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Clearing the 40-man roster
Teams cannot carry players on their 60-day IL during the offseason, so that means the San Francisco Giants are about six weeks out from having a serious roster crunch. Or do they? There are quite a lot of good players on that 60-day IL and so by sheer math the players on the 40-man who’ve […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 16: San Jose loses the championship
Wednesday wasn’t a great day for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball teams. The Low-A San Jose Giants lost the California League championship and, with that, we’ve worked our way from seven teams down to two. That two will quickly become zero, as AAA Sacramento is playing their final series of the year, while […]
Thursday BP: Who do you think will win the Willie Mac Award this year?
Good morning, baseball fans! We are on the second to last week of the season for the San Francisco Giants. There are any number of ways to feel about this. Relief, joy, freedom. That’s kind of how I feel about it. Around this time of year, I usually tend to feel the same, but I […]
The Giants take the Cardinals down with them
When I trained to become a lifeguard, one of the first lessons we learned was that a drowning swimmer is very dangerous. In their desperate flailing, they can accidentally take potential rescuers or nearby swimmers down with them. That might explain what happened in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon, when the San Francisco Giants beat the […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 15: Argenis Cayama, Eric Nachtsheim power a playoff no-no
And then there were three. The seasons are over in the Dominican Summer League, the Arizona Complex League, and for the High-A Eugene Emeralds. The seven Minor League Baseball affiliates for the San Francisco Giants has been dwindled down to three. After tonight, it will be down to two. Here’s what happened on Tuesday. Link […]
Wednesday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Cardinals
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this three-game road series against the St. Louis Cardinals later this morning. As of the time this is being written, the Giants are once again going with the element of surprise (aka haven’t announced a starting pitcher yet.) But you can check down in the comments for more up […]
Bryce Eldridge and Blade Tidwell lead Giants to blowout win over Cardinals
Have you ever had to fire someone? I haven’t. I’ve yet to climb the employment ladder high enough to where someone else’s paycheck is in my hands, which is bad news for my bank account and great news for my constitution. I’m not sure I have it in me. Once, for about 45 seconds, I […]
9/15 Gamethread: Giants @ Cardinals
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Blade Tidwell, who enters today’s game with a 4.82 ERA, 4.75 FIP, with 38 strikeouts to 20 walks in 46.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-6 […]
Randy Rodríguez, Dakota Jordan highlight Giants Arizona Fall League players
The San Francisco Giants season is, mercifully, almost over. But baseball never sleeps, and for you sickos who will miss this horrific season as soon as it ends, worry not: there’s more baseball on the horizon. On October 3 — just six days after the MLB regular season ends — the Arizona Fall League will […]
Tuesday BP: WPBL Championship Series!
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Firebells were victorious against the Boston Hunters in the first round of the Women’s Professional Baseball League’s playoffs! Which means they will be heading on to the Championship Series against whoever won last night’s game between the Los Angeles Queens and New York Heights. (As of the time […]
Cardinals beat Giants replacement squad 2-1
On Sunday, in their broomstick loss to the San Diego Padres, the San Francisco Giants rolled out a lineup almost entirely devoid of players who had been on the roster when the year began. In the recap, I took note of the almost unfathomable turnover: two players from the Opening Day roster, one player from […]
9/14 Gamethread: Giants @ Cardinals
The San Francisco Giants head to Missouri today to begin a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 4.00 ERA, 3.74 FIP, with 139 strikeouts to 72 walks in 150.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 11-13: Jacob Bresnahan, Joe Whitman deal
This was the most sparse Minor League Baseball weekend roundup in quite a while, as the San Francisco Giants affiliates played just seven games across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. That means the season is winding down … but there’s still lots to talk about! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All […]
The Golden Boy’s Golden Ticket
If you’re a dumb idiot like me who thinks the San Francisco Giants having one of their worst seasons ever is a bad thing, then I have just the post to help you really stick it to whiners like me. The Giants aren’t bad. The process wasn’t flawed. The learning curves for Buster Posey, Zack […]
Giants-Cardinals Series Preview
A lot has changed in a week! The Cardinals were longshots to sneak into the postseason but after getting swept by the San Francisco Giants, they’re effectively eliminated (just 5 games, per MLB.com). The Giants looked certain to be 100-game losers, but after the sweep, they need just 1 more win to avoid triple digit […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! A new week of San Francisco Giants baseball starts today, with the team heading back out on the road for the last time this season. First up is a three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals, followed by a day off on Thursday and then a three-game series against the Los […]
Padres get to Logan Webb, sweep Giants
You’ve watched baseball long enough to know an inherent truth: stars cannot save you. This is not football, where having one of the best quarterbacks alive can gift you a .500 season as the starting point. It’s certainly not basketball, where having one of best players is synonymous with having one of the best teams. […]
9/13 Gamethread: Giants vs. Padres
It’s series finale time, and for the last time this year, the San Francisco Giants are facing the San Diego Padres. The Giants are trying to avoid the sweep, after losing on Friday and Saturday. There will be an MLB debut for the Giants, who called up Scott Bandura before the game, and placed Rafael […]
Rafael Devers placed on the IL, Scott Bandura called up
Rafael Devers’ brilliant season has come to a close, as has his quest for 40 home runs. On Sunday, ahead of their series finale against the San Diego Padres, the San Francisco Giants announced that their star slugger is headed to the Injured List with a season-ending core muscle injury. According to the Giants, Devers […]
Sunday BP: Highlight of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to an end today, so it’s time to share our favorite highlights of the week. I think it was a pretty easy decision this week. The Giants combined for a whopping six home runs in last Saturday’s 9-5 win over the New York […]
Power not a cure-all in 7-6 loss
Once again the Giants offense made things interesting against the San Diego Padres, and once again they came up short. A late outburst of power from the unlikely sources of Drew Cavanaugh (his first career HR) and Drew Gilbert forced the Padres bullpen to rally their arms with Adrian Morejon and Mason Miller stopping the […]
9/12 Gamethread: Giants vs. Padres
The San Francisco Giants lost their series opener against the San Diego Padres on Friday. Today, they’ll try to even the series up. On the mound for San Francisco is left-hander César Perdomo, a 24-year old rookie who will making his third professional appearance. Perdomo has been excellent so far, posting a 0.90 ERA and […]
“Welcome back” slam off Ray not enough
By the end of the third inning, Friday’s game against the Padres didn’t seem to promise much of a contest. The tally: 7-1 in favor of the visiting San Diegans after a barrage of extra basehits and two-out knocks. A nthony Molina, who looked somewhat sharp in the 1st with two strikeouts with his four-seam, […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to an end this weekend, so it’s time to make our picks for Player of the Week! This week, as with many other weeks, my pick is going to be Rafael Devers! Over the last week (my week is including last Friday through […]
9/11 Gamethread: Giants vs. Padres
The San Francisco Giants welcome the San Diego Padres to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game weekend series. And just a heads up that this game is only available on Apple TV. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Anthony Molina, who enters tonight’s game with a 1.88 ERA, 3.52 FIP, with […]
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