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‘Burning the drafting ships’: The Giants’ potential draft- breaking strategy
The annual draft is the easiest way for a baseball team to add talent cheaply. To keep things cheap, Major League Baseball has limited the amount of money teams can spend on signing bonuses, with penalties in place for anyone who goes over their limits. The San Francisco Giants are in a unique position this […]
Giants-White Sox Series Preview: Mass Appeal
The White Sox spent a little bit in the offseason and acquired a fun player from Japan who has slugged the franchise back into relevance. As fun as it has been to see that the literal Pope of the Roman Catholic church is a White Sox fan, Munetaka Murakami’s fast rise in 2026 has dragged […]
Friday BP: Oracle Park promotions this weekend
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants return to the bay this weekend for a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. So let’s take a look at what Oracle Park has on deck for fans who might be thinking about attending. Friday night will be a Special Event for Japanese Heritage Night! Fans […]
What a day to not be a Giant
The first headline I saw when I searched up our recently cast-off backstop was for an AP article published by the Watertown Daily News: “Baily, Cantillo lead Guardians to four-game series sweep…” While I harbor no real ill-will towards Patrick Bailey, I admit I wasn’t pleased about the news. Petty tribalism inherent in fandom runs […]
Buster Posey, sir, please sign a two-year extension ASAP
Hello, Mr. Future Hall of Famer, sir, Mr. Buster Posey Man. I am but a lowly sports blogger doing that thing that bad baseball columnists do and writing you an open letter. Here’s why. It’s unfathomable that there’s just 17 months or so remaining on your deal to be the Giants’ President of Baseball Operations. […]
Thursday BP: Should MLB be taking notes from Banana Ball?
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s an off day for the San Francisco Giants today, so I wanted to touch on a topic that I’ve been thinking about for a while. At this point, I can only assume that most people familiar with baseball are also at least somewhat familiar with the Savannah Bananas, and the […]
Read ‘em and sweep: Marte and Kelly down Giants
It wasn’t enough that Ketel Marte broke the hearts of the San Francisco Giants with a walkoff three-run homer Tuesday night. He just had to go 3-for-3 with a walk and cross home plate as many times as the Giants’ entire team did in a 6-3 Arizona Diamondbacks win. Tyler Mahle fell to 1-6 after […]
5/20 Gamethread: Giants @ Diamondbacks
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this three-game road series against the Arizona Diamondbacks this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters today’s game with a 5.59 ERA, 4.91 FIP, with 48 strikeouts to 21 walks in 46.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-2 […]
Wednesday BP: Sounds of Oracle Park
Good morning, baseball fans! As someone who has been collecting music electronically for their entire adult life, I have amassed quite a vast collection of random songs over the years. Occasionally, I’ll just put my entire collection on shuffle for a few weeks to see what comes up and last night, I shuffled upon some […]
Ketel Marte walks off Giants in 5-3 loss
There’s an old sketch from The State called “The Barry Lutz Show” where a doctor played by Thomas Lennon explains his research in the field of “monkey torture,” accompanied by an adorable simian. He eventually takes a phone call that purportedly tells him he has to stop torturing monkeys forever and let them all go, […]
5/19 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 right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters tonight’s game with at 3.49 ERA, 2.68 FIP, with 58 strikeouts to 21 walks in 49 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants 5-2 loss to […]
Tuesday BP: Giants FAQ
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants continue their local road trip later today when they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. In the meantime, I thought we’d take a moment to watch a video that the team’s social media crew put out last week on their YouTube channel. In the video, Giants players answer […]
Nolan Arenado continues to haunt Robbie Ray, Giants
Before Monday’s game, veteran third baseman Nolan Arenado had hit more home runs and driven in more runs against the San Francisco Giants than any other MLB team. Against Monday’s starter Robbie Ray, Arenado had a career slash line of .364/.444/.773. Six pitches into Monday’s game, Arenado had a grand slam and the Arizona Diamondbacks […]
5/18 Gamethread: Giants @ Diamondbacks
The San Francisco Giants begin a three-game road series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Robbie Ray, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.04 ERA, 4.92 FIP, with 49 strikeouts to 20 walks in 50.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 4-0 loss to […]
Giants-Dbacks Series Preview
The pitching’s a mess and the lineup is a disappointment. Which team am I talking about? Arizona has just 3 more home runs as a team than the Giants (40 to 37) and a sub-average offensive production (95 wRC+). That’s with Corbin Carroll having an MVP-caliber start to the season, a resurgent Nolan Arenado, a […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! A new week of San Francisco Giants baseball begins today, so let’s take a look at what’s on deck for this week. First up, the Giants keep their west coast road trip going as they begin a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. After a day off on Thursday, they […]
Win-wind situation: Giants blow away A’s
The San Francisco Giants closed out their three-game series with the Don’t-Call-Us-Sacramento A’s on Sunday and winning the series was a breeze. A stiff wind blew in from left field at Sutter Health Park, but that didn’t stop Luis Arraez and Harrison Bader from hitting home runs out to right, the last one for a […]
5/17 Gamethread: Giants @ Athletics
It’s series finale time, as the San Francisco Giants take on the Oakland/Sacramento/Vegas Athletics for the third game of the series. I’m writing this before the first game, so here’s hoping that the Giants are going for a sweep, or at least a series win today. But who knows! You, probably. If the scheduled starters […]
Thank God for Schmitt
The San Francisco Giants had gone three games without a hit with a runner in scoring position. The offense just couldn’t string together anything of substance. They had become reliant on an inside-the-park-homer or solo shot from Luis Arraez, which is like relying on lightning strikes to be your home’s main provider of electricity. Unsurprisingly, […]
Sunday BP: Highlight of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close today, which means it’s time to pick our favorite highlights of the week! For once, I can say we were blessed with an abundance of options this week. But after Thursday night’s game, really, was there any option other than […]
5/16 Gamethread: Giants @ Athletics
It’s time for game two of the series between the San Francisco Giants and their former neighbors, the one-named Athletics. At the time of me writing this, a few days in advance, the scheduled matchup is right-handers Trevor McDonald and Luis Severino. McDonald has made two starts on the season, and is 1-0 with a […]
No Boog in 5-2 loss
Long gone are the resilience of the Giants extra innings win against Pittsburgh, the heights of Borucki, the hip-thrusting pleasures of LA. Oh, how a three-game winning streak makes fools of us all, and how a three-game losing streak lays bare. A three-game losing streak…or a three-run homer. It was the cantankerous and eyebrow-y manager […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close this weekend, which means it’s time to pick our Player of the Week! Or, I guess in this week’s case, our Players of the Week. Because I’m giving the honors to two people this week, with a caveat that I […]
5/15 Gamethread: Giants @ A’s
The San Francisco Giants head to Sacramento tonight to begin a three-game series against the Athletics. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Tyler Mahle, who enters tonight’s game with a 5.18 ERA, 5.03 FIP, with 42 strikeouts to 20 walks in 41.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-6 […]
Christian Koss optioned to make room for Daniel Susac
Like all scrappy bench players, Christian Koss touched hearts and minds. Everybody loves an underdog and here is a guy who looks overmatched against big league pitching yet hanging in there anyway. It was just this past December when our own Steven Kennedy lavished 1,481 words on Christian Koss’s utility role in 2025, ending his […]
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