One day after he made the most spectacular catch of the season, the San Francisco Giants traded longtime outfielder Mike Yastrzemski to the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals acquired Mike Yastrzemski from the Giants, per source.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 31, 2025
Buster Posey and the Giants front office are waving the white flag after a miserable 2-10 start to the second half. After already trading top relievers Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval, the Giants are parting ways with Mike Yastrzemski, a huge part of their team for the last six
seasons and one of the stars of their 107-win team in 2021.
In what proved to be his final games as a Giant Wednesday, Yaz made a dramatic catch, leaping over a wall and sacrificing his body to steal an out for the Giants. It was a nice cap on a Giants career where he was always one of the best defensive right fielders in baseball.
Did he catch it?
— MLB (@MLB) July 30, 2025
YAZ HE DID pic.twitter.com/WHS7BZFpR0
There’s no word yet on the return, but this would seemingly open a path to more playing time for Luis Matos, or the promotion of a player like Wade Meckler, Grant McCray, or Marco Luciano.
While it’s not a shock that the Giants would move Yastrzemski to a playoff aspirant, given his impending free agency and $9.25M salary, it’s another dramatic sign that the Posey-led Giants are willing to commit to selling off veterans at the deadline, whether they have 114 home runs in a Giants uniform or not.
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