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  Brady Klopfer
  
• on August 14, 2023 3:06 pm

Prior to opening a series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night, the San Francisco Giants made a very surprising, but very exciting move, calling up fast-moving outfielder Wade Meckler from AAA Sacramento.

The news was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

To make room on the 40-man roster for Meckler, the Giants are designating outfielder Luis González for assignment. That news comes courtesy of The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly. No corresponding active roster move has been announced but, unless there’s an injury, the logical conclusion is that Luis Matos has been optioned or Austin Slater has been placed on the Injured List.

Meckler has had one of the fastest rises in recent Minor League history. Not just for the Giants, but for all of baseball.

An 8th-round pick (No. 256 overall) just 13 months ago, Meckler had just 50 plate appearances in the Arizona Complex League last year after getting drafted, before being promoted to Low-A San Jose, where he had 50 more plate appearances before the season ended. He started 2023 — his first full season — in High-A Eugene, where he had just 87 plate appearances before getting promoted to AA Richmond. He had his longest stint there, by far, at 174 plate appearances, before the promotion to AAA Sacramento. He’s had just 33 plate appearances in 10 games there before the Giants decided it was time to see if he can spark the outfield.

If you’re doing the math, that’s 394 plate appearances before the Majors. That’s fewer plate appearances than LaMonte Wade Jr., Michael Conforto, and J.D. Davis have in the Majors this year.

Unreal.

Meckler has been a hits machine. Across three levels this year, he’s hitting .379/.463/.522, while playing quality defense across the outfield and rarely striking out. If Meckler plays well, the Giants outfield will get very interesting. Michael Conforto is heating up, Heliot Ramos was excellent this weekend, Matos remains an exceptional prospect, Slater is a platoon hitter extraordinaire, Mike Yastrzemski is due to return any day, and Mitch Haniger isn’t far off.

Update: Yastrzemski has reportedly suffered an injury setback.

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Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion established Roe v. Wade, the city of San Francisco is bracing itself for potential fallout.

According to a June 24 press release from the mayor’s office, the city is working with abortion advocacy group The San Francisco Department of the Status of Women (DOSW) to identify initial steps that the city will take to prepare for the potential influx of out- of-state travelers seeking abortion services. Part of that plan includes distributing $250,000 in emergency grants to local organizations so that San Franciscans can continue receiving adequate service despite this potential influx.

The announcement also says that DOSW is in the early stages of coordinating with Bay Area advocacy groups and government agencies to assess the types of services that are currently available throughout the region — and to determine what else is needed to prepare for any future rulings that might Impact abortion services at a state level.

They’re currently assessing the capacities of abortion services in San Francisco specifically, as well.

Additionally, in June of this year, The Bar Association of San Francisco and San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu introduced the Legal Alliance for Reproductive Rights: a new volunteer effort between law firms that aims to provide free legal services to people affected by the Roe v . Wade ruling.

“This decision is devastating to women and our country,” Mayor London Breed said in the press release. “San Francisco has proudly served for generations as a place that respects fundamental civil rights, including a women’s right to choose. The ramifications from this Supreme Court ruling on public health, poverty, and so many downstream consequences have yet to be seen, but right now, women are scared about what this means for them, for their daughters, for all of us.”

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