The San Francisco Giants are looking for pitching to emerge throughout spring training, and one of their top prospects just keeps on impressing.
Grant McCray was practically begging the Colorado Rockies pitchers to try and pick him off. Adding inches to his lead, McCray believes to his core that he can steal easily and get in opposing pitchers’ heads while he teases his jump.
Colorado Rockies right-hander German Marquez is still shaking off the rust as he returns from an elbow injury.
Grant McCray and Luis Matos both furthered their cases to make the Opening Day roster as the Giants beat the Rockies, 8-2, on Monday afternoon at Salt River Fields. McCray tallied a single, a double, a walk, a steal and scored two runs while Matos, the favorite to win the job, smashed a 108.2 mph single, stole a base of his own and scored a run.
Verlander made his unofficial Giants debut Monday, toeing the mound against Colorado Rockies top prospect Chase Dollander. Speaking to reporters, Dollander mentioned how strange it felt pitching against someone who threw his first MLB pitch in 2005. “I was four years old at the time,” Dollander acknowledged.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander recently made his spring training debut with the team. He faced the Colorado Rockies, getting a fly ball out on hi
Chase Dollander had just given up his first home run during an MLB spring training game, and now the Colorado Rockies top pitching prospect had to face veteran third baseman Matt Chapman, coming off a season where he paced the San Francisco Giants in bWAR with 7.