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Last July, the Washington Nationals made Eli Willits the youngest first overall pick ever. With more famous prospects like Ethan Holiday and LSU ace Kade Anderson available, it was a bit of a risky pick. However, after a strong pro debut, Willits’ stock is higher than it was on draft day. Despite ranking behind Holiday […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, we have less of a question and more of a prompt: What grievances do you have with the […]
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 is what would a successful 2026 Giants season look like for you? Personally, I’d take a winning […]
It’s been a little over a year since the Mets claimed right-handed relief pitcher Austin Warren off waivers from the Giants, and with today being Warren’s 30th birthday, it seems like as good a time as any to take a look at what might be in store for him in 2026. Taken by the Angels […]
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 is kind of an odd one, but interesting to examine, at least for me. Which season changed […]
The San Francisco Giants have announced their non-roster invitees to this year’s Spring Training in Arizona and there’s just one surprise addition: veteran righty reliever Michael Fulmer. He had missed all of 2024 following Tommy John surgery and last season for the Red Sox and Cubs he threw a combined 5.2 innings. Previously, he’d thrown […]
Spring Training is officially less than a week away! We won’t quite be done ranking the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization when it starts, but we’ll be getting fairly close! Our next name is a player most people aren’t too familiar with, because he hasn’t yet donned a jersey for the […]