is headed back to the Bay Area. The Giants acquired the veteran outfielder from the Tigers for minor league reliever . Its surprising to see the Giants swing a late deal for an impending free agent. San Francisco had been positioned more as sellers in the few days leading up to the deadline. They subtracted a few players on guaranteed contracts (e.g. , , ) but resisted a more significant roster shakeup. The Giants held the likes of , and Their late pivot to Canha suggests theyre still holding onto some hope of erasing a four-game deficit in the NL Wild Card picture. While they werent super active buyers, they can rotate Canha through designated hitter in the hope that he can approximate Solers lost production. The 35-year-old isnt having his best season, carrying a .231/.337/.350 slash over 377 plate appearances. Hes drawing walks at a strong 11.1% clip but only has seven homers. His 21% strikeout rate is around league average and up more than four percentage points from last season. Its Canhas worst offensive season since he established himself as an above-average player six years ago. He has continued to hit while put in favorable platoon situations, though. Canha owns an impre sive .286/.400/.457 slash versus lefty pitching. San Franciscos corner outfield and first base mix is very Ildemaro Vargas Jersey left-handed. Each of Wade, Conforto and hit from that side of the plate. Canha can spell anyone from that trio against southpaws while potentially taking some situational work at designated hitter, where is expected to get the majority of the playing time. Canha is a San Jose native who played collegiately at Berkeley. He spent the bulk of his career acro s the Bay Area with the As, where he played for current Giants skipper Bob Melvin. That surely played a role in the Giants taking a flier on him as a rebound target. Theyre a suming roughly $3.77MM remaining on his $11.5MM salary. San Francisco is in the first luxury tax bracket and taxed at a 20% rate on that money. Their overall acquisition cost comes out to roughly $4.5MM. Canha will return to free agency at years end. San Francisco also parts way with Silva, whom they drafted in the fourth round in 2021. He began his career as a starting pitching prospect but has worked exclusively in relief this year. The 21-year-old righty has spent the season at Double-A Richmond, working to a 4.35 earned run average through 41 1/3 frames. Hes striking out upwards of 29% of batters faced against a 10.3% walk rate. Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris was in the San Francisco front office back in 2021. Hes surely familiar with Silva, whom ranked as the #25 prospect in the San Francisco farm system. Hell be eligible for the Rule 5 draft during the 2025-26 offseason. first reported the Giants were acquiring Canha. was first to report Silva was headed to Detroit. Image courtesy of USA Today Sports. Jake Irvin Jersey