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Win-wind situation: Giants blow away A’s
The San Francisco Giants closed out their three-game series with the Don’t-Call-Us-Sacramento A’s on Sunday and winning the series was a breeze. A stiff wind blew in from left field at Sutter Health Park, but that didn’t stop Luis Arraez and Harrison Bader from hitting home runs out to right, the last one for a […]
5/17 Gamethread: Giants @ Athletics
It’s series finale time, as the San Francisco Giants take on the Oakland/Sacramento/Vegas Athletics for the third game of the series. I’m writing this before the first game, so here’s hoping that the Giants are going for a sweep, or at least a series win today. But who knows! You, probably. If the scheduled starters […]
Thank God for Schmitt
The San Francisco Giants had gone three games without a hit with a runner in scoring position. The offense just couldn’t string together anything of substance. They had become reliant on an inside-the-park-homer or solo shot from Luis Arraez, which is like relying on lightning strikes to be your home’s main provider of electricity. Unsurprisingly, […]
Sunday BP: Highlight of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close today, which means it’s time to pick our favorite highlights of the week! For once, I can say we were blessed with an abundance of options this week. But after Thursday night’s game, really, was there any option other than […]
5/16 Gamethread: Giants @ Athletics
It’s time for game two of the series between the San Francisco Giants and their former neighbors, the one-named Athletics. At the time of me writing this, a few days in advance, the scheduled matchup is right-handers Trevor McDonald and Luis Severino. McDonald has made two starts on the season, and is 1-0 with a […]
No Boog in 5-2 loss
Long gone are the resilience of the Giants extra innings win against Pittsburgh, the heights of Borucki, the hip-thrusting pleasures of LA. Oh, how a three-game winning streak makes fools of us all, and how a three-game losing streak lays bare. A three-game losing streak…or a three-run homer. It was the cantankerous and eyebrow-y manager […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close this weekend, which means it’s time to pick our Player of the Week! Or, I guess in this week’s case, our Players of the Week. Because I’m giving the honors to two people this week, with a caveat that I […]
5/15 Gamethread: Giants @ A’s
The San Francisco Giants head to Sacramento tonight to begin a three-game series against the Athletics. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.18 ERA, 5.03 FIP, with 42 strikeouts to 20 walks in 41.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-6 […]
Christian Koss optioned to make room for Daniel Susac
Like all scrappy bench players, Christian Koss touched hearts and minds. Everybody loves an underdog and here is a guy who looks overmatched against big league pitching yet hanging in there anyway. It was just this past December when our own Steven Kennedy lavished 1,481 words on Christian Koss’s utility role in 2025, ending his […]
Series Preview: Will the A’s finish with a better record than the Giants?
It was only last August when I assured everyone that the Giants would finish ahead of the Athletics, but it would probably be close. That didn’t wind up being the case, as the Giants got to 81 wins compared to teh A’s 76, but there’s something interesting about going back and reading through some of […]
Friday BP: Friday Temp-Check
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants are on the “road” this weekend (I use that word very loosely, because they will be in Sacramento) so I think it’s time for another temp-check to see how we’re feeling about the team right now. Every time I have to take time off during the season, […]
Splitting town: Giants slink out of LA with bats between legs
Sometimes a split is healthy. Bad relationships, a thriving stock purchase, ordering a banana-based dessert at an ice cream parlor, your sides at a comedy club. Some splits are bad: Bowling, personalities, the ends of hair, infinitives. The San Francisco Giants going 2-2 on the road against the Los Angeles Dodgers falls right in the […]
5/14 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this four-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.09 ERA, 2.51 FIP, with 51 strikeouts to 19 walks in 43.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 13-3 […]
RIP Fun
It’s old news by now, but it’s worth remembering some of these smaller stories in what figures to be a long season of losing. The other night, the Giants outfielders performed a final out act?… dance?… behavior?… performance? that received a strong response from those empowered to deliver and enforce a “Knock it off.” If […]
Thursday BP: Brandon Crawford inducted into Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Good morning, baseball fans! The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2026 will be honored tonight at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero San Francisco. The San Francisco Giants have a very special Forever Giant on this year’s list of inductees, and that would be former shortstop and local legend Brandon Crawford! Crawford joins fellow […]
Giants return to their old ways
The Giants beat the Dodgers 29-2 on Wednesday, with their two best players combining to hit 8-8 with a home run, four doubles, four walks, and a stolen base. Unfortunately, that was in the Arizona Complex League. In the slightly more competitive, and slightly more meaningful Major League Baseball game, the Giants lost to the […]
5/13 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
The San Francisco Giants continue this four-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Robbie Ray, who enters tonight’s game with a 2.76 ERA, 4.52 FIP, with 47 strikeouts to 18 walks in 45.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-2 win […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup: Tugboat takes off
This is the last Minor League Baseball roundup for a while, as I’m heading out on vacation tomorrow. Hold down the Minor League fort while I’m gone! In the meantime, here’s what the San Francisco Giants affiliates did on Tuesday … and Wednesday morning. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All […]
Wednesday BP: Giants have some fun in LA
The San Francisco Giants had a good time in Southern California on Tuesday night, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2. In a statistic that almost defies reality, the Giants are now 4-1 against the two-time defending champions … and just 14-23 against the rest of the league. But that wasn’t the only fun that was […]
Haase Party Two: Giants catcher homers twice to beat Dodgers
Eric Haase is no kid, but he can definitely play. In his sixth game with the San Francisco Giants, the veteran catcher hit two home runs off Yoshinobu Yamamato (3-3), the second happening one pitch after Harrison Bader took Yamamoto deep in the 5th inning. That put the Giants up 3-2 and they went on […]
5/12 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
After a delightful win in the series opener, the San Francisco Giants are back at the ballpark to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight, in the second game of a four-game series. We wish them the best in this journey. It’s right-hander Adrian Houser on the mound for San Francisco, as the 10-year veteran […]
Tuesday BP: Twelfth day of Mays-mas
Good morning, baseball fans! Today, we are in wrapping up a new feature for May that I’m calling the “12 Days of Mays-mas” because I have been away, and I wanted to leave you guys with some fun things to watch while I’m gone. It’s only fitting that for the twelfth day of Mays-mas, we […]
Giants bats stay hot in 9-3 win over Dodgers
People come to Los Angeles with big dreams. Some want to make it as Hollywood actors. Others dream of a record deal and music fame. And there’s those who aspire to drink green juice while wearing oversized sunglasses and attend the third-through-seventh inning of a Dodger game at Chavez Ravine while pitching a reality show. […]
5/11 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
The San Francisco Giants head south today to begin a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Trevor McDonald, who will be making his second start for the Giants this season. His first start was in the team’s 3-2 win over the San Diego […]
If Ryan Borucki strikes out Shohei Ohtani…
If Ryan Borucki strikes out Shohei Ohtani at any point in this upcoming Giants-Dodgers series, I’ll email “Ryan Borucki is as cold as the Bo-Rockies” with zero explanation to the department head at the middle school I work at. If Ryan Borucki strikes out Shohei Ohtani at any point in this upcoming Giants-Dodgers series to […]
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