Good morning, baseball fans!
Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year and what your favorite highlights were.
Today, we’re going to take a look at Luis Matos. Steven wrote a fantastic review earlier this offseason, which I would encourage everyone to revisit. These
fine folks do the hard-hitting analysis, so as usual I’m going with the vibes.
Unfortunately, the vibes for Matos in 2025 were not the most consistent. He started with the team on Opening Day, but didn’t show enough to keep his spot the entire season, getting optioned back to Triple-A Sacramento in early June after a rough stretch for the majority of May.
After getting called back up in July, Matos’ numbers improved a fair amount in August, but not necessarily enough to cement his future as a starter.
As Steven notes in his review, Matos’ best asset at the moment is time. He turns 24 later this month, so he’s still quite young. And it’s hopeful to think that he will continue to improve with time. But youth doesn’t last forever.
I still believe he has the potential to be an everyday player for the Giants, even if the numbers don’t necessarily back that up right now. He has the drive and has shown flashes of greatness that I can only hope will become more consistent over time. So I’m going to go ahead and give him a B- for the 2025 season.
How did you feel about Luis Matos’ 2025 season? And what were your favorite highlights?
