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2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 42
For the final time this year, it’s nomination day! Head to the comment section to nominate some prospects for Friday’s CPL. Baseball is in the air. The San Francisco Giants, like all teams, are fully in the spring swing, as they’ve been playing real baseball activities in Scottsdale for over a week now. On Saturday, […]
Wednesday BP: What move would you make if you were GM for a day?
Good morning baseball fans! As we approach the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question goes out to all the armchair GMs out there: If you were the GM for one move and one move […]
Giants manager Tony Vitello’s media scrum was an unforced error
When the San Francisco Giants made the unprecedented decision to hire Tony Vitello as their next manager, it was understood that there would be some hiccups along the way. There’s a learning curve for every first-time manager, and that’s doubly true for one attempting the unheard-of leap from college to the Majors with nary a […]
Tuesday BP: Who is going to have a breakout season?
Good morning baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: Who do you think is going to have a breakout year? After this weekend’s BP, I think […]
Giants add outfielder Will Brennan
Even with the opening of Spring Training camp, the San Francisco Giants continue to add to their roster. A couple of days after signing Rowan Wick to bolster the 2027 bullpen, they add 28-year old outfielder Will Brennan to boost the 2026 outfield situation. The left hander has a career triple slash of .267/.307/.373 in […]
Player review: Casey Schmitt
2025 stats: 95 G, 348 PA, .237/ .305/ .401, .163 ISO, 24 K%, 8 BB%, 101 OPS+, 0.6 bWAR Luis Arraez’s 2026 defensive reclamation project has kicked Casey Schmitt to the curb, and once again the infielder has found himself without a hook to hang his hat. Schmitt has been the question mark of […]
Weekend BP: Bold Predictions
Good morning baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: What are your 2026 predictions that you will stand by all season? I am not great at […]
Giants sign injured NPB reliever Rowan Wick for 2027 season
Just as we all thought that the San Francisco Giants were done signing Major League contracts, they went and signed another. Except there’s a catch: it’s not for a player who will contribute this year. In a crafty move that will no doubt upset the vast swath of fans who are still upset about the […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 41
It’s almost hard to believe, but we have a top 40 in the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. We only need four more ballots sent out and counted, and then we will have succeeded in once again ranking the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. The last chapter of the […]
Friday BP: The Blame Game
Good morning baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: Who’s to blame when things go wrong? This isn’t necessarily a predictive question on the 2026 team, […]
New SF Giants coach should shape up first base
One of the key moments in the film “Moneyball” comes when Brad Pitt’s Billy Beane and Brent Jennings’ Ron Washington visit Chris Pratt’s Scott Hatteberg to inform him they’re offering him a contract to play first base for the Oakland Athletics, even though he’s only played catcher in his big-league career so far. Beane insists […]
Thursday BP: What is going to be the 2026 Giants’ biggest weakness?
Good morning baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: What is going to be the 2026 Giants’ biggest weakness? Yes, I know Spring Training has only […]
Bryce Eldridge to have outfield glove mailed to him
The buzz out of Spring Training camp today came from the news that Bryce Eldridge will get some work out in left field. The Giants’ San Francisco Chronicle beat writer Shayna Rubin has the full breadth of the story summed up in this social media post: Well, that’s a sweet capper to the story and […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 40
Spring Training is here! San Francisco Giants players are in action! Excitement — and more importantly, baseball — is in the air! And still our Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List marches on, as we grow oh so close to finishing our communal rankings of the top 44 prospects in the Giants organization. Only one […]
Player review: Ryan Walker
2025 stats: 68 G, 61.1 IP, 17 saves (24 chances), 4.11 ERA (3.63 xFIP), 8.8 K/9, 2.6 BB/9, +0.6 fWAR Relievers are fungible. In some cases, they’re not and in other cases, we really hope they’re not, but since failure is the core of baseball, it’s unavoidable that most relief pitchers simply get chewed up […]
Wednesday BP: Rank the 2026 NL West
Good morning, baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: How would you rank the 2026 NL West? The Giants have the misfortune of being in one […]
Giants confirm that Luis Arráez is their second baseman
When the San Francisco Giants first made the mildly-surprising news to sign bat-to-ball maven Luis Arráez, there were questions about where he would play. Like most infielders, Arráez had played all over the dirt in the Minor Leagues, though he was viewed as a second baseman by the time he made the Majors. After a […]
Tuesday BP: Pitchers & Catchers!
Good morning, baseball fans!! Today is the day! The most exciting day of the baseball year! The day in which nothing meaningful really happens, but no one cares because PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT TODAY! That’s right, friends, we’ve made it through the long winter. And the San Francisco Giants pitchers and catchers will be reporting […]
Excitement ranking the Giants non-roster invitees
It’s officially Spring Training eve. Fans, reporters, coaches, and most importantly, players have arrived in Scottsdale, Arizona. And after one more sleep, they’ll get to work. Last week, the San Francisco Giants announced their list of 19 non-roster invitees to Spring Training. As a refresher, NRIs are players who are in the system but not […]
Player review: Justin Verlander
2025 stats: 29 GS, 152 IP, 3.85 ERA / 4.24 xERA, 8.1 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, 1.36 WHIP, +2.2 fWAR The first ballot Hall of Famer joined the Giants as a sort of prove-it year to show the sport that he still could be “that guy,” and he pulled it off, becoming just the 48th pitcher […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 39
It’s the eve of Spring Training for the San Francisco Giants! If you’re sad that this is the first day without football, you can rejoice that it’s the last day without baseball! There will be a little overlap between Spring Training and our Community Prospect List, which will see us rank the top 44 prospects […]
Monday BP: Which offseason decision makes you nervous?
Good morning, baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: Which offseason decision makes you nervous? For me, it has to be the hiring of Tony Vitello. […]
Marco Luciano finally has a new home
It took three trips over the waiver wire through claims by three different teams for former top San Francisco Giants prospect Marco Luciano to finally find a home. He was designated multiple times for so many assignments, but the baseball gods finally took mercy on Luciano and let him pass through waivers and land with […]
Sunday BP: Contenders or pretenders?
Good morning, baseball fans! As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! Today’s question: Are the 2026 Giants actually trying to contend, or are they just pretending? I’ve made my opinion […]
Player review: Tyler Rogers
2025 stats: 81 G, 77.1 IP, 1.98 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 203 ERA+, 0.94 WHIP, 5.6 K/9, 0.8 BB/9, 2.4 bWAR w/Giants: 53 G, 50 IP, 1.80 ERA, 2.64 FIP, 222 ERA+, 0.86 WHIP, 6.8 K/9, 0.7 BB/9, 1.7 bWAR So much has already been written. So much praise heaped. What more is there to write […]
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