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It qualifies as an encouraging update after Devers was scratched from Friday’s lineup for precautionary reasons with hamstring tightness. It doesn’t sound like there are any plans to undergo imaging. The 29-year-old slugger should be ready to resume hitting in a couple days and has several weeks to ramp up in advance of Opening Day.

We’re still in February, so there is plenty of time before Opening Day. This seems like a minor issue that the Giants hope will be cleared up in a couple of days.

We’re seeing close to a full lineup from the Giants in this one, with the only regular not here being Heliot Ramos who batted third in Saturday’s contest. It looks like new skipper Tony Vitello is content letting Arraez bat atop the lineup while Matt Chapman’s inclusion in the second spot is mildly intriguing. Just something to keep an eye on. Here’s the full lineup for Sunday: Luis Arraez (2B), Matt Chapman (3B), Willy Adames (SS), Rafael Devers (1B), Patrick Bailey (C), Jung Hoo Lee (RF), Bryce Eldridge (DH), Will Brennan (LF) and Harrison Bader (CF).

Edridge’s name surfaced over the weekend in a report from the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser as a possible trade candidate, but it sounds like there are no immediate plans to send him packing. The 21-year-old slugging prospect struggled in his first taste of the big leagues this past season, but he’s one of the more promising power-hitting prospects in the game considering his combination of hard contact and solid contact skills for a player of his immense physical stature. He figures to split time at the cold corner with Devers heading into next season unless the Giants decide to make a splash by signing free agent Kyle Schwarber.

At this point, every MLB team should at least check in on Schwarber after he hit 56 home runs and drove in 132 runs and finished second in NFL MVP voting. With Rafael Devers in town and top prospect Bryce Elridge looking MLB-ready. It seems unlikely that the Giants will land Schwarber.

Devers becomes the first player to appear in 163 games in a single season since Justin Morneau accomplished the feat back in 2008. It’s an interesting trivia nugget with the biggest fantasy takeaway here that the move to DH almost exclusively should continue to keep him healthy as he approaches his early 30’s.

Devers connected on a solo homer off Sonny Gray for his 34th homer of the 2025 campaign. The 28-year-old slugger has now driven in 107 runs in 2025 in his time with the Red Sox and Giants. There were more downs than you usually see from a Devers’ season, but the overall numbers are awfully hard to complain about.

Devers got the Giants to within a run with a solo homer in the fifth, but San Francisco was held off the board for the remainder of the contest. The 28-year-old has homered 33 times in 2025, and 18 of those have come with San Francisco over 85 games. It looks like Devers’ first season with the Giants is going to be a solid — if unspectacular based on expectations — campaign that doesn’t end with the Giants playing in the postseason.

Devers thought the double was gone, and it would have been in 29 ballparks. Alas, he’s a Giant now, so even at 418 feet, it was merely off the wall in right-center. That’s just going to happen from time to time.

Devers opened the scoring with a 416-foot (110.0 mph EV) solo shot off of Michael McGreevy in the opening inning, putting the Giants ahead to stay. He also added an RBI single in the fourth inning that extended the Giants’ lead to 5-0. The 28-year-old slugger finished the night 2-for-4 plus a walk. He’s now hitting .264/.381/.496 with 31 long balls and 99 RBI.