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Giants' Victor Bericoto: Hits first career home run
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Bericoto went 1-for-3 with a solo home run during Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Brewers.
Bericoto crushed an opposite-field home run off Robert Gasser in the fifth to score the only run of the game for either team. Bericoto has primarily been playing in right field since being called up May 22. He has only 12 plate appearances in eight games, going 3-for-12 with a caught stealing in addition to his first MLB homer.
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Giants' Victor Bericoto: Contract selected by Giants
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The Giants selected Bericoto's contract from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The 24-year-old has put together a .299/.355/.449 slash line with six home runs over his first 43 contests with Sacramento this season. Bericoto is a corner outfielder and first baseman by trade, and he will be making his major-league debut when he gets into a game. It's unclear at this point what the Giants' corresponding roster move will be.
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Giants' Victor Bericoto: Sent to MiLB camp
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The Giants reassigned Bericoto to minor-league camp Friday, Maria Guardado of MLB.com reports.
Bericoto joined the Giants for spring training for the first time in his career, slashing .429/.432/.714 with 13 RBI, eight runs scored, three long balls and three doubles across 44 plate appearances in 19 games. The 24-year-old outfielder is a candidate for a big-league call-up at some point this season, and manager Tony Vitello spoke highly of Bericoto's work ethic. "He doesn't want anyone to outwork him," Vitello said. "He wants reps. I think we all know with experience, he's going to play at this level."
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Giants' Victor Bericoto: Playing at Double-A after activation
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Bericoto (undisclosed) has gone 1-for-9 with four strikeouts in two games since he was assigned to Double-A Richmond after being reinstated from Triple-A Sacramento's 7-day injured list.
Bericoto missed about a month of action for Sacramento due to the injury before he was sent to Richmond after playing in six rehab games in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League. The 23-year-old had slashed just .196/.196/.283 at Sacramento prior to missing time with the injury, so Bericoto could need an extended run of quality performances with Richmond before he rejoins the Triple-A club.
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Giants' Victor Bericoto: On mend from injury
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Triple-A Sacramento placed Bericoto on its 7-day injured list May 9 due to an unspecified injury.
Though he's been out of action at Triple-A for more than three weeks, Bericoto should return to action with Sacramento before long. He began a rehab assignment in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League on May 22 and has gone 11-for-23 with seven extra-base hits and a stolen base through his first six games.
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Giants' Victor Bericoto: Climbs to Double-A
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Bericoto has gone 3-for-20 with two home runs and 3:8 BB:K in 23 plate appearances over six games since being promoted from High-A Eugene to Double-A Richmond on July 4.
Bericoto received the call-up to Richmond two weeks ago after he slashed .295/.353/.531 with 30 extra-base hits and a 19.4 percent strikeout rate in 309 plate appearances for Eugene. The outfielder/first baseman largely struggled at the dish over his first three seasons of affiliated ball, but he's shown a more disciplined approach and has tapped into more power even while facing tougher competition in his age-21 campaign.
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Giants' Victor Bericoto: Post-hype breakout at High-A
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Bericoto has a .305/.360/.540 slash line with 13 home runs and a 17.6 percent strikeout rate in 60 games for High-A Eugene.
Bericoto made some noise with a strong showing as a 17-year-old in the Dominican Summer League in 2019, but injuries limited him in 2021 and he was roughly league average (97 wRC+) as a 20-year-old at Single-A last season, so this qualifies as a post-hype breakout. He has gone back and forth between first base and the outfield dating back to his first year in pro ball, and that remains the case, with starts sprinkled between right field, first base and left field.
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