“It’s like the new kid in school. He hangs out with us and hopefully he can glean all that experience that Wilmer has and then he can be a superstar himself,” Thairo Estrada said of Gia…
TORONTO — Luis Matos isn’t a Star Wars fan. The Giants rookie hasn’t seen the movies. But, he said, the most enjoyable part of his second day in the major leagues was riding all the attractions in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the recently opened exhibit at Disneyland.“It meant a lot,” Matos said this week in Spanish. “I just happened to go because that’s where Thairo and Flores went. … It was the first day I was actually able to spend time with them. We had a great time.
Flores said, “Being a young guy, especially from Venezuela, we’re trying to make him feel as comfortable as possible. Anything he wants to ask, anything I need him to know, I tell him.” The only player in franchise history to score as many runs as Matos in his first 10 games has a statue outside Oracle Park.
Estrada also was 21 when he earned his first invite to big-league camp with the Yankees, eventually making his major-league debut at 23. Back then, it was Starlin Castro, Ronald Torreyes and Luis Severino who showed him the ropes. Since arriving in San Francisco, Estrada haswith Flores, who he called his “big brother.” Well, consider Estrada the middle child now.
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