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‘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 […]
Giants fan survey: How will a lockout impact 2027?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Giants fans and fans across the country. The 2026 season has been full of bad news for the San Francisco Giants and their fans. And if you’re an optimist who sees a light […]
8/18 Gamethread: Giants @ Guardians
The San Francisco Giants begin a three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Carson Whisenhunt, who enters today’s game with a 6.11 ERA, 5.40 FIP, with 22 strikeouts to 18 walks in 28 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 4-1 win […]
Everything we think we know about the 2028 All-Star Game (so far)
On Friday, we got confirmation that San Francisco would be the host city for Major League Baseball’s 2028 All-Star Game. It’s very cool news and it gives us all something to look forward to as we wait for the Giants’ next competitive window to open in 2030. And, of course, it’s more than just the […]
Mayer of Beantown
Last week, SB Nation Reacts polled Giants fans with a surprisingly complicated question: Who should be the starting second baseman next year? Casey Schmitt had been penciled in for that position post-Luis Arraez trade, but his meniscus had other plans. Still, the idea that he’d simply take the position following rehab and possibly to start […]
Series Preview: Bailey v. Tugboat
Did Buster Posey’s gamble in trading Gold Glove catcher Patrick Bailey over three months ago pay off? Since very little about this team makes sense (and even less of it has been successful), skepticism ought to be warranted; but, that hasn’t been the case. I think it was perhaps foolish to trade him, but the […]
Tuesday BP: Firebells Update
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s time to check in on the San Francisco Firebells, who (as of the time this is being written) currently lead the Women’s Professional Baseball League with a 5-2 record! Here’s a rundown of how they’ve done since our last update: First up, they were defeated 12-3 by the Los Angeles […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 14-16: Bo Davidson cannot be stopped
A rather poor weekend for the San Francisco Giants, but a tremendously exciting weekend for their Minor League Baseball affiliates. Let’s dive into the 15 games that were played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in […]
Giants to call up left-hander Matt Wilkinson
The San Francisco Giants, as teams that are functionally eliminated from postseason contention should be doing, have turned to a youth movement in recent weeks. And that youth movement is taking another step forward. According to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Giants are calling up 23-year old left-handed pitcher Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson. The Giants have an […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck for this week?
The San Francisco Giants lost yesterday. They lost to the Colorado Rockies, specifically. The Colorado Rockies, who are one of the few teams in baseball as bad as the Giants. They lost the game and, in turn, they lost the series. It was a home series. I’m beginning to think that they’re not that good […]
U-G-L-Y
With two outs in the 6th, the Rockies up 8-7, Mickey Moniak greeted Reiver Sanmartin, San Francisco’s third pitcher of the inning, with a punched single into left. One run scored as left fielder Turner Hill overran the ball, allowing Moniak to take second and a second run to race home. The top of the […]
8/16 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rockies
It’s rubber match time! After a disappointing game on Friday and an exciting one on Saturday, the San Francisco Giants will attempt to take the series against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander Blade Tidwell takes the mound for the Giants, with the 25-year old making his 11th appearance of the season. Tidwell is […]
Yessss Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert had never hit lead-off before. The vast majority of his plate appearances this season have come out of the 8th and 9th spots in the batting order. There’s plenty of reasons why Gilbert wouldn’t be seriously considered to bat first when constructing a Major League line-up. Mainly, he doesn’t hit for average, he […]
8/15 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rockies
It’s time for Game 2 in the three-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Colorado Rockies. All I’m hoping for is that it goes better than the first game did. And hey, we’re getting an MLB debut this fine afternoon, as Turner Hill is starting in left field! Taking the mound for the […]
Noooo the Rockies
Long gone are the days in which fans rub their hands together and coo: Oooo the Rockies. In this hopefully alternate historical timeline these 2026 Giants have dragged us into, there are no gimme games, no such thing as a breezy series. The cheap balm San Francisco has applied to their burns in recent years […]
Weekend BP: What are you still watching for?
The San Francisco Giants have 40 games remaining. In all likelihood, they’re going to lose most of those games. They’ve been a bad team all year, and then they went and traded a significant chunk of their talent at the deadline (as they should have, I might add). As such, the Giants have gone a […]
8/14 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rockies
It’s time for a new series and we’ve got two very bad teams pitted against each other: in the orange corner, the San Francisco Giants, and in the purple corner, the Colorado Rockies. Righty Landen Roupp takes the mound for the Giants for the 24th time this year. The 27-year old is 7-11 on the […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, August 13: Bo Davidson and Gavin Kilen heat up
A busy day for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Thursday, with all six teams that are still in-season in action. Let’s dive 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. AAA Sacramento (66-48) […]
Giants-Rockies Series Preview: Race to the bottom!
The 2026 Giants are still tracking behind the 100-loss 1985 Giants, suggesting that they won’t reach 100 losses this season. I still think it’s in play now that the pitching staff is depleted and whoever’s left, outside of Logan Webb, is about to hit innings numbers rarely/ever seen, but I’m happy to be wrong. What’s […]
Giants call up Jonah Cox and Turner Hill
The San Francisco Giants made a series of moves on Friday, ahead of their series opener against the Colorado Rockies, as they’re bringing up a pair of youngsters to replace a pair of youngsters. As was reported on Thursday, the Giants are calling up outfielder Turner Hill to make his MLB debut. Hill is a […]
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