The San Francisco Giants will go with their veteran left-hander for their spring training home opener on Sunday.

There was a point in the winter when the Giants had 10 outfielders on the 40-man roster. They acquired Joey Wiemer and Justin Dean, then cut ties before they made it to camp. Marco Luciano is gone, too. Weeks before spring training, they signed center fielder Harrison Bader to a two-year, $20.5 million deal, then moved Jung Hoo Lee to right field.

Cozy and comfortable, Scottsdale Stadium will be buzzing once again with loyal San Francisco Giants fans this spring.

Carson Whisenhunt threw a live batting practice recently and it create quite the buzz during San Francisco Giants spring training.

Adames, 30, started slowly on both sides of the ball, entering June with a .620 OPS. From June 10 onward, Adames looked like a ballplayer worthy of a nine-figure contract, posting a team-high .848 OPS and 3.8 WAR. On the final day of the season, he became the first Giant to hit at least 30 homers in a single season since Barry Bonds in 2004.

The Braves are banking on Spencer Strider and Grant Holmes to essentially replace the innings left by Max Fried and Charlie Morton, respectively. It makes a lot of fans uneasy.

The San Francisco Giants are turning to a former top prospect to get their exhibition schedule going in Scottsdale.

Encarnacion, 28, barely played last year due to awful injury luck. He fractured his left hand when diving for a ball at the end of spring training, then strained his left oblique in June, then strained his right hamstring in August. Those injuries limited him to 19 games broken up over three stints.