The 2025 Giants, part 1
The Dodgers made another splash, signing KBO IF/OF Hyeseong Kim. He’s 25 and profiles much like our very own Jung Hoo Lee. Speaking of Lee, the Giants are counting on him big time. They need a good glove in CF and they need a steady leadoff hitter. We don’t know yet if Lee can do that. In 37 games last year he was hitting .262/.310/.331 before his injury. His career line in Korea was .340/.407/.491 which would be phenomenal in MLB. I like to think that will translate into a quality hitter. Certainly we should expect an above-average on-base guy and a strong defender. If he can do that, be a 2-3 WAR player, that would be great.
The same goes for Heliot Ramos. Both FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference rate him at 2.3 WAR for last year’s .269/.322/.469 in 121 games. Ramos is only 25 so it’s not unreasonable to expect him to improve as a hitter. He seems best in left field.
Mike Yastrzemski is a solid a bet to deliver 2 WAR in RF. He’s done that every year in orange-and-black. He’s 34, however. If anyone is a candidate for a decline, it’s him. He signed a $9.25M deal for his last year of arb (he’s a free agent next year).
Luis Matos, Grant McCray, Jerar Encarnacion, and Wade Meckler all got looks last season. Maybe we’ll get a fourth outfielder from that bunch. The starting three are dependable but at this point unspectacular. They can “hold down the fort” but aren’t going to carry the club. This would be a good place to improve the team. A young stud emerging this spring or a fresh face from another organization added to the OF mix would be just the thing.
The Dodgers and Padres each have a superstar in their OF (Mookie Betts and Fernando Tatis). LA broght back Teoscar Hernandez. The Padres had a rookie sensation last year (Jackson Merrill, 4.4 WAR). The Diamondbacks have the 2023 Rookie of the Year (Corbin Carroll) who “only” managed 3.4 WAR last year. (I don’t care about the Rockies.) It’s going to be tough to match up against those teams.
I’ll take a look at the infield in the next post.
Happy New Year!
–M.C.
Source: http://raisingmattcain.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-2025-giants-part-1.html
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