Where we tend to talk about the recent past a lot
Well, we’re a month into Spring Training, and just two weeks away from Opening Day. So it seemed like a good time to dive into one of my overly verbose spring traditions: contextualized stats. One of the hard things about judging spring results — for individuals or for teams — is that the competition varies. […]
Last season, the San Francisco Giants defied conventional bullpen wisdom by deciding that left-handed relievers weren’t important. They went most of the season with just one lefty specialist in the bullpen, first Erik Miller and then Joey Lucchesi. Lucchesi finished 13th on the team with 38.1 innings and Miller was 15th with 30 innings in […]
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants will be playing the Kansas City Royals on the road today at 1:05 p.m. PDT. Unfortunately it will not be televised, but you can listen in on the MLB At Bat app (and probably KNBR, but it doesn’t specify.) While we wait, their social media team recently […]
The San Francisco Giants made the controversial decision this offseason to only mildly shore up their starting pitching. They entered the winter with two holes in their starting five, and they did address those holes with two additions, in the form of Adrian Houser and Tyler Mahle. That was a very modest shoring up. Those […]
Good morning, baseball fans! I’m back from a few days off for my birthday, so let’s take a look at what the San Francisco Giants have on deck for this week. Tuesday The Giants will head to Goodyear Ballpark to take on the Cleveland Guardians at 1:05 p.m. PDT. Audio coverage will be available through […]
New San Francisco Giants second baseman has read your (our) criticism of his lack of power and he decided to take it out on the beleaguered pitchers of Team Israel. Luis Arraez went 4-for-5 with four runs, five RBIs, two doubles and two big home runs as Venezuela defeated Israel Saturday night, 11-3. at loanDepot […]
The eternal struggle for fans, writers, analysts, and even coaches and front office folks this time of year, is figuring out what we can actually learn. When a team excels or face plants in Spring Training play, it’s hard to know what you’ve learned from that; don’t forget that the San Francisco Giants had the […]
On Monday, just two-and-a-half weeks before Opening Day, the San Francisco Giants shored up their left-handed depth with a move many expected months ago: Joey Lucchesi. Lucchesi was somewhat surprisingly non-tendered at the start of the offseason, after a fairly strong 2025 with the Giants (MLB Trade Rumors projected him for $2 million in arbitration). […]
It’s hard to believe it, but the San Francisco Giants are already more than halfway through their Cactus League schedule. They’ve played 15 games, with 14 remaining. They’ve also played an exhibition against Team USA, while the future has four more exhibitions: a Spring Breakout prospect game with the Cincinnati Reds, one game against their […]
It’s another season of change for Major League Baseball. For the first time ever, hitters and catchers will have the chance to overturn called balls and strikes in official games. Are the days of ejections for arguing balls and strikes over? How do Major League Baseball fans feel about the game’s evolution? Bryce Eldridge drew […]
Happy weekend, baseball fans. How ‘bout them Giants? They’re cruising! Try to forget that the Cactus League is mostly meaningless, and live in a happy world of dominant Giants baseball. Sami usually writes the BPs, but a combination of sickness and birthday celebration has put me on the duty for a few days. But, had […]
Logan Webb took the mound tonight, just not for our humble San Francisco Giants, but for Team USA in their World Baseball Classic opener. His second pitch for the Stars and Stripes got blasted nearly 400 feet. He went on to retire the next dozen batters, discarding half of them by way of the K. […]
On March 19, less than a week before their Opening Day showdown with the New York Yankees, the San Francisco Giants will play the Cincinnati Reds in this year’s Spring Breakout game. The Spring Breakout, which is in its third year, is an exhibition made up entirely of prospects, and is one of the most […]
The San Francisco Giants have had a fairly healthy Spring Training but, like all teams, they’re not 100% healthy. There have been a few players notably absent, but on Wednesday, the team released some injury updates for their ailing players. Most notable were updates to a pair of relievers, lefty Reiver Sanmartin and righty Joel […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Over the weekend, I asked the McCovey Chronicles community to weigh in and give some shout outs to their fellow community members. You all absolutely delivered en masse, and I’d like to share some of the responses here. There was no way I could include everything from the thread, as we […]
The San Francisco Giants knew their part on Tuesday and they played it well. Perhaps a little too well, if you ask me. The Giants hosted a star-studded Team USA on Tuesday at Scottsdale Stadium, serving as the tune-up appetizer before the World Baseball Classic starts later this week. And an appetizer they were. A […]
Good morning, baseball fans! Today, the San Francisco Giants get the honor of hosting the World Baseball Classic’s Team USA for an exhibition game! So let’s take a look at what we can expect for that. Today’s game will start at 12:05 p.m. PT and it will air nationally on ESPN, with local radio coverage […]
The San Francisco Giants entered the offseason with a lot of young starting pitchers who were equal parts exciting and unproven. Pitchers who could break camp with the team and prove to be a vital asset in the bullpen and critical rotational depth, like Hayden Birdsong was in the first half of last year. But […]
Well folks, we did it. And well ahead of schedule, I might add! With the election last week of left-handed hitting infielder Jean Carlos Sio, we have once again completed the annual Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List. As a community, we came together to jointly decide on the top 44 prospects in the San […]
Good morning, baseball fans! San Francisco Giants Spring Training baseball is in full swing, so let’s take a look at what’s on deck this week. First up, the Giants will hit the road to take on the Chicago White Sox at 12:05 p.m. PST this afternoon. This will be the only road game until the […]
The San Francisco Giants improved to 7-2 in Cactus League play with a 9-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Logan Webb’s second start of Spring, and last before he joins Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, went without any major hiccups. The veteran allowed one run on two hits and a […]
Good morning, baseball fans! As you’ve probably noticed, we’ve been checking in all month to get your opinions on various topics around the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general. But now, it’s time to discuss the most important aspect of McCovey Chronicles, and that is YOU! The wonderful community! Today’s prompt is less about […]
Fans have, unfortunately, grown accustomed to there being a gap in talent when the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers play each other. And that was once again the case on Friday, as the team’s squared off for the first of two Cactus League showdowns. In a happy change of pace, however, the talent […]
The San Francisco Giants have had an offseason full of puzzling decisions, but none so baffling as this one: Glen Kuiper is returning to the booth to do radio broadcasts. The lesser of the three broadcasting Kuiper brothers (13 years younger than Duane, five years younger than producer Jeff), Glen Kuiper was the primary play-by-play […]
Good morning baseball fans! As we approach the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general! I had to take a couple of days off because Plague-ageddon 2026 finally got me this week. But going back to the […]