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Giants fan survey: Will Rafael Devers get to 40?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Giants fans and fans across the country. Rafael Devers has been on an absolute tear lately. His extremely slow start to the season is in the far distant rear view mirrors, as he’s […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 8: Sacramento explodes, San Jose rolls
Four games for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Tuesday, and half of them were playoff games. Let’s dive into the action! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in that particular game. News Just a little bit of […]
9/9 Gamethread: Giants vs. Cardinals
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Blade Tidwell, who enters today’s game with a 4.43 ERA, 4.40 FIP, with 36 strikeouts to 18 walks in 42.2 innings pitched. His last start was in […]
Wednesday BP: WPBL Playoffs!
Good morning, baseball fans! The final games of the inaugural season of the Women’s Professional Baseball League are in the books and playoffs begin later today! The San Francisco Firebells sit atop the league as we head into the first round. They had three games last week, in which they beat the Boston Hunters twice […]
Giants use long ball and starting pitching to beat Cardinals 2-1
The season is winding down, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for the greatest hits to be replayed. It happens in every baseball season, good, bad, or mediocre. September arrives on the calendar, and the team starts reprising all the things that made the season what it was. On Tuesday, the San Francisco […]
9/8 Gamethread: Giants vs. Cardinals
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.17 ERA, 3.70 FIP, with 137 strikeouts to 68 walks in 144.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-4 win over […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 4-6: Delightful debuts galore
For one last weekend, all of the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates were in action, playing regularly scheduled games. Both Low-A San Jose and High-A Eugene wrapped up their seasons on Sunday though … but it’s on to the playoffs! Here’s everything that happened on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Link to the 2026 […]
The best episodes of Star Trek, according to the San Francisco Giants
The Star Trek franchise was born 60 years ago today with the premiere of “The Man Trap” on NBC. What does that have to do with the San Francisco Giants? Well, there’s always been a tenuous connection between these two franchises. In its fake history of the future, Starfleet Command, the space service our characters […]
Tuesday BP: The quest for <100
The San Francisco Giants are one of just three teams in Major League Baseball to be eliminated from playoff contention already. They’re one of five teams that has no chance whatsoever of having a winning season. They’re one of four teams that has no chance of having a .500 season. But one thing is still […]
Giants work late for Labor Day win
A bunt and an infield single boosted the San Francisco Giants’ win probability to 100% Monday night in a 5-4, 11-inning win over the St. Louis Cardinals that turned Oracle Paek into Shay Stadium. Shay Whitcomb hit a chopper to shortstop against a drawn-in infield to score ghost runner Nate Furman as the Giants worked […]
9/7 Gamethread: Giants vs. Cardinals
It’s time for a new series, and it’s time for holiday baseball, as the San Francisco Giants host the St. Louis Cardinals. Logan Webb is scheduled to take the mound for the Giants, with the three-time All-Star right-hander making his 26th start of the season. Webb is 8-8 on the year, with a 4.21 ERA, […]
Giants-Cardinals Series Preview
The bulk of this road trip has been a journey through teams who’ve had surprising season relative to the preseason predictions. Certainly, the San Francisco Giants were not expected to be a laughingstock in global professional sports, but their opponents — Pittsburgh, the Mets, and now the Cardinals — were expected to be the opposite […]
Monday BP: Watch Jackson Flora’s pro debut
Happy Labor Day, San Francisco Giants fans. On account of the holiday, the usual weekend Minor League Baseball roundup will have to wait until Tuesday, instead of going up today. But, since there’s not much to talk about with the big league team, it seemed like I should give you a sneak peak today. Jackson […]
9/6 Gamethread: Giants @ Mets
It’s series finale time, and it’s the rubber match between the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets, a pair of teams who expected to be a whole lot better than they are. On the mound for the Giants is left-hander César Perdomo, who makes his second career appearance. The 24-year old, who was only […]
Boss Koss…and the other guy
Christian Koss is a little guy. He’s 185 pounds with rocks in his pockets. The graph illustrating how he compares to the rest of the league in terms of contact quality is as blue as Lake Tahoe. His .368 slugging percentage in 2025 has somehow found the space to drop even lower in 2026, falling […]
9/5 Gamethread: Giants @ Mets
It’s time for the second of three games between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Mets, and here’s hoping it goes better than the first game did. Taking the mound for the Giants is right-hander Anthony Molina, the 24-year old who came to the Giants in the Tyler Mahle trade. In two games […]
Fighting against gravity
The Giants out hit the Mets 12 to 9, and outwalked them 6 to 4. They had 14 opportunities with at least one runner in scoring position with four hits; the Mets had just two in eight. San Francisco had one Rafael Devers, who went 3-for-4 with 5 RBIs, New York had no Devers. What […]
Weekend BP: Giants announce schedule for mythical Spring Training
On Friday, the San Francisco Giants announced their tentative 2027 Spring Training schedule. “Tentative” is not their word choice. They just opted for a straight up Spring Training schedule. “Tentative” is my word choice, because friends … there probably ain’t gonna be a Spring Training. Or at least, it probably won’t be in spring. A […]
9/4 Gamethread: Giants @ Mets
A new series is about to kick off, and it’s unclear if that’s the good news or the bad news. Either way, the San Francisco Giants are visiting the New York Mets, in a battle of the “wow, we really didn’t think we’d be this bad” teams. Taking the mound for the Giants is left-hander […]
Reliever Joel Kuhnel claimed
The Giants have churned themselves a teeny tiny bit more reliever depth with their latest waiver claim. I’m typing this up somewhat slowly in hopes of learning what the corresponding 40-man move will be, but let’s look at this claim real quick just to see if it has any added meaning beyond, “Warm body we […]
Mess vs. Mets Series Preview
Two teams. One direction. When the season began, there were some high expectations for the New York Mets, which had been remade in the offseason by their allegedly awesome President of Baseball Operations, David Stearns. For one brief moment in time, it seemed as though things were going to work out okay. After taking 3 […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 3: Cam Maldonado keeps crushing it
Just three games for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Thursday, as AA Richmond had their game postponed due to weather. They have a doubleheader scheduled for today to make up for it. Here’s what happened in those other games! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed […]
Friday BP: Giants claim Brett Harris off of waivers
The San Francisco Giants spent much of the year acting as though the waiver wire did not exist. But they’re now ending the season by trying to make up for lost time. On Thursday, the team announced that it had claimed infielder Brett Harris off of waivers. Harris had been designated for assignment by the […]
Blade not sharp enough as Giants lose series
28 years ago, American fell in love with a half-human, half-vampire leather-clad vigilante pledged to fight the undead. And Janzen Tidwell’s fell in love with the middle name “Blade.” Wesley Snipes’ character is a Daywalker, meaning that unlike the vampires he hunts, Blade doesn’t suffer the debilitating effects of sunlight that vampires face. It gives […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 2: Joe Whitman doesn’t want to be forgotten
Not many Minor League Baseball roundups are left in the 2026 season, sadly. But all four of the San Francisco Giants A-ball affiliates played on Wednesday, so let’s dig into the action. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in that particular […]
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