The San Francisco Giants bolster their infield depth by landing Brett Harris from the Boston Red Sox.
The San Francisco Giants made a roster move on Thursday, Sept. 3, which saw infielder Brett Harris be claimed off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
Right-handed pitcher Keaton Winn was transferred to the 60-day Injured List in a move that comes as no surprise.
Winn has been out of action since Aug. 16, and now the door has officially been closed on his return for the 2026 season.
After going down with right elbow neuritis, the Giants were able to free up a roster spot, one that now belongs to Harris.
The 28-year-old has just six at-bats in the majors this season, so it makes sense that the Giants have assigned him to Triple-A Sacramento. At this point, he doesn't have a ton of major league experience, but that could change with all of the moves this Giants lineup has had to endure in the past few weeks.
Harris will begin at Triple-A
The Illinois native had 103 at-bats in his 2024 rookie season with the Athletics, but since then, he's had just 79 in the last two years.
Harris, who is 0-for-6 this season with a walk and a hit by pitch, has 259 at-bats in the minors, which shows why the Giants claimed him in the first place.
While he's officially listed as a third baseman, Harris has appeared at first base as well. That flexibility could give the Giants a new infield option, but obviously, the team has no need to replace Rafael Devers, someone who's been on an absolute heater recently.
Regardless, it's not hard to see why the Giants were drawn to a guy who's hitting .293 at Triple-A this year.
This will be the third different Triple-A team Harris plays for this season, and while his season began with much better numbers than where they were in Boston, it'll be interesting to see if he can get back to the .336/.441/.537 slash line with the .978 OPS he had in his first 37 games.
Once he made the move to Boston, Harris put up a slash line of .236/.356/.355 in 34 games. There's a clear regression between the two, and that's especially notable since he's played almost exclusively at Triple-A this season.
At this point in the year, the Giants truly have nothing to lose. They just dropped another series; their record is an abysmal 58-83, so it wouldn't be surprising to at least see them give Harris a shot at the majors with the season winding down.
