Giants acquire OF/1B Mark Canha from Tigers

(Photo credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports)

The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder and first baseman Mark Canha from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Eric Silva on Tuesday.

Canha, 35, was in his first season with the Tigers and now heads to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he spent the first seven years of his MLB career while with the Oakland Athletics.

Canha is batting .231 th