The San Francisco Giants have received some remarkable contributions from players in their lineup which has helped the team get off to an incredibly strong start. One of the players who has stood out thus far is designated hitter Wilmer Flores. The Giants are certainly happy he stayed, more closely replicating the performance from his breakout 2023 season than what he did last year. In 71 games and 242 plate appearances in 2024, Flores had a .206/.277/.318 slash line with an OPS+ of 72.

SAN FRANCISCO — Bob Melvin has seldom changed the foundation of his starting lineup this season. On Monday, he shook things up. Ahead of the Giants' homestand-opening game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the manager rolled out his most unique lineup of the season: Mike Yastrzemski (RF)Matt Chapman (3B)Heliot Ramos (LF)Jung Hoo Lee (RF)Wilmer Flores (1B)Willy Adames (SS)Patrick Bailey (C)Luis Matos (DH)Christian Koss (2B) “Sometimes, when you're a little stagnant, you change things up,” Melvin said. Yastrzemski, who has a .656 OPS in May, remained in a familiar spot and LaMonte Wade Jr. was getting a day off, but the rest of the lineup looks considerably different: Adames, who has a .750 OPS

Justin Verlander vs. Merrill Kelly

New news to affirm old news about the Giants’ backed up backup catcher.

The San Francisco Giants (24-17) are currently off to their finest start since 2021, which was also the most recent campaign wherein this franchise won the National League West. One can point to many aspects, but part of San Francisco's recent resurgence can be attributed to dynamic play from right fielder Mike Yastrzemski. Yastrzemski — who is MLB Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski's grandson — is enjoying a nice season both at the plate and in the field.

Justin Verlander pitched well again on Monday in the San Francisco Giants' loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park.

The San Francisco Giants are off to a pretty good start this season. The Giants were was able to beat the Chicago Cubs to begin the week, which is a very good series win. The team was swept over the weekend by the Minnesota Twins, but all the games were close and there shouldn't be any panic over it. San Francisco has been using Ryan Walker as their closer all year.

Former San Francisco Giants third baseman Evan Longoria will retire from baseball next month — but will re-sign with the Tampa Bay Rays first. The 39-year-old, who started his career with the Rays, will sign a one-day contract with Tampa Bay on June 7, per the Tampa Bay Times' Marc Topkin. The one-day contract gives him a chance to retire as a Ray and to take part in a pre-game ceremony celebrating his retirement, much like the one Giants great Brandon Crawford had earlier this year. Tampa Bay traded Longoria to San Francisco in late 2017 for four players.

The San Francisco Giants have sputtered a bit over the last couple of weeks, winning just five of their last 12 tilts with three of those five victories coming against the historically awful Colorado Rockies. Headed into the week coming off the roughest series yet, the Giants will try to bounce back from a sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Twins in the first of a nine-game homestand. Coming to the San Francisco to face the Giants starting on Monday night is a divisional opponent who has been playing some average baseball, but still presents a unique challenge in the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Diamondbacks have not won or lost more than two in a row in weeks and have alternated wins and losses in each of the last eight, entering the series one game above .500.

Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly faces Giants right-hander Justin Verlander. Kelly worked into the seventh inning against the Mets last time out.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are reportedly calling up their top prospect

DaShawn Keirsey Jr. singled home the winning run in the 10th inning on Sunday as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6, extending their winning streak to eight games. The Giants scored a run off Jhoan Duran (1-0) in the top of the 10th, but in the bottom half automatic runner Ty France moved to third on Brooks Lee's single and scored on Ryan Jeffers' ground out.

Arizona Diamondbacks (21-20, fourth in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (24-17, third in the NL West) San Francisco; Monday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Merrill Kelly (3-2, 4.09 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 33 strikeouts); Giants: Justin Verlander (0-2, 4.71 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 35 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -111, Diamondbacks -108; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants, on a three-game home winning streak, host the Arizona Diamondbacks. San Francisco has a 24-17 record overall and a 12-5 record at home. The Giants have a 16-1 record in games when they scored at least five runs. Arizona is 10-8 in road games and 21-20 overall. The Diamondbacks have

San Francisco Giants outfielder Lee Jung-hoo ended a three-game hitless streak on Sunday, going 1-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 7-6 extra-inning loss to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis. The 26-year-old, who served as the designated hitter, also scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning before the Giants surrendered two runs in the bottom half to lose the game and suffer a series sweep. Lee used a pink bat in honor of Mother's Day and hit a single to left field off Twins starter Pablo López's 86 mile-per-hour changeup in the first inning.

Heliot Ramos believes he cost the Giants a win on Saturday evening. It wasn't enough for the Giants to avoid being swept. Less than 24 hours after making a costly baserunning mistake, Ramos hit his seventh homer of the year, drove in a season-high four runs, and reached base four times. Despite Ramos' two-way play, the Giants lost to the Minnesota Twins, 7-6, were swept for the second time this season, and ended the road trip with a 2-4 record.

Royce Lewis was hitless in his first 13 at-bats of the season, but there was another number the Twins’ third baseman preferred to focus on after the Twins’ win over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night. “I keep it humble but we’re 5-0 since Royce has been here,” Lewis said. “I can only imagine what it’ll be like when I start turning the tides.” A day later, he did. Lewis collected two ...

Now that the Major League Baseball season is just about a quarter of the way in, the picture is starting to become a little bit more clear for teams like the San Francisco Giants. Over the first half of what's been played so far, the Giants were one of the major stories in all of baseball, vaulting themselves to become one of the best teams in the National League despite virtually zero expectations across baseball. Entering the series finale trying to avoid a sweep against the Minnesota Twins, they have lost six of their last 11, and there is a clear main reason within the numbers. On the season as a whole, San Francisco has an offense that is well above average, sitting right near the top-ten in runs scored as a team and collective hits.

The pink bats for Mother’s Day finally brought some offense... but it still wasn’t enough for a win

New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman reacts after San Francisco Giants' Tyler Fitzgerald hit a single during the first inning of a baseball game Friday, April 11, 2025, in New York. WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman had a setback as he tries to return from a left knee injury that has sidelined him for the last month. Manager Aaron Boone said Stroman still had “discomfort” in his knee after throwing a live batting practice session in Tampa, Florida, on Friday and will be reevaluated before the team figures out the next step in his rehabilitation process.

DaShawn Keirsey Jr. lined a game-winning single down the left-field line to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 7-6 win over the San Francisco Giants in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Teammates mobbed Keirsey Jr. after the hit, which gave Minnesota its eighth win in a row. Brooks Lee finished 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs. Heliot Ramos went 2-for-2 with a homer and four RBIs to lead San Francisco, which was swept in the three-game series.