SF Giants Gameday special: Joey Bart called up for MLB debut

The wait is over for Joey Bart, San Francisco Giants fans and the growing list of players who wanted to see the top prospect in the big leagues. Bart, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 amateur draft, will make his major league debut on Thursday against the Los Angeles Angels and catch starter Kevin Gausman. Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said the team's top decision-makers weren't certain Bart would debut this season, but his work at the club's Sacramento alternate site left them with no choice but to promote the catcher. "We came into the year with a strong sense that his development wasn't complete," Zaidi said. "That was through no fault of his own. Obviously the unfortunate (hand) injury last year limited his ability to work through the system and we talked through that with Joey and how we felt like going to Sacramento and continuing to work on things and refine things was the right step. "Our part of the bargain was we were going to keep an open mind to his progress and calling him up this year if his progress was good and if we thought the timing was right and that's where we are today."