Casey

Schmitt

San Francisco is going to roll with former top prospect Marco Luciano in a reserve roll over Schmitt for the foreseeable future.

Schmitt’s homer doubled the lead for the Giants to 4-0 in the sixth inning. The 25-year-old also singled twice to help improve his slash to .208/.225/.442. There’s some pop in Schmitt’s bat, but there’s just not enough help in the other categories to recommend him as a fantasy player. Not now, anyway.

With the Giants facing a left-handed pitcher, they will turn to a more right-handed starting lineup. Wisely and Wade Jr. are in pretty strict strong-side platoon roles, but Conforto has started occasionally against left-handed pitching, so this may also be a simple day off for the 31-year-old. In their places, Mark Canha will start at first base, Casey Schmitt will start at second base, and Jerar Encarnacion will start in left field.

Schmitt opened the scoring in the ballgame with his 420-foot (108.9-mph EV) solo shot off of Andrew Abbott in the second inning. That would be all of the run support that Blake Snell would require in his brilliant outing. Schmitt finished the night 1-for-4 and is now hitting .231/.255/.519 with four homers and eight RBI in his limited action with the Giants this season.

That doesn’t sound very optimistic. We have yet to hear any sort of timeframe on how long Estrada will be sidelined with his left wrist sprain, but it seems like it’ll be much longer than the minimal stay on the injured list. Melvin also noted that Brett Wisely and Casey Schmitt will continue to share the load at second base while Estrada is shelved.

Schmitt has started two out of four games since being recalled and performed well in both. He’s supposed to play mostly against lefties, but the Giants might want to give him some playing time over the struggling Brett Wisely against righties, too.

With Thairo Estrada (wrist) heading back to the injured list, Schmitt will get another chance to prove his mettle at the big-league level. So far this season, the 25-year-old infielder has hit just .220/.238/.390 with two homers and five RBI in 41 at-bats with the Giants.

Schmitt slashed San Francisco’s early deficit in half by taking Yankees starter Cody Poteet deep to left-center field in the third inning. It was his first round-tripper of the season. He was the lone Giants’ batter to reach base more than once during Saturday’s one-sided affair at Oracle Park as Yankees starter Cody Poteet and a quartet of relievers limited them to just five hits combined.

The 25-year-old infielder will get another opportunity with the big league club with Marco Luciano (hamstring) heading to the injured list on Friday. Schmitt has struggled in his limited action this season, hitting just .136 (3-for-22) with one RBI and a 5/0 K/BB ratio. Look for Brett Wisely to see the bulk of the action at shortstop with Luciano shelved.

Once again, the 25-year-old infielder’s stay at the big league level was short-lived this time around. Schmitt went just 3-for-22 (.136) with one RBI and a 5/0 K/BB ratio in his six games with the Giants this time around. He’ll continue to bide his time at Triple-A until he’s called upon once more.