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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 […]
Thursday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Pirates
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this road series against the Pittsburgh Pirates this morning. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Blade Tidwell, who enters this morning’s game with a 4.54 ERA, 4.37 FIP, with 31 strikeouts to 13 walks in 37.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 10-6 […]
Giants play solid and sound baseball, beat Pirates
Let’s play a game of Mad Libs. Here, you give me an adjective. Any adjective. Got one? Okay, great. Here was the sentence we can plug it into: The San Francisco Giants have been [adjective] this season. If you said “bad,” or “pathetic,” or “dysfunctional,” or “worms for brains-esque,” then I regret to inform you […]
9/2 Gamethread: Giants @ Pirates
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Pittsburgh Pirates this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 4.25 ERA, 3.74 FIP, with 133 strikeouts to 66 walks in 139.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 6-1 win […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 1: Jhonny Level and Josuar González preview the future
The Minor League Baseball season is winding down, but there’s still a lot happening. Here’s what went down for the San Francisco Giants affiliates on Tuesday. 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 Lots of movement in […]
Giants fan surveys: Will Barry Bonds ever make the Hall of Fame?
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. It’s been an awful season for the San Francisco Giants, but there have been a lot of opportunities to reminisce. In July, the team drafted Peyton […]
Wednesday BP: What do you think the Giants’ 2027 slogan should be?
Good morning, baseball fans! Last week, our fearless leader Brady and I had an entertaining conversation that stemmed from the San Francisco Giants partnering with Kalshi. I thought I’d share a bit of that because it leads into our prompt for today. It started with Brady ironically using the Giants’ slogan: “It doesn’t get more […]
Aces are wild in 13-12 Giants loss
One thing about aces is that while they’re usually the best card, in some rare games, they’re the lowest. That’s what happened Tuesday in Pittsburgh, when reigning Cy Young winner Paul Skenes faced off against three-time All-Star and one-time pitching WAR second-place finisher Logan Webb. By the bottom of the third inning, Skenes had given […]
9/1 Gamethread: Giants @ Pirates
The San Francisco Giants continue this road trip today as they begin a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters today’s game with a 3.72 ERA, 3.37 FIP, with 118 strikeouts to 36 walks in 147.2 innings pitched. His last start was in […]
September callups: Zach Morgan returns, lefty Ceasr Perdomo added to 40-man
Today is the September 1st roster expansion where teams can go from a 26-man active roster to 28. The San Francisco Giants have added a third catcher to their roster by bringing back Zach Morgan, who’d just been added to the 40-man roster on August 10th; and, a left-handed reliever in 24-year old Cesar Perdomo, […]
Giant-Pirates Preview: Hey, Logan Webb vs. Paul Skenes. That’s cool, right?
Paul Skenes was in the running for best pitcher on the planet after his 1.97 ERA in 187.2 IP last season which netted him the NL Cy Young Award. But here in his age-24 season, his 3.79 ERA on the season has raised questions about just how great he is and will continue to be. […]
Tuesday BP: Firebells Update
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Firebells baseball is in the books, so let’s take a look at how they did and see what’s on deck for this week. First up, the Firebells defeated the Boston Hunters 14-6 on Friday. Kelsie Whitmore got the start for the Firebells, allowing three runs on […]
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