Yastrzemski is absent from the lineup for Thursday's contest against the Rangers.
Yastrzemski has started all 16 games versus righties since being traded to the Royals, but the left-handed batter has now been out of the lineup for all three contests against lefties. Randal Grichuk will handle right field and bat fifth against Rangers southpaw Patrick Corbin.
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Royals' Mike Yastrzemski: Smacks solo homer
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Saturday's 6-2 win over the White Sox.
Yastrzemski wasted little time getting the Royals on the board, as he belted the second pitch from Sean Burke deep to right-center field for a leadoff homer. It broke a five-game hitless streak for Yastrzemski, who has gone 7-for-39 (.179) with three home runs and six RBI in the 13 games since being acquired by the Royals from the Giants in late July.
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Royals' Mike Yastrzemski: Homers in KC debut
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Friday's 9-3 win over the Blue Jays.
Yastrzemski -- whom the Royals acquired from the Giants on Thursday -- didn't take long to contribute to his new team, belting a two-run homer off Kevin Gausman in the second inning of Friday's win. Yastrzemski should continue to see most of the starts against right-handed pitching, meaning he'll be busy this weekend as the Blue Jays deploy Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
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Royals' Mike Yastrzemski: Acquired by Royals
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The Royals acquired Yastrzemski from the Giants on Thursday in exchange for Yunior Marte, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
The veteran outfielder's seven-year run in San Francisco has come to an end, with the Giants electing to offload his expiring contract. Yastrzemski has a .231/.330/.355 slash line with eight homers and six steals in 97 games this season, and he should provide the Royals with some stability in right field due to Jac Caglianone (hamstring) being on the IL. Fellow trade acquisition Randal Grichuk is a likely platoon partner for the lefty-hitting Yastremski, who should see most of the starts vs. right-handed pitching.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Taking seat Tuesday
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Yastrzemski is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against Atlanta, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Yastrzemski started the previous 11 games versus right-handed pitchers but will head to the bench Tuesday while in the midst of a 4-for-31 slump. Luis Matos will take over in right field and bat ninth against Atlanta righty Davis Daniel.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Doubles in win
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a run scored, a double and a walk in Friday's 8-7 win over the Dodgers.
Yastrzemski lined a double to right field in the third inning, marking his first two-bagger since June 17. The 34-year-old also drew a walk in the fifth before coming around to score. Over 33 plate appearances this month, the outfielder has recorded a .250/.344/.393 slash line with four runs scored, one home run, one stolen base and a 4:10 BB:K.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Resting up against lefty
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Yastrzemski is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
With the Giants concluding their series with the Phillies with a day game after a night game and with southpaw Jesus Luzardo on the hill for Philadelphia, the left-handed-hitting Yastrzemski will get the afternoon off. Luis Matos will replace Yastrzemski in right field and will bat eighth.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Three hits in win
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Yastrzemski went 3-for-5 with a run scored in Thursday's 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Yastrzemski has been atop the lineup for all three games in July, going 5-for-14 in that short span. It's part of a larger five-game hitting streak for the outfielder. Yastrzemski moved around the lineup at times in late June, batting as low as sixth, but he's batted leadoff more than anywhere else. For the season, he's maintained a .250/.341/.393 slash line with eight home runs, 28 RBI, 34 runs scored and six stolen bases over 80 games. While he has an 11.9 percent walk rate and 22.5 percent strikeout rate overall, he's seen an uptick in strikeouts with 16 over his last 13 games.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Getting breather Monday
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Yastrzemski is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Arizona.
Yastrzemski will break a streak of 13 consecutive starts Monday, ceding his spot in right field to Daniel Johnson. In his last 18 games, Yastrzemski is slashing .290/.375/.452 with a pair of home runs.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Homers in loss
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a home run in Wednesday's 8-5 extra-inning loss to the Marlins.
Yastrzemski hit a leadoff homer in the bottom of the first, marking his seventh of the season. The 34-year-old outfielder has recorded just two hits in his last four games, though both have been home runs. Yastrzemski is slashing .271/.362/.441 with 10 RBI, eight runs scored, two long balls and a 9:13 BB:K across 69 plate appearances in June.
Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Three hits in Tuesday's loss
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Yastrzemski went 3-for-4 with a double in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Guardians.
Yastrzemski is on a hot streak, having hit safely in seven straight games. In that span, he has gone 11-for-22 (.500) with four doubles and seven RBI. The outfielder should have more stable playing time while Jerar Encarnacion (oblique) is on the injured list -- the two had been platooning in right field, but Encarnacion's injury leaves just one right-handed-hitting full-time outfielder (Heliot Ramos) on the Giants' roster. Yastrzemski is slashing just .170/.214/.264 against southpaws this season, so it's still possible the Giants will eventually change the composition of their outfield to give him a platoon partner. Overall, he's batting .257 with a .748 OPS, five home runs, 13 doubles, one triple, 24 RBI, 28 runs scored and five stolen bases over 252 plate appearances.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Singles twice in defeat
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-3 with an intentional walk and a run scored in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Dodgers.
Yastrzemski singled on a bunt in the second inning and added another single in the fourth before coming around to score, putting the Giants on the board. The 34-year-old outfielder has logged at least one hit in six straight games after opening the month 0-for-12 with a 1:2 BB:K over 13 plate appearances. During that six-game span, he's slashing .444/.522/.611 with seven RBI, four runs scored, three doubles and a 4:4 BB:K across 23 plate appearances.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Multi-hit effort in victory
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Yastrzemski went 2-for-5 with three RBI and a double in Wednesday's 10-7 win over the Rockies.
Yastrzemski tied the game at 6-6 in the eighth inning with a two-run double to center field, then added an RBI single in the ninth to drive in San Francisco's final run. With that, the 34-year-old notched his first multi-hit performance since May 20. After going hitless in his first six appearances of June, Yastrzemski has now logged at least one hit in three straight games. During that span, he's slashing .444/.400/.667 with seven RBI, two doubles and a run scored across 10 plate appearances.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Hits game-tying double
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly, a two-run double and a run scored during Sunday's 4-3 win over Atlanta.
Yastrzemski took part in all four of the Giants' runs Sunday and helped his team overcome a 3-1 deficit in the fourth inning. He plated Matt Chapman and Wilmer Flores with a game-tying, two-run double and then came around to score on a fielding error by Ozzie Albies later in the frame. Yastrzemski came into the contest with merely one hit and seven strikeouts in his last 25 at-bats. He's slashing .232/.329/.369 with five home runs and five stolen bases this season.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Sitting again amidst slump
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Yastrzemski is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Padres, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
The struggling Yastrzemski will stay on the bench for the third game in a row, with the Giants facing right-handed starting pitchers in all three of those contests. Daniel Johnson will get a second straight start in right field Thursday after Jerar Encarnacion played the position Tuesday. Yastrzemski enters play Thursday in a 3-for-41 freefall at the plate.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Triples in win
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Yastrzemski went 1-for-4 with a triple and a run scored in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Nationals.
Yastrzemski recorded his first three-bagger of the season on a flyball to center field in the third inning before coming around to score. The 34-year-old outfielder had gone 0-for-10 over his previous three games entering Sunday and is now slashing .262/.363/.421 with 23 runs scored, 17 RBI, 15 extra-base hits -- including five home runs -- and five stolen bases across 190 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Idle against southpaw
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Yastrzemski isn't part of the starting nine for Sunday's game against the Athletics.
Yastrzemski will yield to Luis Matos in right field Sunday against lefty Jeffrey Springs and the Athletics. Yastrzemski is slashing .278/.381/.444 in 168 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: On bench in series finale
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Yastrzemski is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
Yastrzemski's streak of seven consecutive starts will come to an end Wednesday while the Giants stock up on some extra right-handed bats to counter Diamondbacks southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez. Luis Matos will fill in for Yastrzemski in right field, and left fielder Heliot Ramos will replace Yastrzemski as the Giants' leadoff batter.
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Giants' Mike Yastrzemski: Three hits, steal in win
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Yastrzemski went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, one stolen base and one run scored in Tuesday's 10-6 win over the Diamondbacks.
This was Yastrzemski's second three-hit effort in the last three games. The outfielder also has three steals in that span and is up to five thefts on the year, matching his career high from 2022. He's not a particularly speedy player, but he's started 2025 in great form, his best since the abbreviated 2020 campaign. He's slashing .284/.385/.463 with five home runs, 17 RBI, 21 runs scored and nine doubles across 38 contests. He still sits against southpaws most of the time, but he's been an effective table-setter against right-handed pitchers.
