The Giants made a roster shuffle before the second game of their series against the Cardinals, recalling infielder Brett Harris from Triple-A and sending catcher Zach Morgan back down, according to the team’s transaction log.
Morgan’s path has already been a bit of a revolving door. The Giants purchased his contract in August when catching depth was running thin, and he appeared in one game during that short stay before being optioned out to make room for veteran backstop Andrew Knizner. When rosters expanded, Morgan came back up, but even after a week on the active roster, he still hasn’t gotten into a game for San Francisco.
There’s at least a little personal angle there, too: Morgan is a Northern California native, and it would be a neat finish if he can squeeze into at least one game before the season ends. But the bigger picture for the Giants is much less simple.
They’re headed for a major offseason roster squeeze because of the number of players sitting on the 60-day injured list. Soon, the club will have to decide who gets activated and who gets exposed to waivers, and Morgan could wind up caught in that squeeze as well.
Harris, meanwhile, gets a chance to show what he can do before the year is over. The Giants claimed him off waivers from the Boston Red Sox, and he was originally a seventh-round pick by the A’s out of Gonzaga University.
His minor league track record is solid enough to make the move worth watching. Across parts of four minor league seasons, Harris has hit .283/.381/.451 with an 11.5 percent walk rate, a 17.2 percent strikeout rate and a .168 ISO.
He’s also posted a strong .828 OPS in parts of four seasons at Triple-A. The shape of his game points more toward hit than power.
The right-handed hitter has also seen big league time in each of the last three seasons, most notably with the A’s, and he briefly appeared with the Red Sox earlier this season. But his career line at the major league level has been rough overall: a .593 OPS in 216 plate appearances.
For now, the Giants appear to be using this stretch as an audition. Harris is out of minor league option years after this season, so if he doesn’t make enough of an impression, he could end up in that offseason roster crunch, too.
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