{"id":663386,"date":"2026-04-04T20:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/663386\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:47:20","slug":"sf-giants-trade-tyler-fitzgerald-to-blue-jays-for-cash-considerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/663386\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants trade Tyler Fitzgerald to Blue Jays for cash considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/03\/30\/sf-giants-trade-matos-to-brewers-acquire-reliever-dylan-smith-from-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trading Luis Matos to the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, the Giants announced on Saturday that they\u2019ve traded utility man Tyler Fitzgerald to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for cash considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald, 28, was designated for assignment on Monday to make room for right-handed reliever Dylan Smith, who the Giants acquired from the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLB draft, Fitzgerald burst onto the scene in 2024 with a breakout rookie season. Fitzgerald not only finished the season with great numbers, totaling 15 home runs and 17 steals with a .280 batting average in 96 games, but he went on an insane heater that garnered national attention.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2024, Fitzgerald hit five home runs in five straight games and seven homers in eight games, becoming the first Giant to do either since Barry Bonds in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzgerald was named the Giants\u2019 2025 Opening Day second baseman but he couldn\u2019t come close to replicating that magical summer. He hit .217 with four home runs, nine steals and a .606 OPS over 72 games, spending a good chunk of the season in the minors. Fitzgerald went 7-for-37 (.189) during spring training before being optioned to Triple-A Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Fitzgerald could benefit from a fresh start with Toronto. Between his speed, power and versatility, Fitzgerald still has the foundation to be a productive player in the majors. That production, though, will not be in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Check back for additional updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Days after trading Luis Matos to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Giants announced on Saturday that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,2178,162,5775,853,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-663386","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-california","10":"tag-giants","11":"tag-inside-sports","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-san-francisco","15":"tag-san-francisco-giants","16":"tag-sanfrancisco","17":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","18":"tag-sf","19":"tag-sf-giants","20":"tag-sfgiants","21":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116348403245777601","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663386","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=663386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}