Conforto is in line to serve as the Giants' primary designated hitter in 2024, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

San Francisco wants to improve its outfield defense, which led to the signing of Jung Hoo Lee and its apparent plan to use Luis Matos in left field and Conforto at DH, at least against righties. Conforto made 104 of his 115 starts last year in the outfield but finished in the 22nd percentile in Outs Above Average, per Baseball Savant.

Conforto exercised his $18 million player option for 2024 on Monday, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto missed all of the 2022 season following shoulder surgery and didn't have the bounce-back 2023 campaign that he envisioned, slashing just .239/.334/.384 with 15 home runs over 125 games. As such, he will opt into the one year remaining on his deal with the Giants and hope to play his way into a multi-year pact next winter.

Conforto will hit the bench Saturday against the Dodgers, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto will join the rest of the team's left-handed bats on the bench against Clayton Kershaw. Heliot Ramos will take over in left field.

Conforto isn't in the starting lineup for Monday's game against San Diego, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto will take a seat Monday evening with the Giants slated to face off against lefty Blake Snell. Heliot Ramos gets the nod in right field and is set to bat eighth in Conforto's stead.

Conforto isn't in the Giants' lineup Saturday against the Dodgers, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

EDGE Analysis

The lefty-hitting Conforto will sit as the Dodgers send the lefty-throwing Clayton Kershaw to the mound. The Giants will send out Austin Slater, Tyler Fitzgerald and Luis Matos to start across the outfield Saturday.

Conforto is absent from the lineup Friday against the Dodgers.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto has gone 2-for-19 (.105) with four strikeouts since returning last Friday from a three-week absence to heal a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. Mitch Haniger, Tyler Fitzgerald and Mike Yastrzemski will start across the outfield Friday as Austin Slater fills the DH role.

Conforto will be on the bench for the evening portion of Saturday's doubleheader against Colorado, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto went 0-for-1 with two walks in the afternoon game but was lifted for pinch hitter Mitch Haniger against lefty Evan Justice in the seventh inning. Haniger wound up grounding into a double play but will nonetheless take over in right field for the night game with another lefty (Kyle Freeland) starting for the Rockies.

Conforto (hamstring) was activated from the 10-day injured list Friday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto had been set to return Thursday before that game got rained out. He'll return Friday instead and will get to play in Coors Field for his first series back. Conforto missed three weeks of action with a strained left hamstring and is skipping a rehab assignment.

Conforto (hamstring) is expected to be activated from the injured list Friday, Evan Webeck of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

EDGE Analysis

Giants manager Gabe Kapler told reporters that he had Conforto penciled in as the DH for Thursday's series opener against the Rockies before that game was postponed by inclement weather in Denver. The 30-year-old slugger has been sidelined for the last three weeks because of a Grade 2 left hamstring strain.

Conforto (hamstring) is expected to be activated at some point during the Giants' next series versus the Rockies which begins Thursday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

EDGE Analysis

Conforto is three weeks removed from suffering a hamstring strain and is almost ready to return to game action. It's possible the Giants could ease him back into things initially with some starts at designated hitter, but the important thing is getting his bat back into the lineup.