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PROSPECT: Luis Matos, OF, San Francisco Giants
ANALYSIS: Signed as part of the Giants' 2018 international class that also brought the club's top team prospects Marco Luciano and Jairo Pomares. Originally highly-regarded due to his defense in center field, Matos carried a very strong hit tool in his first two seasons, despite missing 2020 due to the pandemic. He hit .367 across two rookie levels in 2019 and .313 in Single-A in 2021.
Matos then hit a bit of a roadblock in High-A in 2022 partially due to injury and in part because his aggressive approach struggled to draw walks, something he'd always done previously.
The Giants opened Matos in Double-A this season, and he was promoted on May 15 to Triple-A, where he's more than five years younger than the average player in the Pacific Coast League. He's been producing, with a .307/.389/.448 slash line with an 11.4% walk rate and a minuscule 7.6% strikeout rate.
VERDICT: While Matos' batting average will be very attractive to fantasy owners, he's most likely going to barely clear double digits in home runs and steals. That can still be a very elite profile, and he's doing well at Triple-A. He should be owned in all dynasty leagues. While I'm not personally advocating for it now, he's definitely worth a look in redraft leagues with multiple NA spots in case he comes up later this summer.
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