The New York Yankees today announced that they have acquired outfielder Heliot Ramos from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for minor league infielder Kaeden Kent and left-handed pitcher Henry Lalane.
Ramos, 26, has hit .264/.304/.424 (76-for-288) with 36R, 13 doubles, 3 triples, 9HR, 34RBI, 16BB and 3SB in 74 games this season for the Giants. He has appeared defensively in left field (67 games/64 starts) and right field (7 games/starts) in 2026.
A 2024 All-Star with San Francisco, Ramos has batted .292/.343/.492 (19-for-65) with 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2HR and 5BB vs. left-handed pitchers this season.
Over parts of five Major League seasons with San Francisco (2022-26), Ramos has batted .257/.316/.419 (375-for-1,459) with 184R, 64 doubles, 7 triples, 53HR, 177RBI, 111BB and 15SB in 386 career games. He has appeared defensively at all three outfield positions in his career (287 games/276 starts in left field; 63 games/59 starts in centerfield; 31 games/23 starts in right field). Ramos has hit .279/.345/.501 (112-for-401) with 31 doubles, 2 triples, 18HR and 38BB in his career vs. left-handed pitchers.
The Maunabo, P.R., native was originally selected by San Francisco in the first round (19th overall) of the 2017 First-Year Player Draft.
Kent, 22, has batted .302/.359/.433 (97-for-321) with 55R, 20 doubles, 2 triples, 6HR, 43RBI, 29BB and 20SB in 76 games this season with High-A Hudson Valley. Over parts of two minor league seasons in the Yankees organization (2025-26), the infielder has hit .274/.326/.392 (116-for-423) with 63R, 22 doubles, 2 triples, 8HR, 60RBI, 32BB and 20SB in 101 career games. The Austin, Tex., native was originally selected by the Yankees in the third round of the 2025 First-Year Player Draft out of Texas A&M University.
Lalane, 22, has gone 4-1 with a 2.77 ERA (78.0IP, 52H, 25R/24ER, 26BB, 98K, 4HR) in 16 combined games (15 starts) with Single-A Tampa (13G/12GS) and High-A Hudson Valley (3G/GS). Over parts of six minor league seasons in the Yankees organization (2021-26), the left-handed pitcher has gone 10-9 with a 3.34 ERA (221.0IP, 166H, 104R/82ER, 92BB, 258K, 13HR) in 60 games (54 starts). The Bronx, N.Y., native was originally signed out of the Dominican Republic as a non-drafted free agent on May 5, 2021.
