The Guardians’ defense just got a huge boost.

The American League Central leaders acquired two-time Gold Glove winner Patrick Bailey in a trade with the Giants, the teams announced Saturday morning.

Cleveland is sending San Francisco the No. 29 pick in this year’s draft and lefty pitching prospect Matt Wilkinson.

San Francisco will also receive $3.27 million in slot value in the deal, according to ESPN.

Bailey took a cross-country flight from San Francisco to Cleveland and arrived before the Guardians faced the Minnesota Twins. He was listed as a pinch-hitter on the pregame lineup card. The game did not start on time due to a rain delay.

“A little bit surprised, but at the same time you can kind of see the writing on the wall a little bit there with my time,” Bailey said. “Just felt like I was losing opportunities, losing at-bats and obviously Jesús (Rodríguez) and Sus (Daniel Susac) had been playing really well. When you stop playing, you get a feel for what’s going on.”

Bailey, 26, is known for his defense, winning the NL Gold Glove in each of the last two seasons.

He posted plus-20 and plus-19 marks in defensive runs saved, according to Fangraphs, over the last two seasons, respectively.

He’s not much of an offensive option, though.

Bailey owns a career .224 average with a .282 on-base percentage and .329 slugging percentage, never producing a league-average season as measured by OPS+.

He’s enduring the worst offensive season of his four-year career this campaign, slashing .146/.213/.183 with one homer and five RBIs in 30 games.

The Guardians (21-19) are hoping that Bailey will improve their defense and perhaps can find a way to get more value from his bat.

Bo Naylor and Austin Hedges have split time for Cleveland at catcher thus far, with both posting a caught-stealing percentage in the single digits.

The Guardians are 6-4 in their last 10 games and beat the Twins, 2-1 in extra innings on Saturday.

They’ll host Minnesota for one more game before welcoming the Angels to town Monday.

-With AP