{"id":240,"date":"2026-05-23T06:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:37:53","slug":"sf-giants-call-up-spring-sensation-victor-bericoto-put-jung-hoo-lee-on-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants call up spring sensation Victor Bericoto; put Jung Hoo Lee on IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014\u00a0Victor Bericoto, a 24-year-old Venezuelan outfielder and spring training sensation, was greeted in the Giants\u2019 clubhouse Friday by several excited veterans, after getting called up from Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=238\">San Francisco immigration court shuts down after purge of judges, leaving asylum cases in chaos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But as this Giants\u2019 season has gone, anything positive is quickly offset by a negative, and, in this case, outfielder Jung Hoo Lee got placed on the 10-day Injured List with a mid-back strain.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Bericoto was left out of the Giants\u2019 starting lineup against the Chicago White Sox, though he will suit up for his potential Major League debut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s ultra-low maintenance. He\u2019s a good listener,\u201d Giants manager Tony Vitello said. \u201cBut the biggest thing is for him, he\u2019s a hitter. \u2029He\u2019s just very hitterish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vitello\u2019s Bericoto-less starting lineup:<\/p>\n<p>Shortstop Willy Adames<\/p>\n<p>Second baseman Luis Arraez<\/p>\n<p>Left fielder Casey Schmitt<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>First baseman Rafael Devers<\/p>\n<p>Third baseman Matt Chapman<\/p>\n<p>Designated hitter Bryce Eldridge<\/p>\n<p>Catcher Jes\u00fas Rodriguez<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Right fielder Drew Gilbert<\/p>\n<p>Center fielder Harrison Bader<\/p>\n<p>Trevor McDonald (2-0) starts on the mound for the Giants (20-30).<\/p>\n<p>The right-handed hitting Bericoto belted six home runs and produced 30 RBIs with a .299 batting average and a .804 OPS in Sacramento, where he was on a six-game hitting streak before getting scratched from Thursday\u2019s lineup. He\u2019s risen through the minors since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Giants opened a homestand (also after getting swept on the road), they brought up a more heralded Triple-A prospect in\u00a0Eldridge. He\u2019s hitting .156 with five hits in 32 at-bats (one home run, two RBI). Also called up May 4 against San Diego were catcher Rodriguez and McDonald, who won his season debut that day.<\/p>\n<p>Two months ago, Bericoto received the Barney Nugent Award that goes to a Giant who excels in his first major league camp.\u00a0 Bericoto led the Giants through spring training in batting average (.474), home runs (three), RBIs (14) and OPS (1.264). He spent most of last season in Double-A Richmond, with an 11-game stint in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJURED OUTFIELDERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Giants\u2019 anemic offense is currently down two starting outfielders in Heliot Ramos (quadriceps) and Lee, who Vitello said pregame felt \u201cimmensely better\u201d than when he originally experienced back pain in pregame exercises earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=236\">That was quick: Oakland native Amari Jones KOs Vincenzo Gualtieri in third round to capture dominant win<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of it is guarding himself from himself. \u2029He\u2019s gonna want to be out there, no matter what,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cBut it\u2019s never any fun when you do the old two steps forward, one step back with an injury like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramos received a platelet-rich plasma injection Tuesday that Vitello said could speed up the healing from a right quad strain, but otherwise will keep him out of baseball activities the next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOGAN WEBB UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Logan Webb (right knee bursitis) will make a rehab start Friday night in Sacramento, with the Giants targeting a 60-pitch limit for him. \u201cHe feels like he\u2019s in good shape. \u2029Everybody else does, so it\u2019ll be a little bit more tied into pitch count,\u201d Vitello said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAY-TO-DAY BRYCE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A day after president of baseball operations Buster Posey said Bryce Eldridge will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis, Vitello tried to clean up the Giants\u2019 outlook on their top prospect who\u2019s had sporadic playing time since his May 4 callup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s two versions of that: day to day currently, but in the long run, it\u2019s to develop arguably the best prospect in the organization. Everybody feels the same way,\u201d Vitello said. \u201cHe looks very comfortable in the box. You ask our pitchers or our hitters, they all have confidence in him, and obviously, the same goes for the front office and the coaching staff. Otherwise, he wouldn\u2019t be here, so, obviously, it makes more sense to start him when it\u2019s a right-handed pitcher.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Posey, in a tense interview on KNBR 680-AM, said: \u201cI wish I could sit here and tell you, \u2018Hey guys, we\u2019ve got this mapped out for the next four months,\u2019 but we just don\u2019t. People get injured or people need a blow here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIRD-BASE COACH NEWS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ron Wotus will serve as the third-base coach this three-game set against the White Sox as Hector Borg mourns the loss of his grandmother, Vitello said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=234\">SF Giants surrender nine runs in fourth inning of 9-4 loss to White Sox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jung Hoo Lee went on the 10-day IL with a back issue while the Giants called up outfielder Victor Bericoto but did not insert him into Friday&#8217;s starting lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SF Giants call up spring sensation Victor Bericoto; 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