Cuts bring Giants' Opening Day roster into view; Harrison Bader's status unclear
Harrison Bader was the lone expected starter left out of the San Francisco Giants' lineup Friday as he's dealing with hamstring tightness. Meanwhile, the team made three more cuts.
San Francisco Giants' Harrison Bader connects for a single against the Athletics during the third inning of a spring training baseball game Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D.
Franklin) (Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Harrison Bader was the lone expected starter left out of the San Francisco Giants' lineup for Friday's game against the Kansas City Royals.
He's dealing with left hamstring tightness, the team announced, and is day-to-day. Manager Tony Vitello doesn't like to make definitive statements, but he's confident the Giants' center fielder will be ready for Opening Day on Wednesday. "He's doing good.
If you ask us, he's doing good and moving along and getting in a comfort zone," Vitello said. "I don't know for a fact, but if you ask him he's not doing good because he wants to do what he wants to do and that's being on the field all the time. " Bader, signed to a two-year contract this offseason, is batting .
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