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Ray’s last light
According to The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, the Giants front office tried to negotiate a trade for Robbie Ray before his scheduled start on Thursday against the Padres. But no Kyle Harrison type deal materialized at the 11th hour, and the veteran southpaw suited up and took the mound with San Francisco stitched across his chest […]
Friday BP: WPBL is here!
Good morning, baseball fans! At long last, the Women’s Professional Baseball League kicks off their inaugural season tomorrow! The first game will be between the Los Angeles Queens and New York Heights. The San Francisco Firebells are scheduled to begin their season on Sunday against the Boston Hunters. Left-hander Niki Eckert is scheduled to start […]
7/30 Gamethread: Giants @ Padres
The San Francisco Giants head south to begin a four-game series against the San Diego Padres tonight. The Giants are going for the element of surprise again, as they have not announced a starting pitcher for tonight’s game as of the time this is being written. You can check out the comments below for more […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, July 29: Trevor Cohen is off and running
Five games for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Wednesday. The rookie ball teams didn’t play (the DSL squads had the day off while the ACL season is over), but AA Richmond played a doubleheader due to having their game on Tuesday postponed. Let’s dive into it! Link to the 2026 McCovey […]
Series Preview: The Giants could make the Padres question everything
The Milwaukee Brewers might’ve only incurred some psychic damage in losing 2 out of 3 to one of the worst teams to ever wear “San Francisco” (they’re still 6 games up in the NL Central), but the Giants did expose how soft their rotation is after Jacob Misiorowski, which might compel them to go all […]
Thursday BP: What’s next?
Good morning, baseball fans! Just when we thought that the San Francisco Giants’ 2026 season couldn’t get any worse, a slew of injuries have been taking players out left and right over the last week. Casey Schmitt and Trevor McDonald are done for the year. And Harrison Bader decided to scoot through it, and made […]
Susac socks two in 16-3 bash
Daniel Susac was on the injured list when Patrick Bailey’s trade to the Guardians became official on May 9th. The transaction effectively made the rookie the Giants primary catcher, a promotion earned on the merits of his offensive production as the back-up backstop, which shone especially bright compared to the dull bat work of Bailey. […]
Giants survey: Grade the draft
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Giants fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The 2026 MLB Draft has come and passed, and it was one of the most exciting […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, July 28: Luis Hernández takes flight
Just five games for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Tuesday, as AA Richmond had their game postponed (they’re playing a doubleheader today), while the Arizona Complex League season is over. Let’s dive into the action. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup […]
7/29 Gamethread: Giants vs. Brewers
The San Francisco Giants conclude this three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers this afternoon from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters today’s game with a 3.98 ERA, 3.50 FIP, with 89 strikeouts to 29 walks in 113 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
Wednesday BP: Trade deadline predictions
Good morning, baseball fans! We are less than one week away from the 2026 MLB trade deadline. Which means it’s time to fire off our best/worst trade deadline predictions for the San Francisco Giants. Personally, I think they should be aggressive sellers. Trade everyone you can and throw in parts of the ballpark if that […]
Giants pitchers struggle as Brewers win 8-2
One of the magical things about writing about baseball for a living is that, against all odds, every game seems to have its own story. 162 times a year the San Francisco Giants play someone, plus a few dozen more times in the spring and, on a few blue moon occasions, a handful of times […]
Harrison Bader’s recovery derailed by scooter
One night before the induction of San Francisco Giants second baseman/wheelie enthusiast Jeff Kent into the Hall of Fame, Harrison Bader had a setback in his recovery from plantar fasciitis thanks to a scooter accident. Yes, really. This is honestly far more baffling than the traffic accident that nearly blinded San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle […]
Trevor McDonald to undergo Tommy John surgery
The San Francisco Giants unsteady future plans for their rotation just got murkier. On Tuesday, the team announced what many had feared for a few days: that right-handed pitcher Trevor McDonald will undergo Tommy John surgery to repair his throwing arm. McDonald, who has a 5.12 ERA and a 4.28 FIP on the year, left […]
7/28 Gamethread: Giants vs. Brewers
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers tonight from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.93 ERA, 3.31 FIP, with 113 strikeouts to 45 walks in 110 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-4 […]
Giants place Casey Schmitt on the IL with a torn meniscus, call up Osleivis Basabe
A very, very bad San Francisco Giants season has gotten quite a bit worse. On Tuesday afternoon, the San Francisco Giants announced that do-everything third baseman Casey Schmitt had been placed on the 10-Day Injured List with a torn meniscus in his left knee. Taking his place on the roster is infielder Osleivis Basabe, who […]
Mahle & McCray
McCray. Mahle. Mahle & McCray. Sounds like the name of an injury law firm you’d see advertised on a billboard overlooking the freeway. They stand back-to-back, both in cheap blue suits, staring stone-faced at the camera. Grant McCray wears eye-black and holds a bat over his left shoulder. Tyler Mahle peers over the fingertips of […]
Tuesday BP: Evil Mode
Good morning, baseball fans! Over the weekend, I saw an amazing social media post by a fairly new baseball fan who had a pretty inspiring idea to make baseball more interesting for the teams that are already statistically out of the running for the playoffs. I highly encourage folks to check that out before continuing, […]
7/27 Gamethread: Giants vs. Brewers
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Milwaukee Brewers to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.31 ERA, 4.52 FIP, with 77 strikeouts to 33 walks in 83 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
Series preview: The Giants juuuuust Mis’d him
Yesterday, 24-year old pitching wiz Jacob Misiorowski continued his dominate 2026 with a 12-strikeout, 1-hit performance across 5 innings against the lowly Colorado Rockies in Milwaukee. It was his ninth double digit strikeout performance of the season (in 20 starts), and it sparked another tranche of eye-popping posts from Sarah Langs about this velocity demon: […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, July 24-26: Teenage shortstop sensations galore!
The Minor League Baseball season is winding down a little, and for the first time in a while, the weekend roundup only has six San Francisco Giants affiliates, as the Arizona Complex League season ended last week. Let’s dive into the action for the teams that did play. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community […]
The one fad the Giants should avoid
The latest SB Nation reacts poll response warmed my heart. It shows a wisdom that sometimes eludes fans. Admittedly, the poll question is asking for a prediction rather than an opinion, but most people tend to conflate the two; because, “Do you think the Giants should sign Bryce Eldridge to an extension this year?“ means […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! A new week of San Francisco Giants baseball is upon us. I’m starting to interpret that sentence as a threat, but I guess there’s not really much we can do about that part. This week, the Giants continue their homestand by welcoming the Milwaukee Brewers to Oracle Park tonight to begin […]
No more challenges, no more sweep
Swept, sure. Six times now. But to sweep? Nah, it just ain’t to be. The San Francisco Giants are now 0-5 with the chance to sweep a 3+ game series after their 4-3 loss to the Angels. It’s not just their opponents or their own self-sabotage keeping the broom in the cupboard — the umpires […]
7/26 Gamethread: Giants vs. Angels
It’s series finale time between two very bad teams: the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Angels. But on the bright side, we get to see lefty Carson Whisenhunt, who makes the start today. In two starts this season, Whisenhunt is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA, a 4.89 FIP, and six strikeouts to six […]
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