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Monday BP: Kyle Harrison community review

Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]

How Alpine Architecture Reflects Centuries of Mountain Life

Alpine architecture is more than merely admiring a beautiful chalet or wandering cobbled streets through picturesque villages. It’s an appreciation of one of Europe’s most historical natural wonders and the… How Alpine Architecture Reflects Centuries of Mountain Life Read more

Jeff Kent elected to Hall of Fame

Jeff Kent, longtime second baseman who played for six teams but had his best years with the San Francisco Giants, has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era Committee. Kent received votes from 14 of the 16 committee members, two more than the amount necessary to be elected. Carlos Delgado […]

Weekend BP: Watch every Giants walk-off from 2025

Good morning, baseball fans! It’s been a bit slow on the San Francisco Giants news front during this not-so-hot stove season. So today I thought we could watch something fun to help keep warm (both mentally and physically, as it’s been absolutely freezing in Northern California this week). So let’s take a look at a […]

Giants waive Marco Luciano; Pirates claim him

The Marco Luciano era is over for the San Francisco Giants, and it’s hard to not feel poignant about it. On Friday, the team quietly announced that Luciano had been claimed off of waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, a popular home for former Giants top prospects, as Joey Bart, Alexander Canario, Bryan Reynolds, Kyle Crick, […]

2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 15

The Winter Meetings start this weekend, and there’s one topic on the mind of Buster Posey and every other executive gathered in Orlando: the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. Our communal ranking of the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization is obviously the most critical thing that happens in the […]

Friday BP: Ron Washington reportedly joining Giants coaching staff

Good morning, baseball fans! Yesterday, San Francisco Giants General Manager Zack Minasian made an appearance on KNBR in which he confirmed Bob Nightengale’s social media post stating that the team was finalizing a deal with Ron Washington to join their coaching staff, most likely as an infield coach. Washington, of course, has had an extensive […]

Player review: Christian Koss

2025 stats: 76 G, 191 PA, .264/.309/.368, 94 OPS+ (91 wRC+), 1.9 bWAR… 0.00 ERA I’ve always thought it’d be fun to compile an encyclopedia of all the San Francisco Giants utility infielders in the 21st century. A completely frivolous tome of all the what was his name again players that scratch together 150 to […]

Giants are reportedly interested in Kyle Schwarber

On Monday, news broke about the San Francisco Giants that was both deeply disappointing and not particularly surprising. On Tuesday, news broke about the San Francisco Giants that was both extremely shocking and quite exciting. Monday’s news was that the Giants are not willing to spend the requisite buckeroos to make a competitive offer for […]

Thursday BP: Casey Schmitt injury update

Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reported that infielder Casey Schmitt had undergone surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday. Schmitt is right-handed, which means that the surgery was on his glove hand, which should help recovery go more smoothly. Per Pavlovic’s post on social media, the […]

2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 14

The Winter Meetings are right around the corner, so hold on to your hats: the MLB offseason is about to get wild. Or perhaps mild. We’ll soon find out. Until then, it’s time to continue on our many-months long quest to, as a group, rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. […]

Hall of Fame Polls: Jeff Kent

I’m going to go through the players on the Contemporary Baseball Era Player ballot over the next couple of days, because they are voting on the weekend. Jeff Kent had his 10 tries on the regular ballot, his last one in 2023. He was on 46.5% of the Writers’ ballots, that time, the high point […]

Wednesday BP: How are you feeling about the Tatsuya Imai news?

Good morning, baseball fans! Yesterday, Steven wrote about the news that the San Francisco Giants are reportedly not interested in spending the money it would take to pursue Japanese RHP Tatsuya Imai, or really any big name I cannot improve upon Steven’s commentary, because it is absolutely spot-on. Personally, I can’t say that I’m surprised […]

Player review: Trevor McDonald

2025 stats: 3 G (2 GS) 15 IP 1.80 ERA / 2.54 FIP, 14 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1.00 WHIP, 53.5 GB%, +0.4 fWAR Trevor McDonald didn’t appear in a Giants uniform until September 16th in relief of Tristan Beck who left after 3 innings and the team up on the Diamondbacks 5-3. In […]

When’s the best time to trade Logan Webb?

“Never!” should be your answer. No good San Francisco Giants fan would ever dream of trading the team’s ace. That’s Buster Posey’s job, and if he’s going to be any good as a President of Baseball Operations going forward, he ought to start popping ashwagandha pills before bed. Yesterday, Andrew Baggarly wrote an article for […]

Tuesday BP: Jerar Encarnación community review

Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]

2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 13

The calendars have flipped over to December, which means baseball moves are incoming. Buckle up, folks: there will be signings and tradings galore before you know it. Some might even be made by the team you’re rooting for! But while that all happens in the forefront of the league, we have our side quest to […]

Player review: Jordan Hicks

2025 stats (with SFG): 13 G 48.2 IP 6.47 ERA / 3.65 FIP, 43 K, 20 BB, 3 HR, 1.54 WHIP, 56.4 GB%, +0.7 fWAR Unlike Kyle Harrison’s player review, a look at his whole season won’t be necessary to get a sense of his performance. The Giants have not been able to build up […]

All in on Tatsuya Imai

A buffet of juicy gossip and rumors weighed down Giants fans’s tables this Thanksgiving week. A real horn o’ plenty overflowing with speculation about San Francisco landing Japanese right-hander Tatsuya Imai, who many consider to be one of the top starting pitchers available this winter.  The Giants front office has been linked to Imai long […]

Weekend BP: What were your favorite home runs of the 2025 season?

Good morning, baseball fans! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Today, I wanted to see what everyone’s favorite home runs of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season were. Personally, I feel as though we were blessed with an abundance of my absolute favorite type of home run this season. Grand slams against the Los […]

Giants sign reliever Sam Hentges

The San Francisco Giants have made their first Major League signing of the offseason, and they waited until a federal holiday to do it. I’m sure that wasn’t their intention — nothing has been made official or announced by the team — but it’s when the news broke. On Thanksgiving morning, FanSided’s Robert Murray reported […]

Player review: Kyle Harrison

2025 stats (both SFG & BOS): 11 G 35.2 IP, 4.04 ERA / 3.72 FIP, 38 K, 14 BB, 4 HR, 1.27 WHIP, 39 GB%, +0.5 fWAR, big part of the Rafael Devers trade Usually, these year end player reviews focus on what a player did for the Giants, but it’s tough to talk about […]

Tuesday BP: Let’s make a case for Hunter Pence in the Hall of Fame

Good morning, baseball fans! I’ve been a little distracted over the last couple of weeks, so I completely missed the fact that the 2026 Hall of Fame ballots had been announced. The most notable name on the ballot for San Francisco Giants fans this year will be none other than former outfielder and current broadcaster […]