Brewers discard former SF Giants outfielder as DFA carousel looks likely

The SF Giants moved on from outfielder Luis Matos earlier this month after they designated him for assignment following spring training. They traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers but he has just been DFA’d by them as well.

Matos played in just nine games with the Brewers and recorded four hits in 20 at-bats. That’s not awful, but the Brewers decided to promote Tyler Black and Matos was the odd man out. 

Luis Matos may be on the DFA train after Brewers move on

It’s unfortunate for the 24-year-old because it seemed like Milwaukee was a great place for him to succeed. He torched the Brewers in Milwaukee last year which is why it wasn’t a shock that they decided to snag him before he could hit waivers.

Milwaukee has a reputation for getting the most out of players so it seemed like Matos could finally turn into the best version of himself on a more consistent basis with a new team.

Giants fans know that Matos can be dangerous at the plate. He showed flashes of it in each of his three seasons with San Francisco but was never consistent enough to have a firm hold of a roster spot.

He was NL Player of the Week in 2024 and it seemed like he and Heliot Ramos were finally the homegrown outfielders the team had been desperately looking for only for him to be demoted shortly after that. 

He got hot last season after the Giants traded away Mike Yastrzemski but after a cold streak he was sent back down to Triple-A as Drew Gilbert got more opportunities. 

Even his performance in spring training this year was something of a microcosm of his tenure with the Giants. He got off to such a hot start that it seemed like he would definitely make the team especially since he was out of minor league options. Yet, he cooled down and the Giants decided to roll with Jared Oliva instead.

With Oliva on the IL and the fact that he is likely not a long-term solution on the team, letting Matos go could still potentially come back to bite the Giants. It will be interesting to see if another team claims him or if he clears waivers and stays with Milwaukee in Triple-A.

That might be the best thing for him for Milwaukee’s reputation, or maybe he just needs a bad team to claim him and just throw him in the lineup every day for a season just to see if he sinks or swims.

It wouldn’t be a shock if he ends up like Marco Luciano who kept getting claimed and then DFA’d by teams in the offseason. 

It’s a shame things didn’t work out for Matos in San Francisco, but it will still be interesting to see how the young outfielder’s career turns out given his clear and obvious potential. 

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