San Francisco Giants DVOA, Stats, & MLB Rankings

San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos hit his 14th home run on Thursday in a 5-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The rookie outfielder is now hitting an even .300 on the season, with the aforementioned 14 homers, 45 RBI, two stolen bases, and 28 runs scored in 251 plate appearances. Ramos is hitting a robust .333 with four home runs, eight RBI, a stolen base and six runs scored in 39 July plate appearances. Ramos will be rewarded with his first All-Star appearance next week; he was named a reserve this week.

San Francisco Giants first baseman/outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. is getting a breather in Thursday's series finale against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. With Wade starting on the bench, veteran Wilmer Flores will get the start at first base and will bat seventh for the Giants against Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman. Flores has hit .429 with a .929 OPS in seven career at-bats versus Gausman, although he'll still be a pretty bland DFS sleeper option near the bottom of the order in a tough matchup. The 32-year-old Venezuelan is hitting just .207 (42-for-203) this year with four homers and 25 RBI in a part-time role. Since returning from the injured list on June 28, Wade has hit .241 (7-for-29) with a homer, two doubles and an RBI. He's hitting over .300 on the season, but his counting stats are lacking for fantasy managers.UPDATE: Manager Bob Melvin said Wade has a little hamstring tightness, but the feeling is that next week's All-Star break will help Wade get to 100%.

San Francisco Giants catcher Patrick Bailey had a big night in his team's 10-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Bailey went 2-for-2 with a homer, three walks, three runs, and an RBI in the loss. The 25-year-old catcher is putting together a solid season for the Giants, hitting .280 with seven homers, 31 runs, 30 RBI, and two steals over 214 at-bats. While his numbers don't jump off the page, Bailey is well on his way to establishing himself as an everyday fantasy catcher. He will look to keep it going as the Giants approach the All-Star break.

San Francisco Giants shortstop prospect Marco Luciano started this season on the big-league roster, but it was cut short by a hamstring injury at the end of May. He fully recovered in mid-June but was demoted to Triple-A Sacramento. Since then, through 97 plate appearances, he's slashing .173/.309/.272 with two doubles, two home runs, eight RBI, and 14:30 BB/SO. Though he's the Giants' No. 3 prospect (per MLB.com), he'll almost certainly have to turn things around before rejoining the MLB roster.

In his return from the 15-day injured list on Tuesday night against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants left-hander Blake Snell looked the best he's looked all year in what has been a rough season after winning the National League Cy Young in 2023. Snell threw five shutout innings while allowing just one hit, walking three and striking out three in a no-decision. The strong outing lowered the 31-year-old southpaw's ERA to 7.85 on the year and his WHIP to 1.74. Given that this was his first major-league start in over a month, fantasy managers shouldn't have been surprised that he threw only 73 pitches. Snell will have a more difficult matchup this weekend against the Minnesota Twins before next week's All-Star break, but fantasy managers will be hoping he can build on Tuesday's fine start and gain some momentum heading into the second half.