Where we tend to talk about the recent past a lot
The San Francisco Giants have kept their cards remarkably close to their chest during Buster Posey’s year-plus tenure. The Willy Adames signing a year ago was surprising, and the Rafael Devers trade was downright shocking. On the surface, Posey and the ownership crew have been a little bit more open going into their second offseason. […]
25 days ago | 4 reads
2025 stats (with SFG): 27 G, 25.1 IP, 3.91 ERA / 2.66 FIP, 24 K, 10 BB, 0 HR, 1.50 WHIP, 52.7 GB%, +0.5 fWAR Waiver claims aren’t lottery tickets like prospects are, they’re an arcade game. A player’s history is the same as staring and watching the high score screen on a loop or […]
26 days ago | 5 reads
Pirates starter Paul Skenes took home the 2025 National League Cy Young Award in an unanimous decision. This isn’t really news. There is no surprise here. The hardware had his name etched on it in September. Skenes followed up his Rookie of the Year campaign by leading all of baseball with a 1.97 ERA over […]
26 days ago | 0 reads
2025 stats: 125 G (463 PA), .241 /.307/ .379, 16 HR, 71 RBI, .164 ISO, 7.3 K%, 19 BB%, 95 wRC+, -0.2 fWAR I don’t know Wilmer Flores. Have never met him, will never meet him, but he’s my friend. He’s our friend. And I say that as someone who prefers to leave celebrities alone […]
26 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! We have an argument for the ages today. Ever since Madison Bumgarner entered Game 7 of the 2014 World Series in relief for the San Francisco Giants, managers everywhere have been attempting to copy that strategy, to varying levels of success. We saw it again in this year’s World Series Game […]
26 days ago | 5 reads
Former MLB manager Joe Maddon went on KNBR and said he considered the San Francisco Giants hiring Tony Vitello to be “insulting.” Current broadcaster Duane Kuiper said he found Maddon’s insulting comments, well, insulting. Joe Maddon won the World Series with the Chicago Cubs in 2016 and reached the 2008 series with the Tampa Bay […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
It was only yesterday that Buster Posey indicated Tony Vitello’s new coaching staff was “still very much a work in progress,” and yet here we are about 24 hours later and one of the key roles has been seemingly cemented. The Athletic’s Blue Jays beat writer Mitch Bannon has reported Toronto’s assistant hitting coach Hunter […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
It’s that time again: free agency. Where you dream about what the San Francisco Giants might do, and then they almost surely do something else entirely. For a few years now I’ve had an annual article that I write at the beginning of free agency, and you’ve stumbled across this year’s iteration. The goal is […]
27 days ago | 4 reads
Today is nomination day! After voting in today’s CPL, head to the comment section to nominate a new batch of prospects for Friday’s CPL. The 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List keeps chugging along, as we seek to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. And the latest chapter brings […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]
27 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Last week, we talked about the fact that San Francisco is one of the first four cities to get a team for the new Women’s Professional Baseball League starting in 2026. Over the weekend, the draft order was drawn, and it was announced that San Francisco will get first pick! This […]
28 days ago | 0 reads
8:00pm Pacific edit: I added in the amateur draft and international bonus pools, as they weren’t mentioned in the initial draft of the post. Major League Baseball’s General Managers meetings kick off today in Las Vegas and I figured it’s a good time to check in on the team’s payroll situation. My pet project the […]
29 days ago | 4 reads
The 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List cruises forward, as we continue in our quest to communally rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. And the latest chapter brings us a name that I don’t have a lot to write about, other than to say this: I can’t wait to […]
29 days ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]
29 days ago | 4 reads
2025 stats: 19 G (56 PA), .200 / .214/ .364, .164 ISO, 27 K%, 2 BB%, 57 wRC+ Once upon a time, Jerar Encarnación hit a baseball over a wall in Oakland, California. A lot about that sentence is horribly dated, even fantastical. Once upon a time…professional baseball in Oakland…Jerar Encarnación. Such a time did […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! It was announced earlier this week that former San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy will be returning to the organization in an advisory capacity. Bochy was the Giants’ manager from 2007 to 2019, before announcing his retirement. But baseball was not out of his system yet, so he eventually returned to […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Last night, MLB Trade Rumors put out their predictions for this offseason’s top 50 free agents (as they see it). It was mainly a chance to project the free agent contract, but they also voted on each player’s next team. I think you should go read the full post, but for our purposes, I’m going […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
It was somewhat controversial that the San Francisco Giants hired Tennessee coach Tony Vitiello as their new manager, despite his having no professional managing experience. Thursday, the San Diego Padres went a step further and hired a new manager who’s never managed before, anywhere. Craig Stammen spent seven years in the Padres organization as a […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
The 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List keeps chugging along, as we seek to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. And after Wednesday’s chapter, we officially have a top five! Winning the election with roughly 40% of the vote was center fielder Dakota Jordan, who has been ranked as […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! As many of you may already know, San Francisco was named as one of the first four cities to be getting a Women’s Professional Baseball League team, which is really exciting! I’m looking forward to adding coverage of the new team to our regularly scheduled San Francisco Giants coverage. We are […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
There have already been and figure to be dozens upon dozens of articles about which free agents the San Francisco Giants should or could target this offseason, but before getting too deep into that, I figured it’s worth asking which security blankets new manager Tony Vitello might seek out as he undertakes his first year […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
The San Francisco Giants got the offseason started in earnest on Thursday, when they got in on the flurry of minor moves flying around Major League Baseball. The Giants, after declining Tom Murphy’s option, had one opening on their 40-man roster, meaning they could add one player without having to make any corresponding moves. Instead, […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants announced their 2026 Spring Training schedule earlier this week. So let’s gaze longingly at it while the rain pours down around us and the temperatures start to plummet. The Giants will begin the 2026 Cactus League on February 21st, with games running through March 21st. Their first […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
After much speculation, it appears that the San Francisco Giants are closing in on a very sensible hiring. According to a report from The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, the Giants are hiring former MLB manager Jayce Tingler to join debuting manager Tony Vitello’s staff. Given the drastic differences between managing in college and professional baseball, it […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
The MLB offseason is good and fully underway, and we’re gaining a lot of momentum with the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. There have been fantastic discussions and lots of comments as we’ve started to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization … and we still have 40 names […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read