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We all know what happened next, and it wasn't a parade in San Francisco.
Giants fans are sure to still have a sour taste in their mouth and nightmares of Baker handing the game ball to Russ Ortiz as he walked off the mound with a 5-0 lead in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series. He held the spot through the 2002 season, when he was last in the World Series. The Giants gave him his first job as a manager in 1993. But with the minor league season canceled to the COVID-19 pandemic, Siri never actually played a game for the organization. But the Giants have a minor tie to the Astros outside of Dusty.Īstros outfielder Jose Siri spent the majority of last year in the Giants' farm system. On the Houston side of things, Dusty Baker obviously creates headlines for Giants fans as San Francisco's former manager. 308 with one home run in the NLDS, Rosario was named NLCS MVP by batting. The lefty put global warming to shame with how red-hot he was when he scorched the Dodgers. Now, Rosario has reached Pablo-level dominance at the plate in the playoffs. Not to mention, Sandoval's four pinch-hit homers played a big role in the early part of Atlanta's season.
As the Braves rebuilt their roster at the trade deadline, they acquired Rosario for none other than Pablo Sandoval. Here's where it all comes together for the Giants. In hindsight, the Giants should have just listened to *cough, cough* me but in reality, Rosario signed with the Cleveland Indians over the offseason. We've now reached Eddie Rosario levels of connections between the Giants and Braves. Duvall hit a solo shot in the Braves' Game 4 win against the Dodgers and had four RBI in the NLCS. Thought of as a defensive liability, Duval was traded along with Keury Mella to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Leake at the 2015 trade deadline.ĭuvall now plays all three outfield positions and hit a career-high 38 home runs this year between the Braves and the Miami Marlins. San Francisco selected Duvall in the 11th-round of the 2010 draft and he made his MLB debut for the Giants in 2014, but his career with the team lasted just 28 games. Adrianza has one hit, a double, in eight at-bats during the playoffs.Īdam Duvall will always be on a long list of what-ifs for the Giants. 728 OPS were each the second-highest of his career. This was his first season as a Brave and his. He started Game 4 of the NLCS and gave up two earned runs in 3 1/3 innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Įhire Adrianza spent his first four seasons with the Giants. The lefty had a 3.42 ERA in seven appearances for the Giants and now pitches for the Braves. When Smith left San Francisco, Drew Smyly arrived. He has four saves and hasn't allowed an earned run in seven innings.
Smith has been dominant in the postseason.
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Will Smith's All-Star campaign as the Giants' closer in 2019 earned him a three-year, $39 million contract with the Braves right when free agency opened up. He underwent sports hernia surgery two weeks ago isn't available for the playoffs. For 26 games this season, though, former Giants catcher Stephen Vogt played in a Braves jersey. William Contreras and Travis d'Arnaud are the Braves' two catchers on the current roster. However, even without Posey still playing, the Braves still have catcher connections with the Giants in the Fall Classic. Yes, alternate realities are all the rage right now (yikes!), but Posey and the rest of the Giants will be watching the Braves from their homes as Atlanta represents the NL against the AL's Houston Astros in the World Series. He was named the Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year after his senior baseball season, and grew up a Braves fan. Posey was born in Leesburg, Ga., and started his story at Lee County High School. The star catcher and Giants franchise centerpiece is a Georgia legend. But when Buster Posey was called to bat, Braves fans would have found themselves in quite the pickle.
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In an alternate world, the Giants would have been battling the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series with a trip to the World Series on the line.įans at Truist Park dressed head to toe in Braves gear would have done the cringe-worthy tomahawk chop all too much and boo'd loudly when Giants hitters walked to the batter's box.
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