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Just in time for the holidays.
The holidays are nearly upon us, and that usually means spending money. So a little holiday bonus is always appreciate (hint hint, nudge nudge). And four San Francisco Giants youngsters are getting one such bonus: catcher Patrick Bailey, infielder Tyler Fitzgerald, closer Ryan Walker, and outfielder Heliot Ramos.
Per the terms of the CBA, the league allots an annual $50 million pool to be dispersed...
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For a week in May, Luis Matos was the greatest player on the planet...and for the rest of season, he was pretty bad.
Generations from now young Giants fans — eager to understand what they could only piece together from fragments found on ancient Twitter feeds — will approach us wizened faithful who were alive for the 2024 season and ask: What was it like when the Matos Meteor hit?
Hopefully, I’ll have answers decades from now, because six months on,...
That tracks with the club’s behavior in recent weeks.
Who is the 13th-best prospect on the farm?
The MLB offseason is rolling right along, and so is our 2025 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, which will see us collectively rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization.
The voting in the last chapter was close, but in the end, shortstop Aeverson Arteaga was selected as the No. 12 prospect in the Giants system. It’s a rise of two spots over his ranking of No. 14 last year, which tells you that a lot...
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Minor transactions!
‘tis the season for big news to hit the airwaves, and for small moves to slip between the cracks. And so it took recent articles by Baseball America and MLB Trade Rumors to learn some news that occurred back in November: the San Francisco Giants quietly re-signed pitchers Kai-Wei Teng and Ethan Small to Minor League deals, keeping the team’s pitching depth well stocked.
Teng, a right-handed...
Future Toronto Blue Jay Corbin Burnes pitches against the Giants in 2023. | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images
Bob Nightengale called the Giants “heavy favorites” to sign Corbin Burnes. But he’s wrong so frequently, this probably means Burnes is going to be a Blue Jay.
There are a host of reasons that the San Francisco Giants should feel optimistic about signing free-agent starter Corbin Burnes. He has Bay Area ties, having pitched at St. Mary’s in Moraga. Burnes owns a home in...
The Giants brought back pitchers Ethan Small and Kai-Wei Teng on minor league contracts last month (h/t to Baseball America’s Matt Eddy). San Francisco had dropped both players from the 40-man roster at the non-tender deadline.
With Max Fried joining the Yankees and Garrett Crochet landing with the Red Sox, all eyes are on Corbin Burnes. The 2021 NL Cy Young winner was always, arguably, the best starter up for grabs this winter on either the free agent market or the trade block.
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It could happen!
Right-handed pitcher Corbin Burnes is about to make an absurd amount of money. We knew he was due a big payday, and then Max Fried went and signed an eight-year, $218 million deal, pushing the market significantly higher than what we initially thought. Burnes — and Scott Boras — are salivating.
When the offseason began, I didn’t think there was any chance the Giants would sign Burnes — it’s just not an organization...
Thairo Estrada is staying in the NL West with the Colorado Rockies | Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images
The former SF Giants infielder is staying the National League West on a one-year deal, in a new ballpark that might really help his offensive numbers
The San Francisco Giants gave up on Thairo Estrada at the end of August. Now he’s staying the National League West with his new team.
Thairo Estrada has agreed to a one-year Major League deal with the Rockies, per source.
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Who is the 12th-best prospect on the Giants farm?
Note: Today is nomination day! Head to the comment section to write in your nominations for the next CPL, and click on the “REC” button to cast votes.
The 2025 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List marches on, as we rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. And today we see a trend with the number “1.” Our No. 1 prospect was the clear-cut best...
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And inactive in the Major League portion.
On Wednesday the Rule 5 Draft took place, and it was a quiet year for the San Francisco Giants in the Major League phase. We knew going into the draft that the Giants wouldn’t select any player in the Major League phase, as the Willy Adames signing becoming official filled out their 40-man roster, keeping them from being able to participate. The Giants also didn’t lose a player...
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They’ll, of course, be competing against some highly motivated teams to get this premiere player.
This morning, Joel Sherman wrote for the New York Post:
DALLAS — More and more, it is appearing as if the Astros are open to trading Kyle Tucker and the Yankees are among the teams most seriously pursuing the star outfielder, The Post has learned.
The Yankees, though, might not be the most determined pursuer of Tucker as the Winter Meetings neared an end. The...
Buster Posey and the Giants secured the services of Willy Adames, signing him to a 7-year $182 million deal. Posey secured the Giant’s biggest free agent signing since Barry Bonds in 1993.
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No issues with the physical!
You can all breathe a sigh of relief. For the second time in three years, the San Francisco Giants agreed to a franchise-record contract with someone they believed to be their shortstop for the foreseeable future. But this time there was no problem with the physical. There were no sneaky ankle bones that were flagged on the MRIs.
This time it actually became official.
On Tuesday, the Giants officially announced their...
Buster Posey and the Giants’ analytics department probably crunched the numbers about getting leapfrogged in the draft | Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images
The Giants had miniscule odds of getting the No. 1 pick in the draft, but their draft position was pushed down two spots by the good fortunes of the St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners
In the third year of the MLB Draft Lottery, the San Francisco Giants had a chance to move up from their 11th position. Instead,...
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year ... maybe.
The 2024 Winter Meetings are upon us, and sometime between asking for mailbag questions and starting to write this article, left-handed pitcher Max Fried signed an eight-year deal with the New York Yankees. So I’m going to try to run through the many questions I got as quickly as possible, before all the players are signed and traded and pitchers and catchers are reporting.
What...
The deal comes with a mutual option for 2026 or a $750K buyout.
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Great news.
The Winter Meetings seem to be bringing good news for the San Francisco Giants. Willy Adames technically agreed to the largest contract in franchise history before the meetings started but, physical pending (gasp!), he should officially become a Giant during the meetings.
But that’s not all the good news. There will likely be other signings or trades, and some of the best news came on Monday with no transaction at...
The San Francisco Giants made a splash in free agency by signing Willy Adames to a seven-year, $182 million deal. This move not only addresses a critical shortstop need but also marks a pivotal moment for the franchise after missing out on major free agents year after year.