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WATCH: SF Giants outfielder Lewis Brinson leads off Tuesday's game with a solo homer

SF Giants outfielder Lewis Brinson blasted the first pitch from Dodgers starter Tyler Anderson over the left-field wall for his third homer in two days.

Marc Delucchi

WATCH: SF Giants outfielder Lewis Brinson leads off Tuesday's game with a solo homer
WATCH: SF Giants outfielder Lewis Brinson leads off Tuesday's game with a solo homer /
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The SF Giants may have caught lightning in a bottle last week when they acquired outfielder Lewis Brinson in a trade from the Astros for cash considerations. After leading the charge in Monday's 7-4 victory over the Dodgers with a pair of homers, Brinson wasted no time on Tuesday, sending the first pitch from Dodgers starter Tyler Anderson over the left-field wall for his third home run in two days.

SF Giants outfielder Lewis Brinson runs the bases after hitting a home run.
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In Brinson's brief time with the Giants, the 28-year-old outfielder is hitting .417/.417/1.250 with a double and three home runs in 12 plate appearances. It's obviously early, but he's immediately become must-watch TV in San Francisco. While his numbers will obviously dip as he gets more playing time, it's hard not to be excited about someone who has long had such tantalizing potential. Perhaps he is finally ready to put it all together.

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From 2017-2021, Brinson hit just .199/.248/.323 in more than 1,100 big-league plate appearances with 313 strikeouts and just 56 walks. However, Brinson was in the middle of his best minor-league season since 2017 when the Giants acquired him. He hit .299/.356/.574 with 21 doubles and 22 home runs in 85 games with the Astros Triple-A Round Rock affiliate this year.

Brinson also was crushing southpaws this season, hitting .416/.438/.818 with 16 extra-base hits in 81 plate appearances. The Giants front office likely noticed that Brinson had a far better .230/.294/.396 triple-slash against lefties during his big-league career than his meager .186/.227/.291 line against righties.

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MARC DELUCCHI

Marc Delucchi (he/they/she) serves as the Managing Editor at Giants Baseball Insider, leading their SF Giants coverage. As a freelance journalist, he has previously covered the San Francisco Giants at Around the Foghorn and McCovey Chronicles. He also currently contributes to Niners Nation, Golden State of Mind, and Baseball Prospectus. He has previously been featured in several other publications, including SFGate, ProFootballRumors, Niners Wire, GrandStand Central, Call to the Pen, and Just Baseball. Over his journalistic career, Marc has conducted investigations into how one prep baseball player lost a college opportunity during the pandemic (Baseball Prospectus) and the rampant mistreatment of players at the University of Hawaii football program under former head coach Todd Graham (SFGate). He has also broken dozens of news stories around professional baseball, primarily around the SF Giants organization, including the draft signing of Kyle Harrison, injuries and promotions to top prospects like Heliot Ramos, and trade details in the Kris Bryant deal. Marc received a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College with a major in economics and a minor in Spanish. During his time in college, he conducted a summer research project attempting to predict the future minor-league performance of NCAA hitters, worked as a data analyst for the school's Women's basketball team, and worked as a play-by-play announcer/color commentator for the basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. He also worked as an amateur baseball scout with the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network (later renamed Evolution Metrix), scouting high school and college players for three draft cycles. For tips and inquiries, feel free to reach out to Marc directly on Twitter or via email (delucchimarc@gmail.com).

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