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Who is he and where did he come from? He’s Ryan Watson, a right-handed pitcher. He was acquired yesterday in a trade with the Athletics, who had just selected him from the San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 Draft. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and pitched for the Auburn Tigers in college. He […]
From Over the Monster | about 5 hours ago | 0 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! For the first time in my decade-long tenure at McCovey Chronicles, the San Francisco Giants have a new player heading to the Hall of Fame. Earlier this week, it was announced that Jeff Kent would be the lone inductee from this year’s Contemporary Baseball Era committee. Players on this ballot had […]
From McCovey Chronicles | about 9 hours ago | 0 reads
The San Francisco Giants projected to have a fairly busy 2025 Rule 5 Draft, after choosing to make zero protections (thus leaving some intriguing names available), and waiving Marco Luciano to open up a roster spot. And indeed, they had a busy day. The Giants lost a pair of arms in the Major League portion […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Since being selected by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 2022 MLB Draft, Daniel Susac has made a steady climb through the minor leagues. But his path to the majors with the A’s was blocked by other catchers in the system. As a result, the A’s did not put Susac on their […]
From Arizona Desert Swarm | 1 day ago | 0 reads
With Edwin Díaz departing for Los Angeles, the Mets still have substantial work to do on filling out their 2026 bullpen. Jon Heyman is reporting that the team is potentially interested in a reunion with Tyler Rogers, whom the Mets traded for mid-season from the San Francisco Giants. Rogers, 34, is a seven-year MLB veteran […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 1 day ago | 0 reads
For the second consecutive year, the Twins have made a pick in the Rule 5 draft. Like last year’s choice, the player selected will not make Minnesota’s roster. While the team dipped into the pitching pool last year with reliever Eiberson Castellano, they took a position player this season, selecting catcher Daniel Susac from the […]
From Twinkie Town | 1 day ago | 0 reads
The 2025 Giants wound up right about where they were expected to be even though they could’ve been a little bit better than 81-81. For the third year in a row, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections for the 2026 San Francisco Giants see them flirting with .500 but with enough in-house talent already to push that […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Within the next hour or so, the San Francisco Giants will likely add a few prospects in the Minor League phase of the Rule 5 Draft … and maybe even one in the Major League phase. If they do, those players will join the many, many prospects vying for a spot on the 2026 Willie […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants recently announced their planned promotions for the first half of the 2026 season. So let’s take a look at the highlights. Firstly, as McCovey Chronicles’ resident Brandon Belt superfan, I am delighted to report that the team will be hosting a Brandon Belt Celebration Day event on […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 1 day ago | 1 read
The San Francisco Giants haven’t made any moves at the Winter Meetings, but it’s still been a productive week for them because of what happened on Tuesday at the draft lottery. Despite having just the 12th-best odds heading into the lottery, the Giants had good news roll their way, and landed the fourth overall pick […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 2 days ago | 0 reads
Jeff Kent was elected to the HOF as the anti-Barry Bonds. But with his support of Prop 8, he has his own skeletons in his closet. The post Jeff Kent’s anti–gay marriage donation exposes the Hall of Fame’s ‘character clause’ for the sham it is appeared first on Outsports .
From Outsports | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Note: Today is nomination day! Head to the comment section to nominate the next group of prospects to be included in Wednesday’s CPL. We’re now in the thick of the Winter Meetings, and while we wait for Buster Posey and Zack Minasian to do something, we’ll continue with our time-honored offseason project of ranking the […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Meet the Mets Thanks to the Veterans Committee, Jeff Kent became the 18th Met in team history to be selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with another hopefully a few weeks away. Along with the Baltimore Orioles and the San Francisco Giants, the Mets met with Framber Valdez’s camp at some point during the […]
From Amazin' Avenue | 3 days ago | 0 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 […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 3 days ago | 0 reads
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From CrickTale | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Jeff Kent, longtime second baseman who played for six teams but had his best years with the San Francisco Giants, has been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era Committee. Kent received votes from 14 of the 16 committee members, two more than the amount necessary to be elected. Carlos Delgado […]
From Lone Star Ball | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s been a bit slow on the San Francisco Giants news front during this not-so-hot stove season. So today I thought we could watch something fun to help keep warm (both mentally and physically, as it’s been absolutely freezing in Northern California this week). So let’s take a look at a […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 5 days ago | 0 reads
The Marco Luciano era is over for the San Francisco Giants, and it’s hard to not feel poignant about it. On Friday, the team quietly announced that Luciano had been claimed off of waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, a popular home for former Giants top prospects, as Joey Bart, Alexander Canario, Bryan Reynolds, Kyle Crick, […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 6 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 6 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 6 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 7 days ago | 0 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 […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 7 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 7 days ago | 1 read
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. […]
From McCovey Chronicles | 8 days ago | 1 read
I’m going to go through the players on the Contemporary Baseball Era Player ballot over the next couple of days, because they are voting on the weekend. Jeff Kent had his 10 tries on the regular ballot, his last one in 2023. He was on 46.5% of the Writers’ ballots, that time, the high point […]
From Bluebird Banter | 8 days ago | 1 read