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On Thursday, the 2026 international signing period opened up in baseball. And, as suspected, the San Francisco Giants were waiting in the wings to make a huge splash. The Giants sent a large contingency to their Felipe Alou Baseball Academy in the Dominican Republic, to mark a momentous occasion: the signing of Venezuelan shortstop Luis […]
I think that many would agree that St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom has already accomplished most of his goals for this offseason, but the question of what to do about Brendan Donovan remains. The latest rumors that I can find point to a trade to the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, former San Francisco Giants outfielder Jaylin Davis announced via a social media post that he will be retiring. Davis was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 24th round of the 2015 draft, and made his MLB debut with the Giants back in 2019 after being traded in […]
I understand that the Cubs and the Giants are or have been ‘engaged’. I wish them long happy lives together. But I don’t think Nico Hoerner will be the ring-bearer. The idea has mileage because reputable people have talked about it, but the season was pretty silly before the meetings. I doubt Jeff Passan or […]
Spring Training 2026 is closer than it’s ever been … but it’s only getting closer. We won’t be done with our communal rank of the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization by then, but we’ll be a little bit closer. We almost have a top 30! The next name on our list […]
The Cubs added a spare-part outfielder, Justin Dean, on a waiver claim from the Giants today. Dean is 29 and made his major league debut last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and appeared in 18 games, recording one stolen base and going 0-for-2 in his only plate appearances of the season. As part of […]
The Cubs added a spare-part outfielder, Justin Dean, on a waiver claim from the Giants today. Dean is 29 and made his major league debut last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers and appeared in 18 games, recording one stolen base and going 0-for-2 in his only plate appearances of the season. As part of […]
The San Francisco Giants have excellent players in place at three infield positions. They’re looking to upgrade at the fourth. Second base was not a strength for the Giants during the 2025 season. Tyler Fitzgerald came back to Earth after a strong 2024 season, going from a .280/.334/.497 slash line to .217/.278/.327 and striking out […]
For those just sitting down for their morning coffee & scroll, ESPN’s Jeff Passan has posted that our beloved San Francisco Giants “are aggressively pursuing a second baseman and have been engaged with Chicago on Nico Hoerner and St. Louis on Brendan Donovan, sources tell ESPN.” This is simply a refresh of news reported exactly […]
Immediately after the Cubs signed Alex Bregman to a five-year, $175M deal on Saturday night, the Nico Hoerner rumors resurfaced. Jeff Passan said it. Keith Law said it. Jon Morosi said it. Media outlets in New York started drumming up the Yankees’ interest. The Giants had been teased. And so on. Whether we like it or not (we do not), we can’t keep denying the existence of Nico Hoerner trade rumors. And unfortunately, today, they’re getting a little louder, with a more specific note from a...
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants will be kicking off their 2026 Fan Fest Tour this Saturday, and each Saturday for the rest of the month. The first stop will be San Jose on January 17th, followed by San Ramon on January 24th, and then Sacramento on January 31st. The Open House will […]
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 […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Late last year, the San Francisco Giants announced that they would be hosting a celebratory event honoring the contributions of former first baseman, Captain, All Star, baby giraffe, and first-ballot Goofball HOF Brandon Belt. Belt debuted for the Giants in 2011 and played for them until 2022, before signing with the […]
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 […]
Mike Yastrzemski was a great San Francisco Giant in his six seasons with the team. Now he’s moved on to the place where so many former Giants end up: the Atlanta Braves. Yaz signed a two-year, $23M contract with the Braves, essentially to provide a reliable veteran corner outfielder with excellent defense and adequate hitting […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Representatives of the San Francisco Giants headed to Seoul, South Korea this week. The team’s envoy included owner Larry Baer, President of Baseball operations Buster Posey, GM Zack Minasian, Manager Tony Vitello, as well as Jung Hoo Lee and Willy Adames to represent the players. The group toured local areas of […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Last week, the San Francisco Giants signed starting pitcher Tyler Mahle to a one-year deal, which Bryan covered over here if you missed it. Some have speculated that the team might continue to prioritize the rotation in the remaining offseason. However, as Brady mentioned in his post on Friday, it seemed […]
The son of Sammy Serrano Jr., who played for Stetson University in the mid-90s and was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1998 MLB Draft, Eli Serrano III followed in his father’s footsteps and pursued baseball. The Fuquay Varina, North Carolina native initially attended Patriot High School in Nokesvlle, […]
Good morning, baseball fans! There’s nothing worse than getting back from holiday break. Everything that you put off until the new year is knocking down your door with more urgency, the weather is awful, the world is on fire, and there isn’t a lot happening in the baseball world because they, too, have been on […]
If you can believe it, Spring Training is right around the corner. Which means we’d better get cracking on the Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, because we have to rank 44 San Francisco Giants prospects, and we’re only just past the halfway mark! Our latest name is one that has been all over the […]
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 […]
Commanders links Articles A to Z Sports Kliff Kingsbury could be a long shot for the Giants’ head coaching job Kingsbury will be a hot name this offseason despite having a down year for the Commanders, but will he actually leave? He’s already been linked to the Tennessee Titans and Las Vegas Raiders job as […]
Yesterday, I wrote about how I thought the San Francisco Giants were done signing starting pitchers. After adding Tyler Mahle and Adrian Houser on one and two-year deals, respectively, the Giants now have five established starters, as that duo joins incumbents Logan Webb, Robbie Ray, and Landen Roupp. Not everyone agrees with that assessment. Some […]
1914 Sydney Cricket Ground was the scene of today’s World Tour game, as the White Sox beat the Giants, 5-4. Some 10,000 fans attended. It would be 100 years before the majors returned to Australia, when the Dodgers and Diamondbacks opened the 2014 season at the Ground. 1936 Future White Sox co-owner Eddie Einhorn was […]
This post could’ve been titled “Reassessing the Giants’ payroll situation for 2026” as a sequel to this post from earlier in the offseason, but it’s less interesting than the truth, which is that, based on what’s publicly known about the team’s expenses, the San Francisco Giants have committed to the largest Baseball Operations budget in […]