Where we tend to talk about the recent past a lot
The first chapter of the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List is officially in the books. And not only did it go as expected, it ended the only way it possibly could have. Even though we had to honor the election process and go through the steps of a proper election, the reality is […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The World Series continues tonight with Game 5 between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers from Dodger Stadium. The series is currently tied 2-2. Taking the mound for the Blue Jays will be right-handed rookie Trey Yesavage, who finished the regular season with a 3.21 ERA, 2.35 FIP, […]
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2025 stats w/SFG: 90 G, 395 PA, .236/.347/.460, .224 ISO, 29 K%, 14 BB%, 126 wRC+, 1.3 fWAR Phase 1 of the 9-phase master plan was a dud. Rafael Devers was not the quick download for a desperately needed offensive upgrade. At times, that rotating rainbow wait cursor seemed to spin endlessly next to his […]
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I don’t know if I jinxed anything by talking up the Giants’ replacement bullpen that pitched them through August, but let’s stand back and admire the scale at which the whole thing crashed and burned in September. Their 4.39 ERA was not the worst in the sport (it was merely 20th), nor was their 4.31 […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The World Series continues tonight with Game 4 between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers from Dodger Stadium. Taking the mound for the Blue Jays will be right-hander Shane Bieber, who finished the regular season with a 3.57 ERA, 4.47 FIP, with 37 strikeouts to seven walks in […]
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On Friday, we began the latest iteration of McCovey Chronicles’ most time-honored tradition: the Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, in which we will work as a community to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. In the introductory post, everyone selected a group of nominees to choose from, and today […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The 2025 World Series continues tonight between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The series moves to Los Angeles for Game 3 tonight. Taking the mound for the Blue Jays will be right-hander Max Scherzer, who is no stranger to World Series appearances. Scherzer ended the regular season […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! We’ve got one game this weekend, and that is Game 2 of the 2025 World Series between the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday night from the Rogers Centre. Taking the mound for the Dodgers will be right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who finished the regular season with a […]
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Yes folks, it is, once again, that time of year. The time to come together as a community, share thoughts, debate ideas, and ultimately crowdsource the list of the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. It figures to be a very fun year for the CPL. The Giants had one of their […]
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2025 stats: 128 G, 535 PA, .231/.340/.430, .198 ISO, 13 BB%, 25 K%, 118 wRC+, 3.7 fWAR Here it is. The moment that the Giants’ 2025 season tripped over itself and started its long tumble to kaput. Note Matt Chapman’s right hand. See the squish of digits, wrist bent awkwardly over palm, all crushed by […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The world’s biggest Toronto Blue Jays fan has arrived to discuss tonight’s World Series Game 1 between the Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Taking the mound for the Dodgers will be left-hander and former/not-forever Giant Blake Snell, who finished the regular season with […]
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2025 stats: 67 IP, 55 G, 3.90 ERA / 3.70 FIP, 1.40 WHIP, 20.4 K%, 11.3 BB%, 0.5 fWAR After a mini breakout in 2024, José Buttó looked like he might be a reliable dude in the Mets’ grand plan. He pitched 74 innings (the first 38 of which came as a starter) and was […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! Today I wanted to highlight a post from Gabe Lehman of SF Gate from earlier this week that touches on a topic that is near and dear to not only my heart, but the hearts of San Francisco Giants fans everywhere. That topic is the sighting of an elusive figure from […]
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After an odd stop-and-start week of news, the San Francisco Giants have finally made it official: they’re hiring Tony Vitello to be their next manager. On Saturday, Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic broke the news that the Giants were “closing in on hiring” Vitello, who is currently the head coach at the University of Tennessee, […]
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This morning, Major League Baseball announced the finalists for the 2025 Silver Slugger Award, given to the 10 best hitters in each league by position (one player at each infield position, three outfielders, one DH, and one utility player). For the second year in a row, San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman, who posted […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The 2025 World Series doesn’t start until Friday. I know we are all ready to do our part in cheering for the Not-Dodgers, but we’ve still got a couple of days to go. So in the meantime, the San Francisco Giants social media team shared a video on their YouTube channel […]
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Yesterday, I started to take stock of some of the highest-ranking San Francisco Giants prospects. I planned to look at how the stock had changed for the top 44 prospects, as determined by our preseason Community Prospect List. I only made it halfway through, then decided it was best to break this into two articles. […]
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And then there were two. The World Series field was officially set on Monday night, following a thrilling baseball game to conclude the ALCS. Thanks to a three-run home run by George Springer in the seventh inning, the Toronto Blue Jays completed their comeback (in both the game and in the series), winning 4-3 (in […]
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The 2025 baseball season ended quite a while ago for the San Francisco Giants. Not just for their Major League team, but for their seven Minor League Baseball affiliates as well. With the exception of the seven prospects currently getting a little extra seasoning in the Arizona Fall League, it’s onto the offseason for everyone […]
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2025 stats: 81 IP, 54 G, 4.00 ERA, 3.70 FIP, 1.33 WHIP, 6.78 K/9, 2.78 BB/9, 0.4 fWAR In 2024, the 29-year old right-hander’s debut in the big leagues was the feel-good story of the year. He had spent a decade on a very long-and-winding road with no promise it would guide him anywhere. Still […]
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News broke on Saturday that the San Francisco Giants were going outside the box … extremely outside the box … with their managerial search, and intended to hire University of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello. Yet nearly as soon as The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, the most trusted voice in Giants reporting, broke the story with a […]
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2025 stats: 65.2 IP, 21 G (10 GS), 4.80 ERA / 4.96 FIP, 1.492 WHIP, 22.8 K%, 12.4 BB%, 0.0 fWAR Some of us will spend most of this offseason wondering what happened to Hayden Birdsong. It’s not just that the 6’4” 23-year old who captured hearts and minds last season only to lay a […]
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If Andrew Baggarly isn’t as close to an unimpeachable source when it comes to Giants rumors and breaking or near-breaking news, then no beat writer is. He mentioned Tennessee Volunteers coach Tony Vitello as a possible replacement for Bob Melvin when this whole search began, and just moments ago on The Athletic, he, Brittany Ghiroli, […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! The playoffs continue this weekend, although as of the time this is being written it’s not yet clear whether there will be two games played this weekend or just the one. If the Los Angeles Dodgers won last night, then the NLCS is over, to the detriment of us all. However, […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! Both the American and National League Championship Series continue today. First up will be Game 5 of the ALCS featuring the visiting Toronto Blue Jays vs. the Seattle Mariners. As of the time this is being written, Toronto does not yet have a starting pitcher listed. Whoever it ends up being […]
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