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Giants place Blade Tidwell on the IL with a UCL sprain, call up Braxton Roxby
The San Francisco Giants run of brutal pitcher injuries has, unfortunately, continued. During Monday’s win over the Minnesota Twins, starter Blade Tidwell left the game with elbow soreness. That usually means one very bad thing and, unfortunately, Tuesday’s news does nothing to dispute that. Prior to the second game of the series, the Giants placed […]
Tuesday BP: LET’S GO FIREBELLS!
Good morning, baseball fans! The Women’s Professional Baseball League Championship series has been one for the ages, as the league-leading San Francisco Firebells went down to a 2-0 deficit against the Los Angeles Queens to start the series before coming back and forcing a deciding Game 5! That game takes place this afternoon at 4:00 […]
Drew Gilbert’s big night lifts Giants to 5-2 win
In a thoroughly depressing 2026 season for the San Francisco Giants, there was some hope about the future of the outfield Monday night. Drew Gilbert went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs. Bo Davidson got a hit and stole a base in his big-league debut. And Jonah Cox continues to show he’s a plus defender at both […]
9/21 Gamethread: Giants vs. Twins
The San Francisco Giants welcome the Minnesota Twins to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Blade Tidwell, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.56 ERA, 4.75 FIP, with 42 strikeouts to 21 walks in 53.1 innings pitched. His last start was in Tuesday’s 10-3 […]
Giants call up Bo Davidson, activate Marcelo Mayer
There are only six games left in a truly miserable San Francisco Giants season, but there’s finally some good news: those six games just got a lot more interesting. On Monday afternoon, before kicking off their penultimate series of the season, the Giants announced that two thrilling youngsters are headed to the team: infielder Marcelo […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 18-20: Goodbye, Minors
Well friends, there it is. The San Francisco Giants entered the weekend with just one of their seven Minor League Baseball affiliates in action. And now that number is zero. And so begins the final Minor League roundup of the season, as there are no more games until the sun disappears and returns again … […]
Giants-Twins Series Preview: The final week (thank goodness)
The Twins’ owner called season ticketholders in the offseason basically begging for them to stick around. Their fans had become so disillusioned with their team losing that the negativity had started to get to Tom Pohlad. And early in the season, he had a public incident with a fan wearing a SELL THE TEAM hat. […]
Monday BP: What’s on deck this week?
Good morning, baseball fans! We have reached the final week of San Francisco Giants baseball for the year. So let’s take a last look at what’s on deck for this week. First up, the Giants welcome the Minnesota Twins to Oracle Park tonight for a three-game series. After that, they’ll have Thursday off and then […]
Tugboat shines — just not the brightest
Believe it or not, the Giants led for the majority of Sunday’s finale against the Dodgers. In this feebled state, dragging our way to the finish line, that feels like a kind-a, sort-a win. Granted, it was 1-0 lead, which is not a lead that typically soothes or ensures. In LA, against that Dodger line-up, […]
9/20 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
Today, the San Francisco Giants will attempt to not get swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In all likelihood, I’ll be able to say that exact same sentence this time next week, too. Taking the mound for the Giants is lefty Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson, the burly 23-year old southpaw the Giants got in the Patrick […]
Left in the dust
It’s official. In the historic rivalry between the Giants and the Dodgers (or Bridegrooms, or Superbas, or Dodgers, or Robins, or back to the Dodgers again), spanning a continent, two cities, nearly 140 years, the Dodgers are back ahead: 1,293 wins to the Giants’ 1,292. After building a sizable lead during the New York era, […]
Sunday BP: Highlight of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close today, so it’s time to pick our favorite highlights of the week! Mine happened to take place a little over a week ago, but since I pre-write these I made the executive decision that my week includes the previous Friday. […]
9/19 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
After failing on Friday, the San Francisco Giants will try once again to Beat LA, as they visit the Los Angeles Dodgers for the sandwich filling of a three-game series. Rookie Yunior Marté takes the mound for the Giants, as the 23-year old right-hander makes the fourth appearance and second start of his debut MLB […]
A ballgame, then a blow-out
It’s that time of year when the air cools, the light sharpens, and Max Muncy’s goggled goblin face starts to flood our feeds and stretch across our screens. The birds turn south in September, and Tyler Glasnow pitches his 60th inning of the year, feeling out his release point, just in time for the postseason. […]
Saturday BP: Player of the Week
Good morning, baseball fans! The penultimate week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to a close this weekend, so it’s time for us to make our picks for Player of the Week! This week, I’m giving the honors to Drew Cavanaugh, who hit his first major league home run earlier this week! Who is your […]
9/18 Gamethread: Giants @ Dodgers
The San Francisco Giants begin a three-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. Just a heads up that this is yet another Apple TV broadcast only. Taking the mound for the Giants will be left-hander Cesar Perdomo, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.68 ERA, 4.19 FIP, with 11 strikeouts to four walks […]
Logan Webb’s season ends on the injured list
The mystery of Logan Webb’s sinker usage falloff might’ve been solved with the breaking news that the San Francisco Giants have placed their ostensible ace on the 15-day IL for a blister on his right middle finger. Ah, that certainly feels like the best symbol for this entire season, to fans and players alike. A […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 17: Jackson Flora shines in elimination
For the final time this season, our San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball roundup features multiple teams. First we lost the Arizona Complex League squad, then the pair of teams in the Dominican Summer League. Next up was High-A Eugene, followed by Low-A San Jose. And now? AA Richmond has joined the group. Six teams […]
Crooks vs. Losers Series Preview
There’s a decent chance that your life insurance premiums have helped pay for Shohei Ohtani’s contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s possible that we don’t hate them enough. The federal investigation into Mark Walters, the Dodgers’ owner and chairman, and the lawsuit just filed by policyholders with various insurance companies he owns both point […]
The bullpen, sure, but how do the Giants fix their defense?
In Buster Posey’s big interview with Tim Kawakami, he stated that the bullpen would be a point of emphasis this offseason. That group has been among the worst in the sport, but not quite negative in value, believe it or not: +0.9 fWAR, bad enough for 25th in MLB. As bad as they’ve been there, […]
Clearing the 40-man roster
Teams cannot carry players on their 60-day IL during the offseason, so that means the San Francisco Giants are about six weeks out from having a serious roster crunch. Or do they? There are quite a lot of good players on that 60-day IL and so by sheer math the players on the 40-man who’ve […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 16: San Jose loses the championship
Wednesday wasn’t a great day for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball teams. The Low-A San Jose Giants lost the California League championship and, with that, we’ve worked our way from seven teams down to two. That two will quickly become zero, as AAA Sacramento is playing their final series of the year, while […]
Thursday BP: Who do you think will win the Willie Mac Award this year?
Good morning, baseball fans! We are on the second to last week of the season for the San Francisco Giants. There are any number of ways to feel about this. Relief, joy, freedom. That’s kind of how I feel about it. Around this time of year, I usually tend to feel the same, but I […]
The Giants take the Cardinals down with them
When I trained to become a lifeguard, one of the first lessons we learned was that a drowning swimmer is very dangerous. In their desperate flailing, they can accidentally take potential rescuers or nearby swimmers down with them. That might explain what happened in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon, when the San Francisco Giants beat the […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, September 15: Argenis Cayama, Eric Nachtsheim power a playoff no-no
And then there were three. The seasons are over in the Dominican Summer League, the Arizona Complex League, and for the High-A Eugene Emeralds. The seven Minor League Baseball affiliates for the San Francisco Giants has been dwindled down to three. After tonight, it will be down to two. Here’s what happened on Tuesday. Link […]
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