{"id":550624,"date":"2026-02-02T16:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/550624\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:50:13","slug":"how-the-san-francisco-giants-will-lineup-for-2026-after-the-arrival-of-luis-arraez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/550624\/","title":{"rendered":"How the San Francisco Giants will lineup for 2026 after the arrival of Luis Arr\u00e1ez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Luis Arr\u00e1ez, a three-time batting champion, has agreed to a one-year deal with the San Francisco Giants worth $12 million and will play second base.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The 28-year-old turned down multiyear offers in order to return to second base after spending last season at first base with the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last season, Casey Schmitt, Tyler Fitzgerald and Christian Koss shared duties at second base for the Giants.Arr\u00e1ez has shown elite offensive consistency throughout his career, carrying a .317 batting average across his time in MLB. With the Padres last season, he hit .292\/.327\/.392 and collected 181 hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">San Francisco had been searching for a second baseman for much of the offseason, with Brendan Donovan, Nico Hoerner and CJ Abrams among the names frequently mentioned in trade rumors.<\/p>\n<p>Projected Giants lineupPositionPlayer12BLuis Arr\u00e1ez21BRafael Devers3H.HWilly Adames43BMatt Chapman5RFJung-Hoo Lee6LFHeliot Ramos7CFHarrison Bader8DHBryce Eldridge9CPatrick BaileyRelated stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Get your game on! Whether you\u2019re into NFL touchdowns, NBA buzzer-beaters, world-class soccer goals, or MLB home runs, our app has it all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dive into live coverage, expert insights, breaking news, exclusive videos, and more \u2013 plus, stay updated on the latest in current affairs and entertainment. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/app-as\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/app-as\/\" target=\"_blank\">Download now for all-access coverage<\/a>, right at your fingertips \u2013 anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Arr\u00e1ez, a three-time batting champion, has agreed to a one-year deal with the San Francisco Giants worth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342],"class_list":{"0":"post-550624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-giants","13":"tag-sanfrancisco","14":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","15":"tag-sf","16":"tag-sf-giants","17":"tag-sfgiants"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116002070470687852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}