Shortstop Aeverson Arteaga and center fielder Grant McCray, the Giants' No. 7 and No. 12 prospects according to MLB Pipeline, will be available for any team willing to select them in the Dec. 6 draft and keep them on their major-league roster all of next season.
The Giants instead added a trio of pitchers RHP Trevor McDonald, LHP Erik Miller and RHP Kai-Wei Teng to the 40-man roster ahead of the deadline, which president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi explained was more a reflection on the state of baseball under the current rules than their feelings toward the younger position player prospects.
Arteaga, 20, and McCray, 22, are considered two of the best athletes in the system and plus defenders, two traits that lend themselves to the possibility of a team drafting and stashing them as a pinch-runner/defensive replacement. But neither has played above High-A, where Arteaga hit .235 with 17 home runs and McCray hit .255 with 14 homers and 52 stolen bases in 2023.
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