Giants acquire pair of top prospects from Yankees for Ramos

Team also gets INF Mayer from Red Sox for Miller, No. 17 prospect Gutierrez

August 3rd, 2026

ARLINGTON -- After dealing away three impending free agents, the Giants capped a frenetic Trade Deadline by dealing outfielder to the Yankees on Monday.

The Giants received a pair of top prospects in return: left-hander (previously the Yankees' No. 5 prospect per MLB Pipeline) and infielder (No. 13) -- the son of Hall of Famer Jeff Kent.

TRADE DETAILS
Giants receive: LHP Henry Lalane (now SF's No. 9 prospect), IF Kaeden Kent (No. 22)
Yankees receive: OF Heliot Ramos

The Giants also reached a deal to send left-hander and outfield prospect to the Red Sox in exchange for former top infield prospect .

TRADE DETAILS
Giants receive
: INF Marcelo Mayer
Red Sox receive: LHP Erik Miller, OF Carlos Gutierrez (now BOS No. 14)

All told, the Giants pulled off five trades in the final 24 hours before the Deadline, with All-Star second baseman Luis Arraez and right-hander Caleb Kilian going to the Phillies, left-hander Robbie Ray heading to the Padres and right-hander Tyler Mahle landing with the Braves as part of a dramatic sell-off.

Ramos, who turns 27 in September, was under team control through 2029, but the Giants opted to take advantage of the strong demand for right-handed bats on the trade market this year.

A 2017 first-round Draft pick out of his native Puerto Rico, Ramos debuted with the Giants in 2022 and broke out with an All-Star campaign in ‘24, when he batted .269 with a .791 OPS and 22 home runs over 121 games. He became the first homegrown Giants outfielder to make an All-Star team since Chili Davis in 1986 and was the longest-tenured position player on the club’s roster.

Ramos missed a little over a month with a right quad strain this year, but he was still hitting .264 with a .728 OPS and nine home runs over 74 games.

“My heart was beating hard when I saw it on the TV,” Ramos said at Globe Life Field on Monday. “But I feel like I’m in a good spot. If they trade for me, it’s because they want me, obviously, so I'm very proud. I mean, it’s the Yankees.”

Lalane, 22, is 4-1 with a 2.77 ERA and 98 strikeouts over 78 innings in 16 appearances (15 starts) between Single-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley this year. Kent was batting .302 with a .792 OPS over 76 games for High-A Hudson Valley in 2026. The 22-year-old Kent was a third-round Draft pick of the Yankees out of Texas A&M last year.