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8/22 Gamethread: Giants @ Red Sox
It’s time for the meat between the baseball bread that is the sandwich series. Or something like that. In other words, it’s Game 2 of the three-game set between the San Francisco Giants and the Boston Red Sox. Righty Blade Tidwell takes the mound for San Francisco, as he makes his 12th appearance and fourth […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close this weekend, so it’s time to make our picks for Player of the Week! This week, I’m going with a player who made their MLB debut and did pretty well, all things considered. My pick this week is pitcher Matt […]
Certain horrors
Some things just can’t be unseen. Certain horrors that slash across one’s field of vision scar the irises. Blink, and they are there. Blink…still there. Logan Webb, as he closes his eyes tonight, will see such a fright: a baseball, once so intimately held in his hand made completely foreign: a golf ball, a satellite, […]
8/21 Gamethread: Giants @ Red Sox
The San Francisco Giants head to Fenway Park today to begin a weekend series against the Boston Red Sox. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters today’s game with a 3.50 ERA, 3.17 FIP, with 110 strikeouts to 32 walks in 139 innings pitched. His last start was in […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 20: Yunior Marte and Cesar Perdomo shove
A busy and exciting day for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates. Let’s talk about what happened! 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 small bit of news. AA Richmond placed utility player […]
Giants-Red Sox Series Preview
Through June, the 2026 Red Sox were 37-47 and 13 games out of first place in the AL East. They’d fired their long-time manager Alex Cora after a 10-17 start and “Chief Baseball Officer” Craig Breslow seemed destined for the fate of all the team’s top baseball execs after Theo Epstein broke the franchise’s championship […]
Friday BP: This is a Willy Adames appreciation post
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants may have lost yesterday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything to celebrate. Willy Adames hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning, scoring Rafael Devers and giving the Giants their only two runs of the game. But […]
Patty Barrels Will Have His Revenge On San Francisco
With one out in the 8th inning of Thursday’s afternoon rubber match, Cleveland Guardians center fielder Petey Halpin singled, then got caught leaning by JT Brubaker. The pickoff throw went to Bryce Eldridge, who ran Halpin to Willy Adames, who threw to Osleivis Basabe, who dropped the ball. Three pitches later, Halpin was at third […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 19: Argenis Cayama and Sabin Ceballos dominate
The ACL season is over, and the DSL regular season is over. The games are dwindling, but all four of the San Francisco Giants A-ball Minor League affiliates were in action on Wednesday, so let’s talk about it! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are […]
Giants place Keaton Winn on 15-Day IL, recall Reiver Sanmartin
The San Francisco Giants made a roster switch on Thursday, ahead of their day game finale against the Cleveland Guardians. And it hurts an already struggling bullpen. Prior to the game, the Giants announced that right-handed reliever Keaton Winn had been placed on the 15-Day Injured List, retroactive to Wednesday, with right elbow neuritis. It’s […]
Thursday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Guardians
The San Francisco Giants conclude this three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this morning. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 4.31 ERA, 3.62 FIP, with 128 strikeouts to 60 walks in 129.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-2 loss […]
‘Tugboat’ leads Giants to shutout victory in Cleveland
Sometimes when a ship is floundering, sitting dead in the water with no momentum, they just need a little help from a tugboat to make it safely into the harbor. In 2026, the San Francisco Giants are that sinking ship. Wednesday night in Cleveland, Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson was that tugboat. Beefy 23-year-old rookie left-hander Wilkinson […]
8/19 Gamethread: Giants @ Guardians
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this afternoon. Getting the start for the Giants today, and making his major league debut, will be left-hander Matt Wilkinson. Wilkinson has a 3.40 ERA for the season in the minors, with 96 strikeouts to 31 walks in 90 innings pitched over […]
Giants officially call up Matt Wilkinson; claim Philip Abner off waivers
Since getting functionally eliminated from the playoffs, the San Francisco Giants have been a lot more eager to make roster moves. And on Wednesday they were back at it, making a handful of moves before Game 2 of their three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians. The big news was already known: left-handed pitcher Matt Wilkinson […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 18: Cam Maldonado homers (again), Jose Ortiz returns
A fun day of Minor League Baseball games for the San Francisco Giants affiliates. Here’s everything that happened on Tuesday, as well as the Dominican Summer League games from Monday. 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 […]
Wednesday BP: Watch Jeff Kent’s Hall of Fame journey
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants had a rare entry into the baseball Hall of Fame this season, as Jeff Kent was inducted earlier this summer. The Giants’ social media team released a documentary on their YouTube channel that I thought we could take a look at today. The video follows Kent’s career […]
Adell rolls Giants into the deep
One week after his best start of the season, Carson Whisenhunt wasn’t fooling anyone on the Cleveland Guardians. Especially not Jo Adell. Adell drove in six runs in his first three trips to the plate, setting a career high in the game’s first four innings. He hit Cleveland’s longest home run of the season (455 […]
Giants fan survey: How will a lockout impact 2027?
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. The 2026 season has been full of bad news for the San Francisco Giants and their fans. And if you’re an optimist who sees a light […]
8/18 Gamethread: Giants @ Guardians
The San Francisco Giants begin a three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, who enters today’s game with a 6.11 ERA, 5.40 FIP, with 22 strikeouts to 18 walks in 28 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 4-1 win […]
Everything we think we know about the 2028 All-Star Game (so far)
On Friday, we got confirmation that San Francisco would be the host city for Major League Baseball’s 2028 All-Star Game. It’s very cool news and it gives us all something to look forward to as we wait for the Giants’ next competitive window to open in 2030. And, of course, it’s more than just the […]
Mayer of Beantown
Last week, SB Nation Reacts polled Giants fans with a surprisingly complicated question: Who should be the starting second baseman next year? Casey Schmitt had been penciled in for that position post-Luis Arraez trade, but his meniscus had other plans. Still, the idea that he’d simply take the position following rehab and possibly to start […]
Series Preview: Bailey v. Tugboat
Did Buster Posey’s gamble in trading Gold Glove catcher Patrick Bailey over three months ago pay off? Since very little about this team makes sense (and even less of it has been successful), skepticism ought to be warranted; but, that hasn’t been the case. I think it was perhaps foolish to trade him, but the […]
Tuesday BP: Firebells Update
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s time to check in on the San Francisco Firebells, who (as of the time this is being written) currently lead the Women’s Professional Baseball League with a 5-2 record! Here’s a rundown of how they’ve done since our last update: First up, they were defeated 12-3 by the Los Angeles […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 14-16: Bo Davidson cannot be stopped
A rather poor weekend for the San Francisco Giants, but a tremendously exciting weekend for their Minor League Baseball affiliates. Let’s dive into the 15 games that were played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in […]
Giants to call up left-hander Matt Wilkinson
The San Francisco Giants, as teams that are functionally eliminated from postseason contention should be doing, have turned to a youth movement in recent weeks. And that youth movement is taking another step forward. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Giants are calling up 23-year old left-handed pitcher Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson. The Giants have an […]
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