Giants' Wilmer Flores: Just okay during spring games
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Flores has gone 6-for-23 (.261) over eight Cactus League games.
Flores is a veteran, so there's not too much to read into his performance so far. He was delayed to begin camp while waiting for the birth of his son. Flores' ability to cover multiple positions should see him in the lineup regularly versus left-handed pitchers. His best path to playing time might be at second base on days where Thairo Estrada shifts to shortstop to cover a resting Brandon Crawford, who has been dealing with knee soreness this spring.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Arrives to camp
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Flores (personal) reported to the Giants' spring training facility in Arizona on Sunday, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
Flores spent the past few days with his family following the birth of his son Thursday, but he's now in camp having missed minimal time. The 31-year-old had a .229/.316/.394 slash line with 19 home runs in 602 plate appearances last season, and he shouldn't have any issues being ready in time for Opening Day.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Still away from camp
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Flores remains away from Giants camp as he awaits the birth of his child, Evan Webeck of the San Jose Mercury News reports.
Flores is not on Team Venezuela's roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, so this situation carries less urgency than some others. He'll have most of March to get up to speed in Cactus League games as he prepares to again serve as an active utility infielder for San Francisco.
Flores isn't starting Saturday against the Diamondbacks, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Flores started the last two games and went 1-for-6 with two RBI, a run and a walk. He'll get a breather while J.D. Davis serves as the designated hitter and bats fifth.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Sitting Wednesday
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Flores is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Rockies, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.
Flores is hitless in his past four games and will take a seat Wednesday with righty Jose Urena pitching for Colorado. Evan Longoria will bat cleanup as the designated hitter.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Not starting Sunday
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Flores is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Arizona.
Flores started the past two games and will take a seat after he went 0-for-7 with two walks and a run scored. David Villar will serve as the designated hitter while Jason Vosler starts at the hot corner.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Not starting Thursday
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Flores isn't in the lineup Thursday against the Rockies.
Flores is getting a breather after he hit .429 with a home run, a double, four RBI and two runs over the last five games. Joc Pederson will serve as the designated hitter and bat cleanup.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Reaches base four times
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Flores went 3-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in Wednesday's win over the Rockies.
Flores reached base in each of his first three at-bats and then came around to score the game's final run in the ninth. The Giants infielder had a .384 OPS through the first 14 games of September, but he's turned things around over the past five games by going 9-for-21 with three multi-hit games. He's also collected four RBI and scored two runs during that five-game stretch.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Three hits, two RBI in win
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Flores went 3-for-5 with two RBI in Monday's 10-7 extra-inning win over the Rockies.
Flores is starting to find some traction at the plate again, going 6-for-14 with four RBI over his last three games after slumping for much of the first half of September. The infielder is back up to a .235/.316/.412 slash line with 19 home runs, 69 RBI, 67 runs scored and 27 doubles through 139 games in what's been a career year for him in terms of counting stats.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Sets new career high in homers
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Flores went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-2 loss to the Dodgers.
Flores entered Saturday's game stuck in an 0-for-13 skid, but he was able to snap it with his third-inning homer. The infielder has hit safely in just four of 15 games in September, batting .093 this month despite knocking three homers. The late-season slump has dropped his slash line to .229/.312/.408 with a career-high 19 homers, 66 RBI, 67 runs scored and 26 doubles through 137 contests.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Not starting Tuesday
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Flores is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game versus Atlanta, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
The 31-year-old, who agreed to a two-year extension with the Giants on Monday, has a .446 OPS through 11 games in September and will step out of the starting nine Tuesday. Willie Calhoun will bat seventh as the designated hitter in place of Flores.
Flores and the Giants agreed Monday on a two-year contract extension that includes a mutual option for the 2025 season, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.
Though Flores hasn't graded out well defensively during his time in San Francisco, he's been valuable as a plug-in player at three infield spots or at designated hitter and has fared at least a league-average level or better against both left- and right-handed pitching in three seasons with the Giants. The righty-hitting Flores profiles as a short-side platoon player when the Giants are at full strength, but since that's rarely been the case during his tenure in San Francisco, he's been able to handle a quasi-everyday role through each of his first three seasons. He leads the Giants in plate appearances (523) in 2022 and is slashing .235/.319/.414 with 18 home runs, 66 runs and 65 RBI while maintaining 9.6 and 16.6 percent walk and strikeout rates, respectively.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Snaps slump Sunday
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Flores went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Cubs.
Flores had gone hitless in his previous 19 at-bats before delivering a two-run blast in the eighth inning. That homer stood as the Giants' margin of victory in this contest. He's up to 18 homers, 65 RBI, 66 runs scored and a .235/.319/.414 slash line through 523 plate appearances. Flores continues to be a versatile infielder, with most of his recent playing time coming at second base or designated hitter.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Heads to bench Saturday
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Flores isn't starting Saturday against the Cubs, Evan Webeck of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
Flores has gone 0-for-16 with seven strikeouts over his last four games and will get a day off Saturday. Tommy La Stella is serving as the designated hitter and batting eighth.
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Giants' Wilmer Flores: Delivers walkoff blast
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Flores went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and a double in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Phillies.
Flores saved the best for last, taking Phillies reliever David Robertson deep for a walkoff homer in the ninth inning. The long ball was Flores' first since Aug. 1, and he slashed a paltry .217/.336/.293 in the 27 games between homers. The infielder has often been one of the steadiest presences in the Giants' lineup this year, posting a .246/.332/.429 slash line with 17 homers, 63 RBI, 65 runs scored and 26 doubles through 125 contests.
