Giants surprising Jorge Soler trade should open Marco Luciano door NBC Sports Bay Area & California [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants enlisted Wilmer Flores and Thairo Estrada to help close the deal with Jorge Soler in February. A few days into camp, they held a small press conference on a patio at Scottsdale Stadium to introduce a player they thought might hit cleanup for them for the next three seasons. 

But it didn’t take long for team officials to start getting an ominous feeling. They didn’t feel that Soler, who had 36 home runs in Miami last year, was all that comfortable hitting at chilly Oracle Park, and the power numbers matched those suspicions. As the first half went on, another thought started to settle in. 

Bob Melvin needed the DH spot for several of his veterans, and at times the Giants even wanted to give Heliot Ramos a breather by letting him just focus on hitting, but they had committed the spot to just one …