization and gets the chance to succeed.
A middling outfit in need of a cromulent corner man will snap him up.
Hopefully the Astros can claim him, maybe send down Cabbage (can’t recall if Trey has any options remaining).
Saw him hit a triple the other night. Now I love him. Hopefully he gets to stay in org.
Hill grew up watching the Giants and going to the park, I hope he stays too
Why trade for Canha….Hill was fine
He could run, field, and hit……
It was Bob who wanted Canha
A’s should sign him.
Why? A’s have OF’s in AAA waiting to be called up like Colby Thomas who has nothing else to prove in the minors, they’re fairly stacked in the OF…
Cahna better hit at least .250 and fill in outfield depth. High standards around here.
Cromulent? “Adequate” would have been adequate and saved me the time of a Google search – LOL
The Giants roster shuffle, and on-going search for lottery tickets in a mountain of scraps, is evidence of a less than cromulent front office
You need to use Google Translate to translate from the original Canadian.
Was it cromulent for you too, Baby?
So they traded Slater, claimed Hill, traded for Canha, cut Hill and accomplished exactly what?
Slater is on Baltimore now. He is having the last laugh in all of this.
Slater is a mature, intelligent man. He knows how it works. Don’t mistake sadness for childish spite. No chance he is laughing.
Removing Slater, adding Canha as the replacement and providing a little “let’s look at this guy” coverage in the interim. Would you rather they be kicking back with their feet on the desk ?
Might have been better off if they did, but no, I wanted them to do something to improve the team. None of these moves does that IMO.
I’m prepared to let it play out and then judge the moves. My crystal ball is broken.
When did they even call Sabol up in the first place?
Couple days ago, but never got in a game.
Basically they’re trading Hill for Canha. Obviously Melvin loves Canha so hopefully Canha will have a nice couple of months.
He’s a plus defender IMO. He played great CF at Comerica. Couldn’t hit consistently. Struck out a lot. Seemed injury prone due to his aggressive defensive nature
The quintessence of cromulent