![]() ![]() Putila survived two owners, three general managers and one sign-stealing scandal. Putlia grew up in a small town outside Pittsburgh, his dad telling him tales about Roberto Clemente, and went to college in West Virginia, where he also served as the baseball team’s student manager.Īt 21, then-Astros GM Ed Wade hired him as an intern and promoted him to full-time staff a few months later. With Putila, 33, the Giants will have the youngest active general manager in the majors, a title that once belonged to Harris. Houston might boast the most homegrown talent of any playoff team. Austin Slater, an eighth-round pick in 2014, is one-half of a solid outfield platoon.īut look around at the remaining playoff field: the Mariners have Julio Rodriguez the Yankees have Aaron Judge (for now) Atlanta has Austin Riley, Spencer Strider, Michael Harris II and more even on the $280 million Dodgers, drafted-and-developed catcher Will Smith bats cleanup, and Julio Urías and Clayton Kershaw headline the rotation. Hard-throwing Camilo Doval, who signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2015, is proving to be a back-of-the-bullpen fixture for years to come. Joey Bart, the Giants’ highest draft pick since Will Clark, caught that Opening Day start and figures to have many more, but had to spend a month in the minors to work out his hitting struggles. ![]() Besides Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt, San Francisco proudly claims Logan Webb, who this year became its first homegrown Opening Day starter since Madison Bumgarner. The Giants? The last remnant of the homegrown core from their championship run is on the verge of retirement. ![]()
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