Yesterday was a day of “sneaky Luis Matos’ content” here at There R Giants. He was one of the stars of the show in my RoboScout piece, as that tool had him ranked as the 4th best hitting prospect in Double A (the best placement at any level for any Giants’ prospect). He came up again in my podcast conversation with Baseball America’s Josh Norris as potentially the biggest riser in the system in the first quarter of the year.
…..And then I arrived at The Diamond in Richmond and noticed him being conspicuously absent from pre-game activities.
Not too surprising, then, to see this news pop up on the ol’ Twitter machine later in the afternoon:
Welp, Luis, it was fun while it lasted! At least we had “Matos and Luciano back to back” one time before the Dynamic Duo got split up again (for awhile). Matos ended his (very brief) Double A career hitting .304/.398/.443, with three homers and nine stolen bases, a 139 wRC+, and a 13% walk rate compared to a pretty ridiculous 9% K rate.
Of course, that move is just “sources say.” The move I actually went into the day expecting has already officially dropped, as Vaun Brown was activated from the IL onto Richmond’s roster before yesterday’s game. I kinda wanted to see these guys running around the OF together, but I guess sequential will have to do it! It’s still turning into a pretty fun spring in Richmond.
And let me just say this one last thing: I’m not sure we’ve seen the end of the exciting transactions for the week. I have suspicions there’s more to come….
HITTER of the NIGHT: Tanner O’Tremba (SJ), 2 for 4, 2 HR (3), 2 Runs, 3 RBI
PITCHER of the NIGHT: Mason Black (Rich), 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Before we get into what happened last night, let’s enjoy the missing video footage from last week, as provided by the Giants themselves! Here’s Victor Bericoto, making himself my Player of the Weekend with a very loud showing in Tri-City!
(WOAH!!!! New Substack functionality alert! I’ve been wanting to imbed videos straight into the post 4-evah!)
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