Wilmer

Flores

Flores put the Giants on the board with a solo homer off Bryce Elder in the fourth inning. It was the only run the team could score on Elder through eighth innings and one of only three hits against the right-hander. It was the first home run for Flores since his three-homer day on May 16. The 33-year-old is up to 11 on the season with 49 RBI while hitting .254/.317/.417 across 249 plate appearances.

Flores finally broke through and got the Giants on the board with a one-out RBI double off of Tigers’ right-hander Will Vest in the ninth inning, trimming their deficit to two runs at 3-1. That would be as close as they would get though. The 33-year-old continues to be a tremendous run producer in the middle of the Giants’ lineup this season, slashing .259/.325/.435 with 10 homers, 45 RBI and one stolen base through his first 54 games. His RBI total ranks third in the National League, trailing only Seiya Suzuki (50) and Pete Crow-Armstrong (49).

Well, that’s a pretty good game. Flores got the party started with a grand slam in the third inning, but he was far from done. He connected on a three-run homer in the sixth, and then hit a measly solo blast two innings later. Flores is now up to 10 homers on the season, and he’s on pace to clobber his previous season-high total of 23 set back in 2023. There’s likely to be some power regression, but fantasy managers have to be pleased as punch to see this kind of production.

The early home barrage is long over, but Flores is still fourth in the league in RBI, even as his .737 OPS puts him 200-500 points behind the three guys above him (Pete Alonso, Teoscar Hernández and Aaron Judge). After 37 games this season, he’s almost halfway to his career high of 71 RBI, which he achieved in 151 games in 2022.

It’s a rare day off for Flores, which might double as a bit of a mental reset after batting .235 (12-for-51) with one homer over his last 15 games. The 33-year-old veteran went deep six times in his first 14 games to open the season, but has just one round-tripper in 19 contests since. It’ll be Luis Matos getting a turn at DH on Saturday evening.

The Flores renaissance seems to have come to a conclusion. He’s 0-for-15 in his last four games, and he’s hitting .190 with one homer in his last 17 games. In spite of that, though, he’s still tied for third in the majors with his 28 RBI. We wouldn’t expect him to offer mixed-league value the rest of the way.

Flores has played in every game this year, and the Giants will try and get the 33-year-old a day of rest. Luis Matos will start in right field with Heliot Ramos acting as the designated hitter.

The homer off Grant Anderson was Flores’s seventh of the year and gave him 24 RBI. There’s very little to suggest he’s going to keep it up, but he’s already collected more homers and RBI in 23 games this season than he did in 71 games last year. Mixed leaguers should continue to shy away,

Flores will get a day off even with left-hander Cristopher Sánchez on the bump for Philadelphia. Willy Adames is the designated hitter for the contest, and Christian Koss will be the shortstop.

Flores continued his early-season power barrage with his sixth homer of the season as he took Will Warren deep for a two-run blast in the second inning. He later plated two more runs with a base hit in the sixth to drive in all four runs for San Francisco on Saturday. The 33-year-old is hitting .275/.302/.267 with the six homers and 19 RBI over 53 plate appearances.