The opposition to a handful of San Francisco Giants players for celebrating Pride Night last Friday escalated further. While MLB had already warned them for putting personalized writings on their official game-day caps, the U.S. Department of Justice has now taken note and opened an investigation into employee discrimination. Giants players Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, […]
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The San Francisco Giants produced one of baseball’s strangest defensive highlights Friday night, and Ryan Walker turned it into an out. His quick improvisation against the Miami Marlins gave the game a rare moment at loanDepot Park. Walker faced Heriberto Hernandez in the seventh inning of a tight game when the Marlins designated hitter chopped […]
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Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close this weekend, so it’s time for us to pick our Player of the Week! This week, I’m giving the honors to Luis Arraez! And not just because he’s the only Giants player currently with any chance of being an All […]
The San Francisco Giants are embroiled in a scandal completely of their own making. And it just keeps getting worse. The San Francisco Chronicle published a piece on Friday that confirms what I said in my opinion post on Thursday. The players were not forced to wear the Pride hats that members of the team […]
The San Francisco Giants would like to be in sell mode. Specifically, on their big-name, big-money veterans. That would include Rafael Devers, Willy Adames and Matt Chapman. But according to insider Jeff Passan , only one of those three is realistically tradeable. " Nobody is taking Rafael Devers unless San Francisco pays down significantly the $211 million he is owed after this season or takes on bad contracts. The same goes for Willy Adames , whose defense has gone in the wrong directi...
As a Black trans Christian, I have serious issues with the selective outrage of these San Francisco Giants pitchers and their Pride caps.
The San Francisco Giants are headed even farther south today as they begin a weekend road series against the Miami Marlins. Taking the mound for the Giants will be noted bigot Landen Roupp. Roupp enters today’s game with a 4.24 ERA, 2.96 FIP, with 82 strikeouts to 32 walks in 74.1 innings pitched. His last […]
Good afternoon everyone, it’s time to dive back into the mailbag and answer some of your questions. Remember to send in your questions for our weekly call by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com. The idiot that said, “Harper is coming” asks: According to reports, the SF Giants are listening to offers on Matt Chapman, […]
On Friday night, the Atlanta Braves will be back at Truist Park to host the Milwaukee Brewers for a three-game series.The Braves most recently dropped two games (also at home) to the San Francisco Giants.They lost Wednesday night’s game by a score of 7-5.Austin Riley (who batted 5th) finished with three hits, one RBI and […]
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On Friday night, the San Francisco Giants will begin a three-game series with the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park.Most recently, the Giants won 7-5 against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.Rafael Devers went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in the win.San Francisco Giants Announce Rafael Devers DecisionAhead of the series opener with the Marlins, […]
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The Philadelphia Phillies are reportedly looking for back of the starting rotation help via trades. After Andrew Painter’s demotion and Aaron Nola’s sky-high ERA 1/3rd of the way through the season, the Phillies, if they want to make noise in the MLB playoffs and keep pace with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves, should […]
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As the trade deadline draws nearer, teams are going to start shifting into the buyer or seller categories. The Giants are reportedly leaning towards the sell side. Their division rivals in Arizona are leaning the other way. “I’m planning on buying,” general manager Mike Hazen tells the Wolf & Luke show. It’s not really a […]
You probably don’t remember the hiccup in time when infielder Otto Lopez was a San Francisco Giant, but it did happen. For 5 weeks or so, the team had a 25-year old second baseman who had hit .300/.365/.413 in 2,255 minor league plate appearances. Then, they designated him for assignment and he was claimed by […]
The San Francisco Giants are struggling mightily in Tony Vitello’s first season as manager. Now, the franchise is ready to host a full blown fire sale. Amongst the players who could be dealt is third baseman Matt Chapman. And in terms of teams who could acquire him, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand sees the St. Louis Cardinals […]
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Anti-gay politicians and pundits are now weaponizing the Justice Department with a new investigation into MLB over the Giants Pride Night.
Buster Posey wants to blow up the Giants roster. The problem: three of his biggest contracts have no-trade clauses, and the fourth belongs to a player no one wants to absorb. Here’s who survives the deadline, and why.
On Friday night, the Houston Astros will open up a series with the Cleveland Guardians in Texas.They are coming off a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday (also at home).Houston Astros Release 5-Year MLB PlayerAhead of Friday’s game, the Astros released Carlos Pérez from their organization.MLB.com wrote: “Sugar Land Space Cowboys released C […]
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There are three false myths conservative culture warriors are spreading about the San Francisco Giants Pride Night debacle. Here's the truth.
The New York Yankees are having a strong season, sitting at 45-28, with the best record in the AL, leading the AL East by three games. But that has not stopped the Yanks from pursuing trades to improve their team. Now, there have been reports that they could have an interest in a Giants’ infielder […]
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During the 4th inning of Wednesday’s second game against the Braves, the Giants’ broadcasters used the occasion of Mike Yastrzemski, current Brave and former right-fielder for Giants, stepping into the box to discuss the defensive skills of his “protegé,” Jung Hoo Lee. Dave Flemming deemed Lee “a worthy successor.” Javy Lopez described Lee’s play in […]
If you’re no stranger to McCovey Chronicles, then you’re probably aware that I’ve been pretty critical of Buster Posey during his tenure. Err, during his tenure as president of baseball operations, I should specify. Not sure I ever had a criticism of Posey during his tenure as Face of the Franchise/Captain America/All-World Catcher/Hugger Extraordinaire/Three-Time Champion. […]
The San Francisco Giants are 31-43, 16.5 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, and per Buster Olney of ESPN , open to offers on their three highest-paid position players, including shortstop Willy Adames. Adames is in the second year of a seven-year, $182 million contract, the largest deal in Giants history, and has struggled to live up to it.
He is slashing .229/.274/.434 with 13 home runs, 31 RBIs, and a .708 OPS across 307 plate appearances this season, numbers that follow two underwhe...
The Twins announced the passing of longtime MLB reliever Al Worthington on Thursday evening. He was 97. Worthington, a product of the University of Alabama, signed with the Cubs to begin his professional career in 1951. Chicago traded him to the then New York Giants after one minor league season. The 6’2″ righty broke into MLB […]
On Friday night, the Atlanta Braves will open up a series with the Milwaukee Brewers at Truist Park in Georgia.The Braves are coming off a series where they dropped two straight games to the San Francisco Giants.Ahead of Friday’s game, they announced that they had made a trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates.The Braves wrote (via […]
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Despite having tonight’s scheduled series finale against the San Francisco Giants rained out well ahead of first pitch, the Atlanta Braves are still up burning the midnight oil while trying to figure things out with their roster. The latest bit of shuffling sees the Braves going back to addressing their catcher situation, as they’ve brought […]