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Mike Krukow announces that he’ll retire at the end of the season
It’s been an awful season for the San Francisco Giants, in virtually every way imaginable. But on Thursday morning, arguably the hardest piece of news all season landed: Mike Krukow is retiring. The beloved broadcaster announced on Thursday morning that the 2026 season will be his last in the booth. The news was shared via […]
Thursday BP: Injury updates galore
Buried under the countless moves that the San Francisco Giants have made this week is the fact that the team released a whole bunch of injury updates on Tuesday. Most notably, Matt Chapman had an MRI that revealed a core muscle injury, and is meeting with a specialist next week. Surgery is on the table, […]
Road to Nowhere
I listened to most of the Giants 6-nuthin’ loss to the Texas Ranger while driving on the freeway. The context was fitting. The stretch of I-95 from Portland, Maine to Boston, like much of east coast road travel, is tree-lined. While for a Californian, the dense summer growth of the woods and the thick green […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 4: Hunter Dryden powers a good day on the farm
Apologies for not having a weekend Minor League Baseball roundup. With the San Francisco Giants being so active at the deadline, I just wasn’t able to find the time to cover the weekend’s games. But I’m here to talk about what went down on Tuesday! Just five games for the Giants affiliates, as AA Richmond […]
Wednesday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Rangers
Good morning, baseball fans! Since the San Francisco Giants have a morning game today, I thought we’d go ahead and just combine the BP and Gamethreads for today. Unfortunately, as of the time this is being written, neither team has announced a starting pitcher. I would imagine that is probably because neither team is entirely […]
Giants get walked-off by Rangers on missed catch
You follow the San Francisco Giants, so you’re familiar with bad baseball. You’re well aware of it from watching the Giants, both this year and in many other years. But you’ve also become keenly alert to bad baseball through divisional foes such as the woeful Colorado Rockies, who, in most years, make you feel a […]
The Giants’ trade deadline finally made them interesting
Buster Posey and Zack Minasian did quite well at the trade deadline yesterday, but where does that leave the San Francisco Giants today and beyond? In the midst of another rebuild. Buster Posey might not call it that, and the Giants have strenuously objected to such a practice in the past, but make no mistake: […]
8/4 Gamethread: Giants @ Rangers
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Texas Rangers this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Blade Tidwell, who enters today’s game with a 3.00 ERA, 3.51 FIP, with 10 strikeouts to three walks in 12 innings pitched in relief for the Giants this season, this will […]
Recapping the Giants trade deadline
The 2026 MLB trade deadline is in the books, and it was the most active the San Francisco Giants have been in a very long time. For that matter, I covered the Giants for the entirety of Farhan Zaidi’s churn-driven reign, and I can’t remember a period of activity like what we saw from the […]
Giants call up Eddys Leonard
After playing with only 25 players on the active roster during Monday’s victory over the Texas Rangers, the San Francisco Giants have finally filled out their roster for tonight’s game. Prior to the second game of the three-game series, the Giants announced that infielder Eddys Leonard had been called up from AAA Sacramento. Leonard was […]
Tuesday BP: So, how are we feeling?
Good morning, baseball fans! The 2026 MLB Trade Deadline has now passed, at least for you. I am writing this ahead of the deadline, and so far the San Francisco Giants have moved Tyler Mahle, Robbie Ray, and Luis Arraez. Those were three moves I mostly expected, so there’s not really anything shocking there. But […]
Trade grades for the San Francisco Giants
Andrew Baggarly just described today’s activity as “frenetic,” and he’s right. The past two trade deadlines have been practically Zaidian for Buster Posey, Zack Minasian, and the San Francisco Giants. For as much as the franchise has oversteered from the 2019-2024 days, the new regime is a lot like the old one in that no […]
Giants call up 5 players after deadline trades
The San Francisco Giants traded six players off of their Major League roster between Sunday’s series finale against the San Diego Padres and Monday’s series opener against the Texas Rangers. And so, naturally, after parting ways with Luis Arráez, Heliot Ramos, Robbie Ray, Tyler Mahle, Erik Miller, and Caleb Kilian, the Giants had some work […]
8/3 Gamethread: Giants @ Rangers
The San Francisco Giants (or what’s left of them) begin a three-game road series against the Texas Rangers this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.93 ERA, 3.42 FIP, with 93 strikeouts to 30 walks in 119 innings pitched. His last start was […]
Giants trade Erik Miller to Red Sox for Marcelo Mayer
The San Francisco Giants have had a remarkably busy trade deadline day, and they just pulled off perhaps the most fascinating of all their moves. According to multiple reports, the Giants are sending left-handed reliever Erik Miller and outfield prospect Carlos Gutierrez to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for infielder Marcelo Mayer. Mayer is […]
Thanks, Heliot Ramos
The Giants are finalizing a trade that sends outfielder Heliot Ramos to the New York Yankees for at least prospect Henry LaLane, a left-handed pitcher. But before I dig into that, I want to take a moment to editorialize here (also, Brady is writing up the concurrent trade that’s breaking on the wire as I […]
Giants trade Robbie Ray to the Padres for Miguel Mendez and Joniel Hernandez
The San Francisco Giants are continuing their busy trade deadline. On Monday, about four hours before the deadline, it was reported that the Giants are trading left-handed starting pitcher Robbie Ray to the San Diego Padres. ESPN’s Jeff Passan was first to report the news. According to a report from Jon Heyman, the return for […]
Giants-Rangers Series Preview: Trades! Trades! Trades!
Oh, right! There’s a new series afoot! But that doesn’t mean we have to put a pin in trade deadline talk. The state of the American League is such that the Rangers’ 55-57 record has them just 2.5 games back of the AL West-leading Houston Astros (58-55) and 1.5 games out of the final Wild […]
Giants trade Luis Arráez, Caleb Kilian to Phillies for RHP Ramon Marquez
Today is the MLB trade deadline, and the San Francisco Giants wasted no time being active. Early in the morning, news broke that the Giants had traded All-Star second baseman to the Philadelphia Phillies for right-handed pitching prospect Ramon Marquez. The Giants are also sending right-handed reliever Caleb Kilian to Philadelphia, while getting back right-handed […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! A new week of San Francisco Giants baseball starts today, so let’s take a look at what’s on deck for the week. First up, the Giants continue their road trip with a three-game series against the Texas Rangers starting tonight. After that, they head back to Oracle Park to welcome the […]
Giants trade Tyler Mahle to Atlanta for RHP Anthony Molina
The San Francisco Giants are expected to be one of the biggest sellers in baseball this season. And on Sunday night, less than 24 hours before the trade deadline, the Giants finally got started. According to a report by Robert Murray, the Giants are trading right-handed starter Tyler Mahle to the Atlanta Braves in exchange […]
8/2 Gamethread: Giants @ Padres
It’s series finale time, and the San Francisco Giants are in need of a win to split their four-game date with the San Diego Padres. Righty Landen Roupp takes the mound for the Giants, making his 22nd start. Roupp has had an up-and-down season, and is 7-9 with a 4.12 ERA, a 3.38 FIP, and […]
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 pick our favorite highlights of the week. I’m going with Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos’ four-hit game in Wednesday’s 16-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. In fact, let’s just go ahead and give this one […]
Giants call up Nate Furman, place Jesús Rodríguez on the IL
For the last week or so, one of the questions surrounding the San Francisco Giants is what they would do at second base for the rest of the year. All-Star Luis Arráez will almost certainly be traded ahead of Monday’s deadline, and his logical replacement, Casey Schmitt, is out for the rest of the season […]
8/1 Gamethread: Giants @ Padres
It’s the first game of August! Rejoice, San Francisco Giants fans …. the season won’t go on much longer. The Giants are in sunny SoCal for this contest, as they play the third of four games against the San Diego Padres. Right-hander Tyler Mahle takes the mound for the Giants, in what could very possibly […]
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