Latest news and updates about the Giants
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area wrote about how the San Francisco Giants’ new manager Tony Vitello is preparing for his new role. Vitello, as we know, has no MLB experience as either a player or a coach (though he has coached several MLB players). So he […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The offseason continues to move along, as this week we’ve had a spate of low-profile relief signings; Caleb Thielbar re-signing with the Cubs, the Nationals handing $5.5 million to lefty Foster Griffin, the Giants inking Jason Foley for $2 million, and the Reds landing former Yankee Caleb Ferguson on a one-year deal. Exciting stuff! The […]
From Pinstripe Alley | about 2 months ago | 7 reads
The San Francisco Giants didn’t wait for us to catch our breaths from the signing of quasi-closer Jason Foley as just moments ago Jeff Passan broke that they’ve also signed starting pitcher Adrian Houser to a 2-year, $22 million deal with an option for a third year. Does this move effectively end the team’s exploration […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Remember Adrian Houser? Journeyman righthander, was an NRI with the Rangers last spring, had a good camp, made eight starts and a relief appearance for Round Rock (with a 5.03 ERA) before opting out of his deal to join the Chicago White Sox rotation? Well, he reportedly has agreed to terms on a two year, […]
From Lone Star Ball | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
The San Francisco Giants have announced the signing of RHP Jason Foley to a 1-year major league deal. He missed all of 2025 recovering from right shoulder capsule surgery and will miss probably half of the 2026 season, too. Previously, the four-year veteran was the Detroit Tigers’ closer, registering 28 saves in 2024. He’s thrown […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! While it may be cold and dreary, we have our first signs of spring in the form of the San Francisco Giants releasing the dates for the 2026 Fan Fest Tour! This year’s tour will feature four stops. Three of which will be in January and the event will conclude with […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
The Jays made the signing of Tyler Rogers official. He’s getting three-years and $37 million with an option for a fourth year. His ERA was 1.98 for the Giants last year. I’ll hope for the same this year To make room, the team has DFAed Justin Bruihl. He pitched 13.2 innings for the Jays this […]
From Bluebird Banter | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
We’re all sitting around waiting for the San Francisco Giants to make some moves. It seems they won’t, so let’s instead look at the prospects, and continue on with our Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. We’re almost halfway through ranking the top 44 prospects in the system! The next name to come off the […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Last week, it was announced that a new former San Francisco Giants player would be inducted into the Hall of Fame for the first time in a decade as Jeff Kent was announced as the lone inductee from the Contemporary Baseball Era committee. So today, let’s take a look at a […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, it was announced that ESPN’s Joe Buck had received the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award, to the consternation of San Francisco Giants fans for multiple reasons. The most unreasonable being that some Giants fans just kind of hate Joe Buck. A lot of it seems to […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
This evening, Katie Woo of The Athletic published an article with the headline “Mariners, Giants emerge as front-runners for Brendan Donovan trade: Sources.” Woo was the site’s Cardinals beat writer until this offseason, when she left that beat to cover the Dodgers, but she obviously still has her sources in St. Louis. That could mean […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
It’s time for a rarity: a weekend adventure into the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List! Yes, our quest to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization is clocking in for work on a Saturday, because … well … because I never got around to it on Friday. So here […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
To understand the intensity of the Brett Pill Wars, you had to have been online during 2011 through 2013. Giants fans separated into Pro-Pill and Pro-Belt factions, which was ironic because the true enemy was Aubrey Huff. Brandon Belt was a young hotshot left-handed prospect with a great on-base percentage and huge potential who often […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Last weekend, we watched all of the San Francisco Giants walk-offs of the 2025 season. Today, we’re going to keep that fun going with a video from the Giants’ social media team with every cooler shower celebration. Because half of the fun of a walk-off win is watching the hero/culprit get […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Earlier this week, it was revealed that longtime Red Sox pitching prospect Bryan Mata was taking his talents to Japan. Though terms have not yet been disclosed, it appears as though the 26-year-old right-hander is signing with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. Originally signed by the Red Sox for $25,000 as an international … Continue reading "Longtime Red Sox pitching prospect Bryan Mata taking talents to Japan, signing with NPB’s Yomiuri Giants"
From Blogging the Red Sox | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The San Francisco Giants have had a frugal offseason to this point, with plenty of reports and rumors that frugality will be a central theme over the next few days, weeks, and months. And now we have perhaps the most painful example of it yet, as the team did not sign the one player that […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
2025 stats: 150 G, 617 PA, .266 / .327 / .407, 107 wRC+, .141 ISO, .291 BABIP, 7.6 BB%, 11.5 K%, 2.4 fWAR Remember April? Remember how great the Giants were — the kind of great that got people ridiculously excited, that caused young men to see visions and old men to dream dreams and […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, it was reported by Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic that the San Francisco Giants are one of five teams that are pursuing trade talks with the Milwaukee Brewers for RHP Freddy Peralta. Peralta, 29, is coming off of a career-best 2025 season that he finished […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Ryan Watson, a right-handed pitcher. He was acquired yesterday in a trade with the Athletics, who had just selected him from the San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 Draft. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and pitched for the Auburn Tigers in college. He […]
From Over the Monster | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! For the first time in my decade-long tenure at McCovey Chronicles, the San Francisco Giants have a new player heading to the Hall of Fame. Earlier this week, it was announced that Jeff Kent would be the lone inductee from this year’s Contemporary Baseball Era committee. Players on this ballot had […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 2 reads
The San Francisco Giants projected to have a fairly busy 2025 Rule 5 Draft, after choosing to make zero protections (thus leaving some intriguing names available), and waiving Marco Luciano to open up a roster spot. And indeed, they had a busy day. The Giants lost a pair of arms in the Major League portion […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Since being selected by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft, Daniel Susac has made a steady climb through the minor leagues. But his path to the majors with the A’s was blocked by other catchers in the system. As a result, the A’s did not put Susac on their […]
From Arizona Desert Swarm | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
With Edwin Díaz departing for Los Angeles, the Mets still have substantial work to do on filling out their 2026 bullpen. Jon Heyman is reporting that the team is potentially interested in a reunion with Tyler Rogers, whom the Mets traded for mid-season from the San Francisco Giants. Rogers, 34, is a seven-year MLB veteran […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
For the second consecutive year, the Twins have made a pick in the Rule 5 draft. Like last year’s choice, the player selected will not make Minnesota’s roster. While the team dipped into the pitching pool last year with reliever Eiberson Castellano, they took a position player this season, selecting catcher Daniel Susac from the […]
From Twinkie Town | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
The 2025 Giants wound up right about where they were expected to be even though they could’ve been a little bit better than 81-81. For the third year in a row, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections for the 2026 San Francisco Giants see them flirting with .500 but with enough in-house talent already to push that […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 2 months ago | 4 reads