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Is Jung Hoo Lee “fantastic,” or actually kinda bad in right field?
During the 4th inning of Wednesday’s second game against the Braves, the Giants’ broadcasters used the occasion of Mike Yastrzemski, current Brave and former right-fielder for Giants, stepping into the box to discuss the defensive skills of his “protegé,” Jung Hoo Lee. Dave Flemming deemed Lee “a worthy successor.” Javy Lopez described Lee’s play in […]
Friday BP: Can the Giants match their 2025 trade deadline?
If you’re no stranger to McCovey Chronicles, then you’re probably aware that I’ve been pretty critical of Buster Posey during his tenure. Err, during his tenure as president of baseball operations, I should specify. Not sure I ever had a criticism of Posey during his tenure as Face of the Franchise/Captain America/All-World Catcher/Hugger Extraordinaire/Three-Time Champion. […]
Time to clean house
I have been struggling to articulate my feelings about what took place at the San Francisco Giants’ Pride Night all week. There’s a lot to say, and a lot of things have already been said. But every time I’ve tried to sit down to write this post, the words have stubbornly refused to come until […]
Giants vs. Braves postponed, rescheduled for August
As many anticipated, Thursday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves has been postponed. A storm has been tearing through the southeast, and it put all three games of the series in jeopardy: Tuesday’s game began during rainstorms, and was postponed in the second inning, though it was finished on Wednesday as part […]
Thursday BP: Get Arraez to the All Star Game!
Good morning, baseball fans! As annoyed as I might be with the San Francisco Giants at the moment, I’m not going to let that stop us from pursuing our All Star voting goals. The first updates on voting for this year’s game have come out and the Giants only have one player who is even […]
Giants Reacts fan survey: How has Buster Posey performed?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Giants fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This season has been an unmitigated disaster for the San Francisco Giants. The bulk of their […]
Giants preview the second half, win
For a while now, Carson Whisenhunt has been targeted as a key part of San Francisco’s second-half rotation. It’s been quite a long time since anyone who isn’t employed by the Giants thought the team could make a competitive run this year, and as the season becomes more and more fleshed out — and the […]
Game 2 Gamethread: Giants @ Braves
The San Francisco Giants have another doubleheader today, after their eventual 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves was paused in the second inning on Tuesday, and finished earlier today. Because of the doubleheader, the teams are given a 27th player for the second game, and that’s exciting for the Giants, because it means the season […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, June 16: Another day, another Bo Davidson dinger
All seven of the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates were in action on Tuesday. Here’s what happened! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in that particular game. AAA Sacramento (40-27) Sacramento River Cats beat the Oklahoma City Comets (Dodgers) […]
Rain, Ray, and homers: the story of a 2-day victory
The San Francisco Giants’ 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday was a story of two games. No, literally. A story of two games, played on two days. Two games that the Giants won, resulting in — stay with me — one game that the Giants won. It began on Tuesday night when, against […]
Wednesday BP/Gamethread: Giants @ Braves
Good morning, San Francisco Giants fans. Yesterday’s game against the Atlanta Braves was postponed in between the top and the bottom of the second inning, and will kick off again today at 11:00 a.m. PT, as Game 1 of a doubleheader. San Francisco leads Atlanta 3-2. The original game will proceed as scheduled, at 4:15 […]
Giants vs. Braves postponed, doubleheader scheduled for Wednesday
There were many who thought that Tuesday’s scheduled game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves would be postponed before it even began. And now, those people can say it should have been. Despite pouring rain, the teams started their game on time. In between the top and bottom halves of the second inning […]
Giants Minor League Baseball roundup, June 12-15: Reggie Crawford makes a surprise return
Another busy weekend of San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball! Let’s quickly cover the games from Friday through Monday. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in that particular game. News The big news is that the Giants sent Reggie Crawford to […]
6/16 Gamethread: Giants @ Braves
The San Francisco Giants begin a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves this afternoon. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Adrian Houser, who enters today’s game with a 5.54 ERA, 5.18 FIP, with 46 strikeouts to 24 walks in 65 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 6-3 loss to […]
The Giants are open to purging their roster
The industry is buzzing over the possibility that the San Francisco Giants might hold a fire sale for their 2026 roster. I’ve already ranked the top 10 trade chips the Giants have, but yesterday, we got some actual names bandied about via informed rumormongering from Ken Rosenthal for The Athletic in a piece with the […]
Series Preview: Giants travel to God’s country to get swept probably
The players’ protest of Pride Night reminded me of country musician Morgan Wallen walking off of the Saturday Night Live set and posting to social media “Get me to God’s country.” It was such an odd protest, but it did the task of 1) informing me of Morgan Wallen’s existence (and I don’t claim that […]
Tuesday BP: Taking Action
Good morning, baseball fans! As most of you know, multiple members of the San Francisco Giants decided to deface their uniforms on Friday in protest of the team’s Pride Night. I wrote my initial thoughts for Sunday’s BP post, but now it’s time for us to move forward and take action. I’ve seen accounts from […]
MLB sends warning letter to three Giants relievers for their anti-Pride Night protest
Major League Baseball has weighed in on the trademark dispute that has been brewing between American evangelicals and the rest of the world for the better part of the 21st century over the “meaning” of a rainbow. On Friday, a trio of Giants relievers defaced their uniforms in support of the evangelical’s “originalist” interpretation of […]
Rafael Devers won’t get much better than this
Oh well. You win some, you lose some. Or, in the Giants’ case, you mostly lose. It has been a year since the Giants traded for Rafael Devers, and like most of their big swings since allowing Buster Posey to take the reins of the front office, the team has come up empty and looked […]
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 this week. While the week begins today, the baseball does not. The Giants have the day off, as they head to the east coast to begin a three-game series against the Atlanta […]
Webb gem
It’s easy to forget how good pitching can help produce good hitting. The correlation isn’t always guaranteed, isn’t always direct or obvious, but every once and awhile those two different facets of the game sync for a team, and it becomes perfectly clear how much one needs, or feeds, off the other. Defenders are also […]
6/14 Gamethread: Giants vs. Cubs
Well, there’s more baseball today, I guess. If you’re into that sort of thing. The San Francisco Giants have given us no reason to watch them lately, both with their play and their bigoted messaging. For some people, that’s reason enough to stop watching; for others, they need the respite that baseball provides, even when […]
Nothing new to report
Truly. Nothing new. Same ol’, same ol’ in this one. A 6-1 loss that felt pre-determined, or determined immediately after Pete Crow-Armstrong homered on the first pitch of the game thrown by Trevor McDonald. PCA continued to be a menace all evening: he collected two more hits, came up a triple shy of the cycle, […]
Sunday BP: Bigoted Giants don’t get a highlight of the week because bigotry is not a highlight
Good morning, baseball fans! Another week of San Francisco Giants baseball comes to an end today, which would normally mean that it’s time to share our favorite highlights of the week. I even had an entire post already scheduled to publish today with fantastic highlights. Unfortunately, I am a human being. And a human being […]
6/13 Gamethread: Giants vs. Cubs
It’s time for Game 2 between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs! Welcome to weekend baseball! Trevor McDonald takes the mound for the Giants, with the right-hander making his eighth start of the year. So far this season, the 25-year old is 2-3 with a 4.15 ERA, a 3.51 FIP, and 37 strikeouts […]
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