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6/30 Gamethread: Giants @ Diamondbacks
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be Landen Roupp. He enters tonight’s game with a 4.07 ERA, 2.94 FIP, with 95 strikeouts to 34 walks in 86.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants 9-6 loss to the […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup June 26-29: Bo Davidson leads the home run party
For various reasons, I haven’t been able to do a Minor League Baseball roundup in a while, but hopefully we can get things back on track starting today. So here’s everything that happened for the San Francisco Giants affiliates between Friday and Monday. I’ll try to speed run it so we don’t end up with […]
Considering a Matt Chapman trade
In last week’s fan survey, Brady asked which of these three Giants were most likely to be moved by this year’s August 3rd trade deadline: Rafael Devers, Matt Chapman, or Willy Adames? This was based on Buster Posey’s comments that the entire roster, save Logan Webb, could be had in trade. As Brady pointed out, […]
Yup, Giants still can’t beat the Diamondbacks
A month had passed since the Giants and Diamondbacks faced each other. In the meantime, Arizona’s offense had derailed, while San Francico’s had stayed railed (somewhat). As Bryan pointed out in his series preview, given the current trajectories of either team, the Giants seemed primed to snag a few wins and gussy-up that 0-6 season […]
Tuesday BP: Sending love to Gorkys Hernandez
Good morning, baseball fans. Last week, Venezuela was hit with back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the country, killing nearly a thousand people and injuring thousands more. Unfortunately, among those who perished in the damage was the wife of former San Francisco Giants outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, Deisy Maria Tovar De Hernandez. Hernandez shared […]
6/29 Gamethread: Giants @ Diamondbacks
The San Francisco Giants head to the desert to begin a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.49 ERA, 4.69 FIP, with 61 strikeouts to 26 walks in 62.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the […]
Series preview: The Giants are playing better than the Dbacks right now — wait, what?
Arizona is just 10-15 here in June and have lost 6 of 8. But they’re 6-0 against the Giants this season with a +22 run differential. It hasn’t been a fair matchup, but if the Giants really are on a minor upswing (12-12 in June), then this should be a competitive series. The Diamondbacks were […]
Sinkerman
Robbie Ray has been pitching in the Major Leagues since 2014. He’s appeared in 282 games, started 277 of those, and across all that time spent on the mound, his approach has always been straightforward. Throw the ball straight. Throw the ball hard. We’re talking about the 4-seamer. The ol’ tried-and-true hardball. Over his career […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! A new week of San Francisco Giants baseball is upon us, which means it’s time to see what’s on deck for the week. First up, the Giants head to the desert to begin a three-game series against Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. They have Thursday off, then they keep moving to begin a […]
6/28 Gamethread: Giants vs. Braves
It’s series finale time, and it’s rubber match time, as the San Francisco Giants host the Atlanta Braves. It’s a battle of Cy Young southpaws. For the Giants, it’s Robbie Ray, who won the award in 2021 in the American League. Ray, a 34-year old two-time All-Star, is making his 17th appearance of the year, […]
How many times did Devers homer?
20,001 Rafael Deverses were in attendance at Oracle Park Saturday evening. As they dispersed around the field, many of their heads nodded along, some appeared to shake their heads, others ambiguously bobbed, unsure and unconvinced. What were they doing here? Was this a fiesta or a sham? Were they — these mass-produced, cheaply-cast ceramic figurines […]
6/27 Gamethread: Giants vs. Braves
It’s time for Game 2 in the series between the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves. And it’s a doozy of a pitching matchup! For the Giants, it’s their ace, right-hander Logan Webb. The two-time All-Star is 4-5 in 13 starts this year, with a 3.35 ERA, a 3.07 FIP, and 70 strikeouts against […]
Highlighting some “on pace for” stats from the first 81 games
The Giants have played 81 games, marking the official halfway point of their 2026 schedule. Before I highlight some of the truly lowlights of this what’s-shaping-up-to-be historically awful season, let’s first contextualize their 33-48 record and then do that fun thing where we double all the current stats to “project” end of season results. To […]
Bats can’t produce thunder in 3-1 loss
Early contact seemed to promise an offensive outburst. Like a summer storm, clouds gathered their arms and threatened rain in the 1st. Distant light flashed, thunder rumbled under the evening’s dark breath. Luis Arraez and Rafael Devers peppered extra base hits off faraway walls in center and right-center. Loud doubles that would’ve disappeared over walls […]
Weekend BP: Lowlight of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! We have reached the point of this San Francisco Giants season where it’s not really worth finding the silver linings. Everything about this season is crap in a crap sandwich that someone left outside in the heat. So instead of highlights of the week, this week I thought we’d all pick […]
6/26 Gamethread: Giants vs. Braves
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Atlanta Braves to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. As of the time this is being written, the Giants have not yet announced a starting pitcher. I assume that means that the last resort left for this season is the element of surprise. But check the comments […]
Series Preview: Rematch with Atlanta
Atlanta has lost 10 of their last 13, and things have gone so poorly that the Giants nearly swept them last weekend, but for an act of rain that postponed the final game of the series to August. They’ve allowed 5 runs per game during this stretch while averaging just 3.2 runs scored. It’s probably […]
Friday BP: Oracle Park promotions this weekend
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s another weekend of San Francisco Giants baseball at Oracle Park, so let’s see what’s on deck for fans who are planning to attend. First up, Friday is a special event for Firefighter Appreciation Night. Fans who have already purchased the now sold-out special event tickets will receive a cool firefighter […]
America’s worst bullpen embarrasses themselves again
There was a lot to like about the first six innings of Thursday’s Highway 80 Series finale for the San Francisco Giants. Then, the Giants’ terrible, horrible, no good, very bad bullpen got involved and an empowering sweep turned into an embarrassing 9-6 loss to the Sacramento A’s. Victor Bericoto showed off his arm and […]
6/25 Gamethread: Giants vs. A’s
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this three-game series against the Athletics this afternoon from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be Landen Roupp, who will enter today’s game with both a chorus of boos and a 4.15 ERA, 3.00 FIP, with 89 strikeouts to 33 walks in 80.1 innings pitched. His […]
Thursday BP: Heliot Ramos nears a return
The San Francisco Giants have had their fair share of bad injury news this year, but on Wednesday they got some good news on that front: Heliot Ramos is nearing a return. The Giants All-Star outfielder, who has been sidelined since mid-May, should be wearing a Giants jersey again soon. Prior to Wednesday’s walk-off win […]
Giants walk off A’s with two 9th inning bombs
It’s safe to say that Wednesday night was the best night of Victor Bericoto’s young major league career. On a night where he gunned down a runner at home plate, the 24-year-old rookie hit a two-out 9th inning home run off Oakland Las Vegas Sacramento Athletics closer Elvis Alvarado (3-3) to give the San Francisco […]
Buster Posey fails spectacularly to meet the moment
Like most San Francisco Giants fans, I remember May 25, 2011 vividly. But it’s been more than 15 years since that fated day in which a young blossoming superstar, the budding pillar of the franchise, fractured his fibula and tore multiple ligaments in his leg during a collision at the plate. So some of the […]
6/24 Gamethread: Giants vs. A’s
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game series against the Athletics tonight from Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters tonight’s game with a 6.04 ERA, 4.89 FIP, with 57 strikeouts to 24 walks in 56.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-5 loss […]
Wednesday BP: The blame-shifting will continue until morale depletes
Good morning, baseball fans! First, a note that this was written before yesterday’s “press conference,” so it will not include information about that or responses to that. Stay tuned until tomorrow on that front, because I have a lot to say, but not enough time at the moment. Earlier this week, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley […]
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