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McCovey Chronicles

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Where we tend to talk about the recent past a lot

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Tuesday BP: Who would be to blame for another work stoppage?

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! Keeping with the theme of the week (the potential work stoppage after the upcoming season), today’s question: Who would be to blame […]

15 days ago | 3 reads

A flurry of contact from Arraez

Spring Training is a mirage. It’s a wavery vision that sits atop the horizon, and in this oasis, we see what we want to see, trying to discern, predict, manifest, what lies further on up the road in the regular season.  I put this into practice as I ventured out into the blizzard currently pummeling […]

MLB

15 days ago | 1 read

2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 44

We have reached the final chapter in the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List! Just one more ballot must be submitted, and then we will have successfully ranked the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. And with time to spare, I might add! The penultimate name on our list is someone […]

15 days ago | 5 reads

Monday BP: How worried are you about a work stoppage?

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: How worried are you about a work stoppage? The current collective bargaining agreement expires on December 1st of this year, […]

16 days ago | 4 reads

Baseball at its finest.

New manager Tony Vitello is new to life in the Majors. He’s never experienced baseball like this first hand. Quality at this quantity right between the eyes. The Big Time. The Show. Professionalism oozing from the pores of the ticket scanners to the players. These diamonds shine — even in Spring Training.   Five pitches […]

MLB

16 days ago | 1 read

Giants start the spring with a win

Spring Training is a funny time. It’s funny for a lot of reasons, but it’s funny first and foremost because games aren’t binary. In the postseason, you either win or you lose; there’s no in between. In the regular season, you either win or you lose, but you can have relatively bad wins and relatively […]

17 days ago | 4 reads

Weekend BP: Who do you think the fanbase tends to overrate?

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: Who do you think the fanbase tends to overrate? Personally, I have no business answering this question. That would be […]

18 days ago | 4 reads

Player review: Logan Webb

2025 stats: 34 GS, 207 IP, 3.22 ERA, 2.60 FIP, 9.7 K/9, 2.0 BB/9, 0.61 HR/9, 5.5 fWAR Writing out Logan Webb’s statline just now made me giggle. A 2.60 FIP in 207 innings? That’s not real. That’s silly. On the other hand, that sort of feeling generally defines the feeling of Logan Webb pitch. […]

MLB

18 days ago | 1 read

Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 43

We’re so close to two very pivotal things! The start of baseball, and the end of the Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. On Saturday, the San Francisco Giants play their first Cactus League game of the year. On Wednesday, we wrap up the communal rankings of the top 44 prospects in the organization. Taking […]

18 days ago | 4 reads

Player review: Mike Yastrzemski

2025 stats: (w/Giants) 97 G, 372 PA, 8 HR, 28 RBI, 6 SB, .231/.330/.355, 12.6 BB%, 23.1 K%, 95 wRC+, 1.0 fWAR If you’ve been a Giants fan for more than 7 years, then 2025 would’ve marked the end of one of the most stable relationships a fan has ever had with a player on […]

19 days ago | 4 reads

Friday BP: If you could change one moment in franchise history, what would it be?

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: If you could change one moment in franchise history, what would it be? My brain instantly thinks of the 2002 […]

19 days ago | 2 reads

Player reviews: Carson Whisenhunt and the pitching depth

Heading into last year’s Spring Training, one-time pitching coach J.P. Martinez was excited by the prospect of having “15 or 16 legitimate starters” to work with and the overall feeling that — especially with the signing of Justin Verlander — the team had an almost glut of pitching depth. Depth doesn’t always mean starting pitching, […]

19 days ago | 2 reads

Player reviews: Remembering some hitters

Every season, there are a handful of players who come and go and quickly become the tougher parts of a roster quiz a decade or two from now. The 2025 Giants had a lot of familiar faces from the churn era but managed to sprinkle in a couple of new guys. Because we’re just a […]

19 days ago | 2 reads

Thursday BP: What would be the darkest timeline for this season?

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: What would be the darkest timeline for this season? For those unfamiliar with the premise of the “darkest timeline,” it’s […]

20 days ago | 2 reads

Giants spring training broadcast and radio schedule

The Cactus League is upon us! Baseball is here! It’s an especially exciting time for San Francisco Giants fans. Not only do we get our first glimpse of how the team will perform under the leadership of trailblazing manager Tony Vitello, but we also get to see tons of exciting prospects in action. The Giants […]

20 days ago | 2 reads

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, […]

20 days ago | 3 reads

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 […]

21 days ago | 5 reads

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 […]

21 days ago | 4 reads

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 […]

22 days ago | 3 reads

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 […]

23 days ago | 3 reads

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 […]

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24 days ago | 1 read

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 […]

25 days ago | 3 reads

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 […]

25 days ago | 4 reads

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 […]

25 days ago | 7 reads