ARLINGTON, Texas — The most emotionally fraught phone call placed as a result of the trade deadline probably wasn’t between rival general managers. It might have been from an eight-year minor-league veteran to his sister in the Dominican Republic.Eddys Leonard wanted to tell his parents he’d finally received a promotion to the big leagues.“But I don’t want them to be crazy or have something like an attack,” Leonard said. “I told my sister, ‘Go to mom’s house and then we’re gonna see how to tell them.’”The San Francisco Giants traded six players off their major-league roster Monday without receiving an active big leaguer in return. But they summoned only five call-ups from Triple-A Sacramento to the clubhouse for Monday’s series opener against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. They also found themselves without a right-handed-hitting outfielder after they dealt Heliot Ramos to the New York Yankees.Will Luis Arraez trade cause defensive issues in Philadelphia?Rates and BarrelsSo Leonard, a 25-year-old utility player who opted out of his Triple-A contract with the Milwaukee Brewers in July, got the call he’d been hoping to receive ever since he signed as a teenager. It came just 11 days after he joined the Giants on a minor-league contract. He’d just returned from a trip to the store Monday and was relaxing in his Airbnb in Sacramento when Triple-A manager Dave Brundage told him to pack up for a flight to Dallas.“I was like, I was crying,” said Leonard, who started in left field Tuesday night. “I’m not gonna be lying. I was crying because I was waiting for this moment a long time.”It was easy to look at the Giants’ lineup Tuesday and crack a joke. Nobody could’ve predicted a starting nine that included Leonard, Buddy Kennedy, Osleivis Basabe, Grant McCray, Christian Koss and Daniel Susac with Blade Tidwell on the mound. But Leonard provided a reminder: Seasons that go way off script can create life-changing moments, too. And for everyone else who didn’t make their major-league debut Tuesday, it was amazing how much better you feel after taking a deep, relaxing breath.With the frenzy and uncertainty of the trade deadline behind them, the Giants who remained were either happy to be there or at least happy to be done with guessing. There was an unmistakable lightness in the pregame visiting clubhouse and plenty of smiles as Koss and Basabe staged an intense ping-pong match.“It feels like we’re playing for the San Francisco River Kitties right now,” rookie first baseman Bryce Eldridge said. “The boys are having fun. But we had a talk today with a bunch of the young guys, kind of reiterating this is our chance to take advantage of this opportunity for us, but also, try and emphasize that this season we’ve had has been unacceptable for this organization’s standards and for all of our standards.