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Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 25: Dalton Wentz with a grand introduction
For the final time this year, five of the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates were in action on Tuesday. Let’s jump straight into it. 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 A trio of pitchers […]
Catching up with some old friends
The San Francisco Giants wisely decided to become extreme sellers at this year’s trade deadline, swapping six major-leaguers in five separate trades. While the players coming back are all in the minor leagues, besides reliever Anthony Molina, the ex-Giants are all over the playoff race. Here’s how these old friends are faring in their new […]
8/26 Gamethread: Giants vs. Reds
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this series against the Cincinnati Reds this afternoon from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters today’s game with a 3.75 ERA, 3.33 FIP, with 112 strikeouts to 35 walks in 141.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ […]
Giants place Adrian Houser on the IL, call up Braxton Roxby
For the second day in a row, the San Francisco Giants have placed a starting pitched on the Injured List with a potentially devastating injury. On Tuesday, it was lefty Carson Whisenhunt, who left Monday’s start with elbow discomfort and is now headed for Tommy John surgery. And on Wednesday, it was righty Adrian Houser, […]
Wednesday BP: How do the Giants stay rested?
Good morning, baseball fans! At least, I hope it’s a good morning. The best mornings start with a great night’s sleep. So today, I thought we’d watch a video that the San Francisco Giants’ social media team put out recently where Dave Groeschner (vice-president of medical and performance) sits down to discuss how the Giants’ […]
Another pitcher injury precedes another outstanding pitching performance
On Monday, the San Francisco Giants lost their starting pitcher to an injury in the third inning; didn’t matter, they won in a shutout regardless. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants lost their starting pitcher to an injury in the second inning; didn’t matter, they came a few outs away from a shutout, before settling […]
8/25 Gamethread: Giants vs. Reds
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game home series against the Cincinnati Reds tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Adrian Houser, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.08 ERA, 4.59 FIP, with 73 strikeouts to 34 walks in 108 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 1-0 win over […]
Giants Carson Whisenhunt has a torn UCL, while Willy Adames has a partially-torn UCL
For a while, the San Francisco Giants seemed to have uncanny good fortune with pitcher health, at least in regards to major surgeries. Sadly, that string of luck has come to an end. Roughly a year after Randy Rodríguez underwent Tommy John surgery, half a year after Hayden Birdsong did the same, and a month […]
Giants continue mortgaging morals, partner with Kalshi
There have been probably five instances — at the very least — this season that have made you think, it can’t get any worse. But the San Francisco Giants, to their credit, just keep getting worse. So shame on you for underestimating their abilities. They were always going to find new ways to make you […]
Tuesday BP: Firebells Update
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Firebells baseball is in the books, so let’s see how they did and what’s on deck for this week. Last week, we discussed the Firebells’ dominant stretch of wins that had them leading the WPBL. They still lead the league, as of the time this is […]
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 […]
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