We could see the SF Giants outfield of the future in 2025 season

The SF Giants have three likely outfield starters going into 2025, but they also have some younger outfielders on the team who could end up forming a platoon in future seasons. Luis Matos and Grant McCray seem like they could complement each other nicely.

As things currently stand, Heliot Ramos seems likely to be the regular left fielder, Jung Hoo Lee should be the regular center fielder, and Mike Yastrzemski should be the regular right fielder barring something unforeseen. Yastrzemski could potentially be part of a platoon in right field with Matos, but Matos would have to have a strong spring training to make the team for that to even be in the cards.

Young SF Giants outfielders could form a platoon in the future

Even if Matos does not start the season in a platoon with Yastrzemski, it would not be surprising to see him and McCray form a tandem in the outfield in 2026. This is the last year that Yastrzemski is under contract with San Francisco, so if he departs the Giants are going to have to figure out what to do in the right field.

Many of you may have just screamed, "Sign Kyle Tucker!" at your screen which is a more than fair response. Tucker is set to be a free agent after the 2025 season and he would certainly look good in orange and black.

However, imagine for a second that the Giants make a run at Tucker in free agency and they come up short. Shocking, I know. In this unlikeliest of scenarios, the Giants will need to have a contingency plan. They may end up deciding to bring back Yastrzemski on a one-year deal, or they may opt to let the young kids take a crack at it.

If they do, Matos and McCray would be an interesting pairing. Both are incredibly athletic and have the potential to be elite defenders in the outfield. Matos got very hot last season before going ice cold and McCray showed promise at the plate. However, neither has had the consistency at the plate to be relied upon as everyday players. Yet, in McCray's short MLB career he has fared better against right-handed pitching. He did fare better against left-handed pitching in the minor leagues in 2024 which was consistent with his 2023 numbers, although he did fare better against right-handed pitching in 2022.

Minor league splits can be overanalyzed ad nauseum, but it stands to reason he could fare well against right-handed pitching in the big leagues if he builds upon the things he did well last season.

Matos has fared better against left-handed pitching in his short MLB career which is consistent with his minor league stats on the whole.

It would not be the worst idea to have two notoriously streaky hitters share time at one of the corner outfield spots and maybe even let them compete for playing time based on whoever has been performing better at the plate.

Of course, in a perfect world the Giants would sign someone like Tucker or get a time machine and tell Aaron Judge how mean people would be to him after he laid an egg in the World Series and that Giants fans would be way nicer to him.

Regardless, the Giants are probably going to have to figure out what to do in right field after this season. A Matos-McCray platoon would be an interesting experiment and could even be something the Giants toy with in 2025 depending on how the season goes.