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Tuesday BP: Watch a Puerto Rican team dinner with the Giants
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants’ social media team released a video little while back that I didn’t get a chance to share until now. I would like to extend my apologies in advance to Brady and every other Heliot Ramos fan in the audience. I’m not trying to poke at those wounds, […]
8/10 Gamethread: Giants vs. Astros
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Houston Astros to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Blade Tidwell, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.18 ERA, 3.20 FIP, with 13 strikeouts to four walks in 17 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
Giants call up catcher Zach Morgan for MLB debut, place Daniel Susac on 10-Day IL
The San Francisco Giants have had nine different players make their MLB debuts this year, and they’re gunning for a 10th. On Monday, about an hour before starting a home series against the Houston Astros, the Giants announced that catcher Zach Morgan had his contract purchased from AAA Sacramento. Morgan’s promotion comes shortly after the […]
Giants injuries: Daniel Susac has a patella fracture and Matt Chapman to have season-ending surgery
Mondays have a way of bringing bad news to workers all over the country, and baseball players are certainly not exempt. On Monday, the San Francisco Giants announced bad news for a pair of their players. On the unsurprising front, third baseman Matt Chapman will have surgery tomorrow, which should formally end his 2026 season. […]
Giants weekend Minor League Baseball roundup, August 7-9: Jonah Cox and Josuar González are red hot
A busy and fun weekend for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates. Let’s get into it! 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 High-A Eugene shortstop Jhonny Level (No. 3 CPL) has been named the […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s a new week of San Francisco Giants baseball, so let’s take a look at what’s on deck for the week. First up, the interleague play continues as the Giants welcome the Houston Astros to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. After that, the Colorado Rockies come to town […]
Pitching duel won by Webb, game lost by offense
For the third consecutive series, the Giants have won the opener and lost the last two. While quality pitching, along with some shoddy defense, couldn’t sustain itself over the entire game on Saturday, blame for Sunday’s extra inning 3-1 loss rests solely on the shoulders of San Francisco’s hitters. After Willy Adames’s 5th inning solo […]
8/9 Gamethread: Giants vs. Tigers
It’s rubber match time. The San Francisco Giants won on Friday, and the Detroit Tigers won on Saturday. Now we find out who wins the series! Righty Logan Webb takes the mound for the Giants, and makes his 21st start. The three-time All-Star is 7-7 on the year, with a 3.74 ERA, a 3.30 FIP, […]
Pitching duel devolves into a blowout
The infield of the 2014 World Series Champions haven’t thrown the ball around the horn in years, but the shadow they cast is a long one. Pablo spread-eagled in foul territory after squeezing Game 7’s final out. Posey wrapping Bumgarner up in his arms. The 4-6-3 double play, the Panik dive and glove flip, the […]
Sunday BP: Firebells Round-Up
Good morning, baseball fans! The first week of the Women’s Professional Baseball League is in the books, so let’s take a look at how the San Francisco Firebells did, and what’s coming up this week. The Firebells kicked off their season with an 11-3 win over the Boston Hunters on Sunday. Kelsie Whitmore went three […]
8/8 Gamethread: Giants vs. Tigers
It’s time for Game 2 in the three-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers. Righty Landen Roupp takes the mound for San Francisco, as the 27-year old makes his 23rd start of the year. Roupp is 7-10 with a 4.34 ERA, a 3.47 FIP, and 120 strikeouts to 52 walks in […]
Perfect in their imperfections
The Detroit Tigers outhit the Giants 11 to 5 on Friday night. They outwalked them too, 4 to 3, and earned 12 at-bats with a runner in scoring position while San Francisco had just 4. The visitors had hot bats in Kevin McGonigle, who reached base four times, and Spencer Torkelson, who reached thrice; and […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to an end this weekend, so it’s time to decide who we think was the Player of the Week! And listen, I know that I’m biased here. I’ve said as much in the past. I don’t intentionally choose Jung Hoo Lee just because […]
8/7 Gamethread: Giants vs. Tigers
The San Francisco Giants head back home to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. As of the time this is being written, the Giants have not yet announced a starting pitcher for tonight’s game. Good old element of surprise. Gotta love the consistency there. Anyway, you can head down […]
Giants call up Trent Harris for MLB debut
It’s the time in the season where bad teams, such as the San Francisco Giants, shift their focus from winning games to trying out new talents, and seeing who can stick. We’ve already seen a pair of MLB debuts in the last week, and now we’re getting a third. On Friday, ahead of their series […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 6: Henry Lalane and Marty Gair dazzle in debuts
Six games for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Thursday. Not all six teams played, though, as AA Richmond had a doubleheader, while the Dominican Summer League Black squad had the day off. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position […]
Buster Posey’s deadline moves play into Tony Vitello’s strengths
Nationally, during this disaster of a season, there has been some speculation that the San Francisco Giants could pull the plug on their unique gamble of hiring the green Tony Vitello as their manager after just one season. In total, that mindset seemed shortsighted and a knee-jerk reaction. Yet, after this week’ massive roster overhaul […]
Friday BP: Oracle Park promotions this weekend
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants head home this weekend for a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. So it’s time to take a look at what Oracle Park has on deck for fans this weekend. Tonight is Top Gun Night at Oracle Park. There are two separate special event tickets required for […]
Giants-Tigers Series Preview
You’ll be relieved to know that these 2026 Giants are still 4 games off the pace of the 100-loss 1985 Giants. Will that have any bearing on this weekend’s series against the Detroit Tigers aka The Team That Just Traded The Best Pitcher In The World To The Los Angeles Dodgers? Well, if they’re swept, […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 5: The day for the Js!
Apologies for the late Minor League Baseball roundup, but the Mike Krukow news set me back a bit today, both emotionally and in terms of labor. So let’s speed run Wednesday’s games from the San Francisco Giants affiliates … it was a great day for players whose name starts with a J! Link to the […]
Mike Krukow announces that he’ll retire at the end of the season
It’s been an awful season for the San Francisco Giants, in virtually every way imaginable. But on Thursday morning, arguably the hardest piece of news all season landed: Mike Krukow is retiring. The beloved broadcaster announced on Thursday morning that the 2026 season will be his last in the booth. The news was shared via […]
Thursday BP: Injury updates galore
Buried under the countless moves that the San Francisco Giants have made this week is the fact that the team released a whole bunch of injury updates on Tuesday. Most notably, Matt Chapman had an MRI that revealed a core muscle injury, and is meeting with a specialist next week. Surgery is on the table, […]
Road to Nowhere
I listened to most of the Giants 6-nuthin’ loss to the Texas Ranger while driving on the freeway. The context was fitting. The stretch of I-95 from Portland, Maine to Boston, like much of east coast road travel, is tree-lined. While for a Californian, the dense summer growth of the woods and the thick green […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 4: Hunter Dryden powers a good day on the farm
Apologies for not having a weekend Minor League Baseball roundup. With the San Francisco Giants being so active at the deadline, I just wasn’t able to find the time to cover the weekend’s games. But I’m here to talk about what went down on Tuesday! Just five games for the Giants affiliates, as AA Richmond […]
Wednesday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Rangers
Good morning, baseball fans! Since the San Francisco Giants have a morning game today, I thought we’d go ahead and just combine the BP and Gamethreads for today. Unfortunately, as of the time this is being written, neither team has announced a starting pitcher. I would imagine that is probably because neither team is entirely […]
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