Luis Matos #26

Valera is in the Trujillo state of Venezuela and is the economic and commercial center of the Trujillo state. The area traditionally supplied about a quarter of the nation’s wheat.

2023

Played 76 MLB games in his debut Major League season...hit .250 with 24 runs, 13 doubles, a triple, two home runs, 14 RBI and .661 OPS...Made his MLB debut on June 14 at St. Louis...singled off STL’s Jordan Montgomery for his first MLB hit...Was SF’s seventh-ranked prospect when he was recalled from Triple-A...was the eighth-youngest player in the Majors...Played 57 MLB games in center field, 15 in right field, 14 in left field and two as a designated hitter...Hit his first career homer vs. ARI’s Merrill Kelly on June 24...Scored 10 runs through his first seven career games, which was the most ever by a Giant in that span...Willie McCovey (9) held the previous franchise-high. Became the first player since Brooklyn’s Jim Gilliam in 1953 to score 10 or more runs in their first seven career games without hitting a home run...Scored 11 runs through his first 10 career games, matching Willie McCovey for the most in franchise history through first 10 games...Hit his first career triple on July 5 vs. Seattle to become the youngest Giant (21 years and 158 days old) to triple since Matt Williams in 1987 (21 years and 148 days old).

2022

Played a majority of the season with High-A Eugene as a 20-year old, appearing in 91 games while slashing .211/.275/.344 with 14 doubles, 11 homers and 11 steals...Missed roughly a month from May 4-June 6 when he was sidelined with a quad injury...played in two rehab games with the ACL Giants Black in the Complex League before returning to Eugene...Over his final 30 games at Eugene, Matos slashed .275/.309/.458 with half of his doubles (seven) and five of his 11 homers on the season...In Eugene’s run to its second straight Northwest League championship, Matos went 5-for-14 with two doubles and five RBI in three games vs. Vancouver...Suited up for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League following the regular season...got off to a hot start with the Scorpions, homering twice and driving in nine runs in his first three games of AFL play...Finished his time in the AFL hitting .241 with three doubles, one triple, two homers, 13 RBI and one steal with a .662 OPS...Named the Arizona Fall League’s Defensive Player of the Year following his stint there.

2021

Slashed .313/.358/.494 with an .852 OPS in 109 games for Low-A San Jose. Matos had 35 doubles and 15 homers, picking up where he left off in 2019 after no season in 2020...Led all Low-A batters in RBI (86), doubles (35), hits (141), total bases (223) and extra-base hits (51) and ranked second in runs (84) and seventh in batting average (.313)...Was tabbed as the Cal League MVP at the end of the season after playing the entire year as a 19-year-old...He was also named to the 2021 Cal League Post-Season All-Star team.