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8/24 Gamethread: Giants vs. Reds
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Cincinnati Reds to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, who enters tonight’s game with a 7.03 ERA, 5.65 FIP, with 23 strikeouts to 20 walks in 32 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
Giants flip 19% of their roster; 3 to IL, 1 to bereavement, 1 optioned
It was too much to type for Giants beat writer Andrew Baggarly, but he helpfully copy-pasted the Giants’ media release about their bevy of roster moves before tonight’s kickoff against the Cincinnati Reds at Oracle Park: That’s 5 out of 26 players replaced in one fell swoop, which would be a big shock to the […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 21-23: Excellence abounds on both sides
What a fun weekend for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates! Here’s everything that happened. 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 Low-A San Jose RHP Argenis Cayama (No. 13 CPL) has been named the […]
Giants-Reds Series Preview
“Aren’t the Reds kinda-sorta good every year and on the fringe of contention?“ I wondered, before finally examining this year’s team. They’re 42-58 after a 20-11 start. Reminiscent of last year’s Giants, I’d say. But, technically, aren’t the Reds supposed to have a lot more talent on the roster? First and foremost, there’s Elly De […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! A new week of San Francisco Giants baseball begins today, so it’s time to take a look at what’s on deck for the week. The Giants head back to Oracle Park for the week, welcoming the Cincinnati Reds to town tonight to begin a three-game series. After that, the Arizona Diamondbacks […]
8/23 Gamethread: Giants @ Red Sox
It’s time for some day baseball, and the San Francisco Giants are looking to salvage one win in the series finale against the Boston Red Sox. Taking the mound for San Francisco is rookie lefty Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson, who makes his second appearance. Wilkinson, a burly 23-year old acquired in May’s Patrick Bailey trade, made […]
The Perfect Storm
The Giants led for 8 ⅓ innings on Saturday night. It never felt real. Not unreal, like magical or unbelievable, but temporary. Willy Adames solo shot in the 1st off Red Sox starter Patrick Sandoval, Andrew Knizner’s follow-up to deep left-center (in his first AB in the Majors this season, playing for his fourth organization) […]
Sunday BP: Highlight of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to an end today, so it’s time to find out what everyone’s favorite highlights of the week were. Arguably, the highlight of the week was Willy Adames hitting his 200th home run on Thursday. But I posted about that on Friday, so I’m […]
8/22 Gamethread: Giants @ Red Sox
It’s time for the meat between the baseball bread that is the sandwich series. Or something like that. In other words, it’s Game 2 of the three-game set between the San Francisco Giants and the Boston Red Sox. Righty Blade Tidwell takes the mound for San Francisco, as he makes his 12th appearance and fourth […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close this weekend, so it’s time to make our picks for Player of the Week! This week, I’m going with a player who made their MLB debut and did pretty well, all things considered. My pick this week is pitcher Matt […]
Certain horrors
Some things just can’t be unseen. Certain horrors that slash across one’s field of vision scar the irises. Blink, and they are there. Blink…still there. Logan Webb, as he closes his eyes tonight, will see such a fright: a baseball, once so intimately held in his hand made completely foreign: a golf ball, a satellite, […]
8/21 Gamethread: Giants @ Red Sox
The San Francisco Giants head to Fenway Park today to begin a weekend series against the Boston Red Sox. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters today’s game with a 3.50 ERA, 3.17 FIP, with 110 strikeouts to 32 walks in 139 innings pitched. His last start was in […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 20: Yunior Marte and Cesar Perdomo shove
A busy and exciting day for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates. Let’s talk about what happened! 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 Just a small bit of news. AA Richmond placed utility player […]
Giants-Red Sox Series Preview
Through June, the 2026 Red Sox were 37-47 and 13 games out of first place in the AL East. They’d fired their long-time manager Alex Cora after a 10-17 start and “Chief Baseball Officer” Craig Breslow seemed destined for the fate of all the team’s top baseball execs after Theo Epstein broke the franchise’s championship […]
Friday BP: This is a Willy Adames appreciation post
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants may have lost yesterday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything to celebrate. Willy Adames hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning, scoring Rafael Devers and giving the Giants their only two runs of the game. But […]
Patty Barrels Will Have His Revenge On San Francisco
With one out in the 8th inning of Thursday’s afternoon rubber match, Cleveland Guardians center fielder Petey Halpin singled, then got caught leaning by JT Brubaker. The pickoff throw went to Bryce Eldridge, who ran Halpin to Willy Adames, who threw to Osleivis Basabe, who dropped the ball. Three pitches later, Halpin was at third […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 19: Argenis Cayama and Sabin Ceballos dominate
The ACL season is over, and the DSL regular season is over. The games are dwindling, but all four of the San Francisco Giants A-ball Minor League affiliates were in action on Wednesday, so let’s talk about it! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are […]
Giants place Keaton Winn on 15-Day IL, recall Reiver Sanmartin
The San Francisco Giants made a roster switch on Thursday, ahead of their day game finale against the Cleveland Guardians. And it hurts an already struggling bullpen. Prior to the game, the Giants announced that right-handed reliever Keaton Winn had been placed on the 15-Day Injured List, retroactive to Wednesday, with right elbow neuritis. It’s […]
Thursday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Guardians
The San Francisco Giants conclude this three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this morning. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 4.31 ERA, 3.62 FIP, with 128 strikeouts to 60 walks in 129.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-2 loss […]
‘Tugboat’ leads Giants to shutout victory in Cleveland
Sometimes when a ship is floundering, sitting dead in the water with no momentum, they just need a little help from a tugboat to make it safely into the harbor. In 2026, the San Francisco Giants are that sinking ship. Wednesday night in Cleveland, Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson was that tugboat. Beefy 23-year-old rookie left-hander Wilkinson […]
8/19 Gamethread: Giants @ Guardians
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this afternoon. Getting the start for the Giants today, and making his major league debut, will be left-hander Matt Wilkinson. Wilkinson has a 3.40 ERA for the season in the minors, with 96 strikeouts to 31 walks in 90 innings pitched over […]
Giants officially call up Matt Wilkinson; claim Philip Abner off waivers
Since getting functionally eliminated from the playoffs, the San Francisco Giants have been a lot more eager to make roster moves. And on Wednesday they were back at it, making a handful of moves before Game 2 of their three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians. The big news was already known: left-handed pitcher Matt Wilkinson […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 18: Cam Maldonado homers (again), Jose Ortiz returns
A fun day of Minor League Baseball games for the San Francisco Giants affiliates. Here’s everything that happened on Tuesday, as well as the Dominican Summer League games from Monday. 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 […]
Wednesday BP: Watch Jeff Kent’s Hall of Fame journey
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants had a rare entry into the baseball Hall of Fame this season, as Jeff Kent was inducted earlier this summer. The Giants’ social media team released a documentary on their YouTube channel that I thought we could take a look at today. The video follows Kent’s career […]
Adell rolls Giants into the deep
One week after his best start of the season, Carson Whisenhunt wasn’t fooling anyone on the Cleveland Guardians. Especially not Jo Adell. Adell drove in six runs in his first three trips to the plate, setting a career high in the game’s first four innings. He hit Cleveland’s longest home run of the season (455 […]
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