Giants get son of Jeff Kent in 2-prospect haul for Heliot Ramos to close crazy deadline

The San Francisco Giants had one more big push left in them, completing two trades in the hour before Monday’s trade deadline, including a blockbuster deal with the New York Yankees involving former All-Star outfielder Heliot Ramos.

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The Giants dealt Ramos, the club’s fan-favorite 2017 first-round draft pick, to the Yankees for two of their top 13 prospects, according to MLB Pipeline: left-hander and Henry Lalane and shortstop Kaeden Kent, the club confirmed on social media. Notably, Kent is the son of Hall of Famer Jeff Kent, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame with a Giants cap on his plaque last week.

Ramos, 26, has struggled defensively, posting minus-11 outs above average in 2025, but he remains an above-average hitter with three years of team control remaining, making him one of the most valuable players available as the trade deadline approached.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Ramos had a locker set up in Arlington, Texas, where the Giants were less than two hours from playing the Texas Rangers, when the trade was announced.

After the news became public, Ramos told reporters in Arlington that he was excited to join the Yankees.

“My heart was beating hard when I saw it (on) the TV,” Ramos said, according to Susan Slusser of the Chronicle. “But I feel like I’m in a good spot. If they trade it for me, it’s because they want me, obviously. So I’m very proud. I mean, it’s the Yankees.”

A crazy day for the Giants

While the Ramos trade was perhaps the biggest move the Giants made ahead of the deadline, he was one of three former All-Stars the club traded Monday, and his deal wasn’t the only one completed less than an hour before the 3 p.m. Pacific deadline.

After kicking off the sell-off by sending starter Tyler Mahle to the Atlanta Braves, the Giants dealt both three-time batting title champion Luis Arraez and former Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray for two top prospects apiece.

Just before the deadline, the Giants also acquired infielder Marcelo Mayer, a former No. 4 overall draft pick and baseball’s former top prospect, from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for reliever Erik Miller, who posted a 2.76 ERA in 38 games, including four saves, this season, and High-A slugger Carlos Gutierrez, the team confirmed on social media.

Miller, 28, was the second back-end reliever the Giants dealt Monday after Caleb Kilian, who had eight saves for the Giants this season, was sent to the Philadelphia Phillies alongside Arraez. Gutierrez posted an .826 OPS in about 300 at-bats across 83 games with the High-A Eugene Emeralds this season.

Mayer, 23, has struggled offensively in 70 games with the Red Sox during his sophomore campaign, posting a well-below-average .594 OPS. In the minor leagues, however, Mayer posted an OPS above .800 in all but one of his full seasons while consistently hitting doubles.

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Although the Red Sox traded their former top prospect to immediately bolster their pitching staff, Mayer still has significant upside as a plus defender if he can rebound offensively.

Who’d the Giants get for Ramos?

The 6-foot-7 Lalane, 22, is the centerpiece of the Ramos deal after dominating his last two seasons across Rookie, Single-A (Tampa Tarpons) and High-A (Hudson Valley Renegades) baseball.

Lalane’s fastball has climbed from the low-90s to topping out at 98 mph over the last few seasons. He pairs it with a particularly strong changeup and a plus sweeper.

This season, Lalane has a 2.77 ERA with 98 strikeouts in 78 innings across Single-A and High-A. In three games since earning a promotion to Hudson Valley, his ERA has remained consistent while he has continued to strike out more than one batter per inning.

Lalane is the third major pitching prospect added to the Giants farm system Monday after they acquired the Phillies’ No. 4 overall prospect right-hander Ramon Marquez in the Arraez deal and the San Diego Padres No. 4 overall prospect right-hander Miguel Mendez in the Ray trade. It also follows the selection of college pitcher Jackson Flora with the No. 4 overall pick in July’s MLB Draft.

All four additions appear to be part of a targeted effort to improve the organization’s pitching depth, an area widely viewed as a weakness.

Besides his connection to a Giants legend, Kent, 22, is a strong prospect in his own right.

The left-handed hitter has played throughout the infield, although most scouts project him as a second baseman. He is best known for his bat and baseball IQ.

In his second season out of Texas A&M, Kent was slashing .302/.359/.433 with 20 doubles in about 350 plate appearances across 76 games.

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