How are members of the 2023 SF Giants doing on their new teams?

How are members of the 2023 SF Giants doing on their new teams?

4. Joey Bart

Ever since Patrick Bailey’s emergence, Bart looked like a guy who could benefit from a change of scenery, and his move to Pittsburgh looked like it was the sparkplug he had needed.  His .400 average in a limited sample along with two homers and strong defense already accounted for 0.4 WAR, which is nearly half his career tally of 0.9.  Unfortunately, a freak injury has him now dealing with concussion symptoms and sidelined for the time being, but once he recovers, he should have plenty of leeway to prove his stellar start is no fluke.

5. J.D. Davis

Displaced after the Giants’ long courtship with Matt Chapman, Davis appeared to be the only baseball-following human on Earth who was blindsided by the move.  The divorce from Davis ended up being a messy one.  He beat the Giants in an arbitration case that won him a salary of $6.9 million, but now after having released him, the Giants are only on the hook for termination pay totaling around $1.1 million of that sum. 

There were talks of that potentially being grounds for a grievance from the MLBPA, but regardless it will probably be a point of contention in the next CBA negotiations.  Davis quickly signed a lesser $2.5 million deal with the A’s, so at least his commute to work won’t be a whole lot different.  He’s received plenty of playing time at the hot corner in Oakland but is off to a slow start, hitting .196/.255/.373 in his first 55 plate appearances wearing the green and gold.  Whether or not the off-the-field distractions have affected his play, he hasn’t done a ton to convince the Giants they made a mistake quite yet.