Giants’ Matt Chapman gets the contract he should’ve received all along: ‘I believed in myself’ - The Athletic

SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Chapman acknowledged that it felt awkward to watch the start of Wednesday night’s game from the dugout. Before he’d been scratched from the lineup that night, he had played 97 percent of the San Francisco Giants’ innings at third base this season. But there was important business to conduct. By the third inning, Chapman was in the trainer’s room undergoing a physical exam. Then he went for a series of MRI scans. Nothing in the results …