Where we tend to talk about the recent past a lot
The Winter Meetings start this weekend, and there’s one topic on the mind of Buster Posey and every other executive gathered in Orlando: the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. Our communal ranking of the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization is obviously the most critical thing that happens in the […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Yesterday, San Francisco Giants General Manager Zack Minasian made an appearance on KNBR in which he confirmed Bob Nightengale’s social media post stating that the team was finalizing a deal with Ron Washington to join their coaching staff, most likely as an infield coach. Washington, of course, has had an extensive […]
3 months ago | 9 reads
2025 stats: 76 G, 191 PA, .264/.309/.368, 94 OPS+ (91 wRC+), 1.9 bWAR… 0.00 ERA I’ve always thought it’d be fun to compile an encyclopedia of all the San Francisco Giants utility infielders in the 21st century. A completely frivolous tome of all the what was his name again players that scratch together 150 to […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
On Monday, news broke about the San Francisco Giants that was both deeply disappointing and not particularly surprising. On Tuesday, news broke about the San Francisco Giants that was both extremely shocking and quite exciting. Monday’s news was that the Giants are not willing to spend the requisite buckeroos to make a competitive offer for […]
3 months ago | 9 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reported that infielder Casey Schmitt had undergone surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday. Schmitt is right-handed, which means that the surgery was on his glove hand, which should help recovery go more smoothly. Per Pavlovic’s post on social media, the […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
The Winter Meetings are right around the corner, so hold on to your hats: the MLB offseason is about to get wild. Or perhaps mild. We’ll soon find out. Until then, it’s time to continue on our many-months long quest to, as a group, rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
You know, as cranky as some of the fandom has become over the past few days as it becomes clear the Giants are using the press to either tamp down fan enthusiasm about free agency or short circuit Scott Boras’s efforts to use them (again) as a stalking horse, it’s still the case that the […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Yesterday, Steven wrote about the news that the San Francisco Giants are reportedly not interested in spending the money it would take to pursue Japanese RHP Tatsuya Imai, or really any big name I cannot improve upon Steven’s commentary, because it is absolutely spot-on. Personally, I can’t say that I’m surprised […]
3 months ago | 5 reads
2025 stats: 3 G (2 GS) 15 IP 1.80 ERA / 2.54 FIP, 14 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1.00 WHIP, 53.5 GB%, +0.4 fWAR Trevor McDonald didn’t appear in a Giants uniform until September 16th in relief of Tristan Beck who left after 3 innings and the team up on the Diamondbacks 5-3. In […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
“Never!” should be your answer. No good San Francisco Giants fan would ever dream of trading the team’s ace. That’s Buster Posey’s job, and if he’s going to be any good as a President of Baseball Operations going forward, he ought to start popping ashwagandha pills before bed. Yesterday, Andrew Baggarly wrote an article for […]
3 months ago | 7 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 […]
3 months ago | 10 reads
The rising excitement around a feast of positive rumors from last week seemed to suggest the San Francisco Giants were primed to sign Japanese starter Tatsuya Imai. Well, that turkey has dried out. All the optimism and hope surrounding Imai is now painfully naive in-light of Monday’s news. The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, citing club sources, […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
The calendars have flipped over to December, which means baseball moves are incoming. Buckle up, folks: there will be signings and tradings galore before you know it. Some might even be made by the team you’re rooting for! But while that all happens in the forefront of the league, we have our side quest to […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! We hope you had a great holiday weekend! Over the weekend, I asked you all to share your favorite home runs of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I wanted to get into our favorite defensive plays of the 2025 season. There were a LOT of great plays and catches […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
2025 stats (with SFG): 13 G 48.2 IP 6.47 ERA / 3.65 FIP, 43 K, 20 BB, 3 HR, 1.54 WHIP, 56.4 GB%, +0.7 fWAR Unlike Kyle Harrison’s player review, a look at his whole season won’t be necessary to get a sense of his performance. The Giants have not been able to build up […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
A buffet of juicy gossip and rumors weighed down Giants fans’s tables this Thanksgiving week. A real horn o’ plenty overflowing with speculation about San Francisco landing Japanese right-hander Tatsuya Imai, who many consider to be one of the top starting pitchers available this winter. The Giants front office has been linked to Imai long […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Today, I wanted to see what everyone’s favorite home runs of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season were. Personally, I feel as though we were blessed with an abundance of my absolute favorite type of home run this season. Grand slams against the Los […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
The San Francisco Giants have made their first Major League signing of the offseason, and they waited until a federal holiday to do it. I’m sure that wasn’t their intention — nothing has been made official or announced by the team — but it’s when the news broke. On Thanksgiving morning, FanSided’s Robert Murray reported […]
3 months ago | 8 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! And Happy Thanksgiving to those who partake! Today, as many of us will be doing around the table later on, I wanted to reach out and see what everyone is thankful for from this year’s San Francisco Giants team. I know, I know. It wasn’t the most memorable of seasons. But […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
Today is nomination day! Head to the comment section to nominate the next batch of prospects before Monday’s CPL, and click the “rec” button to cast your vote for the names you agree with. We’re starting to get into the portion of the offseason where rumors and reports of signings and trades will dominate the […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! Not only is it Wednesday, but it’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, which means that many of you are likely going to be hard at work preparing for tomorrow’s festivities, traveling to partake in festivities elsewhere, or bored at a relative’s house (or at work) and looking for something to do. To […]
3 months ago | 6 reads
2025 stats (both SFG & BOS): 11 G 35.2 IP, 4.04 ERA / 3.72 FIP, 38 K, 14 BB, 4 HR, 1.27 WHIP, 39 GB%, +0.5 fWAR, big part of the Rafael Devers trade Usually, these year end player reviews focus on what a player did for the Giants, but it’s tough to talk about […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! I’ve been a little distracted over the last couple of weeks, so I completely missed the fact that the 2026 Hall of Fame ballots had been announced. The most notable name on the ballot for San Francisco Giants fans this year will be none other than former outfielder and current broadcaster […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! The Women’s Professional Baseball League draft took place last Thursday, with San Francisco receiving the first pick. With that first pick, San Francisco chose RHP Kelsie Whitmore! Whitmore has strong ties to California, as she’s from San Diego, played softball for Cal State Fullerton, and has played professionally with the Sonoma […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
The San Francisco Giants resigned infielder Osleivis Basabe to a new minor league contract. Basabe was traded from the Tampa Bay Rays last February and logged 477 PA, playing in 125 games for Triple-A Sacramento over the 2025 season. The 24 year old didn’t do much to distinguish himself offensively and was booted from the […]
4 months ago | 8 reads