How Giants plan to find outfield improvements before crucial 2026 MLB season

SAN FRANCISCO — If you scroll down the lists of top available outfielders this offseason, you’ll pretty quickly get to a veteran who would check a lot of boxes for the Giants.He’s a good defender who runs the bases well and has been an above-average hitter by wRC+ throughout his career. Because he’s 35 years old, he should be available on the kind of one- or two-year deal that would appeal to a front office that already has some long-term commitments to hitters. He’s a good clubhouse guy, and as a Nashville resident, he might have even already crossed paths with new manager Tony Vitello. If Mike Yastrzemski hadn’t already played nearly 800 games for the Giants, he might stand out as one of their most obvious free agent targets this offseason. But given how poor their outfield production was for long stretches of last season — which was one reason for the deadline sale that Yastrzemski was part of — it’s hard to see Buster Posey and Zack Minasian wanting to fully run it back. The current plan is to do that in two of three spots, leaving an opening in right field that needs to be filled in some way this...