{"id":606674,"date":"2026-03-05T00:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/606674\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:18:28","slug":"wilmer-flores-still-hoping-for-another-big-league-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/606674\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilmer Flores still hoping for another big league shot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wilmer Flores is looking for a job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ex-Mets fan favorite told The San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> that he\u2019s received minor league offers but is holding out hope on receiving a big league deal with Opening Day just weeks away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not done playing,\u201d Flores said. \u201cI\u2019m just waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flores, 34, said he was in Florida working out as he awaits a phone call from a club in need of a right-handed bat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"WilmerWilmer Flores of the San Francisco Giants rounds third base to score a run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning at Chase Field on September 16, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m healthy, I feel good and I\u2019m staying ready,\u201d Flores said, per the outlet. \u201cI believe I can help a team. I wouldn\u2019t be doing this if I thought I would embarrass myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flores has spent 13 years in the majors, including the first six of his career with the Mets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s spent the last six seasons in San Francisco, hitting .249\/.321\/.426 with 92 home runs during his tenure as a Giant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2025, Flores hit 16 long balls and drove in 71 runs in 463 plate appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Injuries and age have turned Flores, who has bounced around all four infield positions throughout his career, into largely a platoon bat off the bench and fill-in designated hitter, limiting his appeal on the free agent market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"WilmerWilmer Flores of the San Francisco Giants warms up before the game against Colorado Rockies at Oracle Park on September 28, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Flores is best known to Mets fans for his touching moment near the trade deadline in 2015<\/a>, when the then-23-year-old teared up on the field after reports surfaced that he had been dealt to the Brewers with Zack Wheeler in exchange for Carlos Gomez.<\/p>\n

That deal would fall apart<\/a>, and two days later, Flores hit a walk-off home run<\/a>, setting off a seven-game winning streak and turning the Mets\u2019 National League pennant-winning season around.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite Flores expressing his desire \u201cto be a Met forever,\u201d he was non-tendered by the team after the 2018 season before joining the Diamondbacks later that offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wilmer Flores is looking for a job.\u00a0 The ex-Mets fan favorite told The San Francisco Chronicle that he\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,2046,61,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185,397],"class_list":{"0":"post-606674","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-mlb-free-agency","12":"tag-new-york-mets","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-giants","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","17":"tag-sf","18":"tag-sf-giants","19":"tag-sfgiants","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-wilmer-flores"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116173704545313274","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606674","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=606674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}