Sunday was a poignant day for San Francisco Giants outfielders. The longest-tenured player on the team, Austin Slater, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday evening. A few hours earlier, one of the youngest players on the team, Heliot Ramos, was named to the All-Star team. It was oddly poetic — Ramos was drafted as a 17-year old exactly 10 days after Slater made his MLB debut.
It’s a huge moment, and not just because it’s the end of a curse (might he also end the 30-home curse??).
Heliot Ramos wasn't even in the big leagues until May 8 but he's the first homegrown outfielder to make the All-Star team for the Giants since Chili Davis in 1986.