SAN FRANCISCO — As he walked into the Giants clubhouse a little after 10 a.m. Sunday, Heliot Ramos ran into veteran Joc Pederson, who brought the young outfielder in for a hug. In other words, one newcomer welcoming another.
Pederson continued on his way to the field, and Ramos headed the opposite direction, through the double doors and to his locker, where he was greeted by a much more familiar sight: his No. 53 jersey hanging adjacent to Joey Bart’s No. 21. Rising through the ranks together, Bart and now Ramos mark the first of the prospects that revitalized San Francisco’s once-depleted farm system to arrive in the majors.
“That’s my boy,” Ramos said of Bart, prior to making his big league debut Sunday in left field.
