Arroyo, Beede, Slater, Parker still are question marks for Giants

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Building a team is about understanding what you have, what you need and what you can acquire. By now, the Giants hoped to have more information on Christian Arroyo, Tyler Beede, Austin Slater and Jarrett Parker through their competition in winter ball and the Arizona Fall League.

Instead, they all got hurt, or in Parker’s case, got sick, setting back the front office’s evaluation ahead of the winter meetings.

Parker got an eye infection that prevented him from going to the Dominican. Slater did not heal enough from a September sports hernia to take his spot there.