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Former Giants reliever Tyler Rogers signs with the Blue Jays
The San Francisco Giants have had a frugal offseason to this point, with plenty of reports and rumors that frugality will be a central theme over the next few days, weeks, and months. And now we have perhaps the most painful example of it yet, as the team did not sign the one player that […]
Player review: Jung Hoo Lee
2025 stats: 150 G, 617 PA, .266 / .327 / .407, 107 wRC+, .141 ISO, .291 BABIP, 7.6 BB%, 11.5 K%, 2.4 fWAR Remember April? Remember how great the Giants were — the kind of great that got people ridiculously excited, that caused young men to see visions and old men to dream dreams and […]
3 offseason moves the Giants need to make for 2026
I did this exercise last offseason and wound up being off the mark but in the general vicinity. The specifics are where I really stumbled, but the Giants did wind up doing (broadly) what I’d hoped they’d do. My plan: Their actions: I wanted the team to show that they were serious about playing at […]
Friday BP: Giants reportedly pursuing Freddy Peralta trade
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, it was reported by Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic that the San Francisco Giants are one of five teams that are pursuing trade talks with the Milwaukee Brewers for RHP Freddy Peralta. Peralta, 29, is coming off of a career-best 2025 season that he finished […]
Thursday BP: How do you feel about the Hall of Fame announcement?
Good morning, baseball fans! For the first time in my decade-long tenure at McCovey Chronicles, the San Francisco Giants have a new player heading to the Hall of Fame. Earlier this week, it was announced that Jeff Kent would be the lone inductee from this year’s Contemporary Baseball Era committee. Players on this ballot had […]
Giants add Daniel Susac, lose Spencer Miles and Ryan Watson in Rule 5 Draft
The San Francisco Giants projected to have a fairly busy 2025 Rule 5 Draft, after choosing to make zero protections (thus leaving some intriguing names available), and waiving Marco Luciano to open up a roster spot. And indeed, they had a busy day. The Giants lost a pair of arms in the Major League portion […]
The Giants are projected to be not bad
The 2025 Giants wound up right about where they were expected to be even though they could’ve been a little bit better than 81-81. For the third year in a row, Dan Szymborski’s ZiPS projections for the 2026 San Francisco Giants see them flirting with .500 but with enough in-house talent already to push that […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 17
Within the next hour or so, the San Francisco Giants will likely add a few prospects in the Minor League phase of the Rule 5 Draft … and maybe even one in the Major League phase. If they do, those players will join the many, many prospects vying for a spot on the 2026 Willie […]
Wednesday BP: Giants unveil first half promotions
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants recently announced their planned promotions for the first half of the 2026 season. So let’s take a look at the highlights. Firstly, as McCovey Chronicles’ resident Brandon Belt superfan, I am delighted to report that the team will be hosting a Brandon Belt Celebration Day event on […]
Giants beat the odds, land the 4th pick in July’s draft
The San Francisco Giants haven’t made any moves at the Winter Meetings, but it’s still been a productive week for them because of what happened on Tuesday at the draft lottery. Despite having just the 12th-best odds heading into the lottery, the Giants had good news roll their way, and landed the fourth overall pick […]
Tuesday BP: Edwin Díaz signs with the Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers, suffering from an embarrassment of riches, attempted to bolster their late-inning pitching last year by signing not just Tanner Scott, but also Kirby Yates, while re-signing Blake Treinin. It both was an utter disaster and worked out perfectly. The former because all of those players struggled mightily and were nowhere to […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 16
Note: Today is nomination day! Head to the comment section to nominate the next group of prospects to be included in Wednesday’s CPL. We’re now in the thick of the Winter Meetings, and while we wait for Buster Posey and Zack Minasian to do something, we’ll continue with our time-honored offseason project of ranking the […]
Monday BP: Kyle Harrison community review
Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]
Weekend BP: Watch every Giants walk-off from 2025
Good morning, baseball fans! It’s been a bit slow on the San Francisco Giants news front during this not-so-hot stove season. So today I thought we could watch something fun to help keep warm (both mentally and physically, as it’s been absolutely freezing in Northern California this week). So let’s take a look at a […]
Giants waive Marco Luciano; Pirates claim him
The Marco Luciano era is over for the San Francisco Giants, and it’s hard to not feel poignant about it. On Friday, the team quietly announced that Luciano had been claimed off of waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates, a popular home for former Giants top prospects, as Joey Bart, Alexander Canario, Bryan Reynolds, Kyle Crick, […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 15
The Winter Meetings start this weekend, and there’s one topic on the mind of Buster Posey and every other executive gathered in Orlando: the 2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. Our communal ranking of the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization is obviously the most critical thing that happens in the […]
Friday BP: Ron Washington reportedly joining Giants coaching staff
Good morning, baseball fans! Yesterday, San Francisco Giants General Manager Zack Minasian made an appearance on KNBR in which he confirmed Bob Nightengale’s social media post stating that the team was finalizing a deal with Ron Washington to join their coaching staff, most likely as an infield coach. Washington, of course, has had an extensive […]
Player review: Christian Koss
2025 stats: 76 G, 191 PA, .264/.309/.368, 94 OPS+ (91 wRC+), 1.9 bWAR… 0.00 ERA I’ve always thought it’d be fun to compile an encyclopedia of all the San Francisco Giants utility infielders in the 21st century. A completely frivolous tome of all the what was his name again players that scratch together 150 to […]
Giants are reportedly interested in Kyle Schwarber
On Monday, news broke about the San Francisco Giants that was both deeply disappointing and not particularly surprising. On Tuesday, news broke about the San Francisco Giants that was both extremely shocking and quite exciting. Monday’s news was that the Giants are not willing to spend the requisite buckeroos to make a competitive offer for […]
Thursday BP: Casey Schmitt injury update
Good morning, baseball fans! Earlier this week, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reported that infielder Casey Schmitt had undergone surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday. Schmitt is right-handed, which means that the surgery was on his glove hand, which should help recovery go more smoothly. Per Pavlovic’s post on social media, the […]
2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 14
The Winter Meetings are right around the corner, so hold on to your hats: the MLB offseason is about to get wild. Or perhaps mild. We’ll soon find out. Until then, it’s time to continue on our many-months long quest to, as a group, rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. […]
Affordable SP depth for a tender budgeted team
You know, as cranky as some of the fandom has become over the past few days as it becomes clear the Giants are using the press to either tamp down fan enthusiasm about free agency or short circuit Scott Boras’s efforts to use them (again) as a stalking horse, it’s still the case that the […]
Wednesday BP: How are you feeling about the Tatsuya Imai news?
Good morning, baseball fans! Yesterday, Steven wrote about the news that the San Francisco Giants are reportedly not interested in spending the money it would take to pursue Japanese RHP Tatsuya Imai, or really any big name I cannot improve upon Steven’s commentary, because it is absolutely spot-on. Personally, I can’t say that I’m surprised […]
Player review: Trevor McDonald
2025 stats: 3 G (2 GS) 15 IP 1.80 ERA / 2.54 FIP, 14 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 1.00 WHIP, 53.5 GB%, +0.4 fWAR Trevor McDonald didn’t appear in a Giants uniform until September 16th in relief of Tristan Beck who left after 3 innings and the team up on the Diamondbacks 5-3. In […]
When’s the best time to trade Logan Webb?
“Never!” should be your answer. No good San Francisco Giants fan would ever dream of trading the team’s ace. That’s Buster Posey’s job, and if he’s going to be any good as a President of Baseball Operations going forward, he ought to start popping ashwagandha pills before bed. Yesterday, Andrew Baggarly wrote an article for […]
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