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Report: Giants agree to deal with INF Flores

Field Level Media

February 04, 2020 at 10:33 pm.

The San Francisco Giants have reached an agreement with infielder Wilmer Flores on a multiyear deal, ESPN reported Tuesday.

Flores, 28, spent last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks and batted .317 with nine homers and 37 RBIs in 89 games.

The Diamondbacks declined a $6 million option for 2020 with Flores and paid a $500,000 buyout.

Flores played his first five-plus major league seasons with the New York Mets, belting a career-best 18 homers in 2017.

Flores has a .268 career average overall with 77 homers and 290 RBIs in 670 games.

Last season, Flores started 56 games as a second baseman and four as a first baseman. He also can play shortstop and third base.