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Giants beat Padres despite nearly beating themselves

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A six-run, three-homer 4th was nearly derailed by defensive mishaps in 7-6 win over Padres

Padres starter Joe Musgrove had been on autopilot through the first three innings and change. He attacked the zone with a bevy of curveballs and cut-fastballs and breaking balls, retiring the first ten Giants batters he faced. He struck out lead off man Grant McCray on three pitches. He K’ed the side in the 3rd, needing just 35 pitches to stroll through three scoreless...

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Sami Higgins

9/8 Gamethread: Giants @ Padres

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Spencer Bivens vs. Joe Musgrove

The San Francisco Giants wrap up this three-game series against the San Diego Padres this afternoon from Petco Park.

The Giants will be going with a bullpen game today, with right-hander Spencer Bivens getting the start. Bivens enters today’s game with a 2.86 ERA, 4.82 FIP, with 24 strikeouts to eight walks in 34.2 innings pitched. His last appearance was in the Giants’ 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks...

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Grant McCray shines as Giants sink Padres

Rookie Grant McCray homered twice and knocked in five runs on Saturday night as the visiting San Francisco Giants posted a 6-3 win over the San Diego Padres.

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Sami Higgins

Grant McCray beats Padres, 6-3

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With two home runs and five RBI, Grant McCray was a one-man offense in the Giants’ 6-3 win over the Padres

The San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres tonight, 6-3. This was thanks almost entirely to tonight’s episode of The Grant McCray Show. But more on that later.

Logan Webb had a decent start, allowing three runs on ten hits with three strikeouts and two walks over six innings. But it could have been quite a bit worse.

Thinks started off...

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Braves acquire Hall of Famer's son from Giants

In 44 games with Toronto this year, he hit a paltry .200/.323/.291 as his strikeout rate soared to 32.1 percent, going over 30 percent for the first time in his career as a big leaguer.

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Sami Higgins

9/7 Gamethread: Giants @ Padres

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Logan Webb vs. Dylan Cease

The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game series against the San Diego Padres tonight from Petco Park.

Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Logan Webb, who enters today’s game with a 3.43 ERA, 2.97 FIP, with 154 strikeouts to 44 walks in 183.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 7-5 loss to the Miami Marlins on Sunday, in which he allowed six runs on eight hits with four...

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SF Giants Place Lefty Starter On 15-Day IL

The San Francisco Giants have placed left-handed starting pitcher Kyle Harrison on the 15-day IL with left shoulder inflammation. The 23-year-old southpaw appears to be done for the season.

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Steven Kennedy

Another early error

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The season bumbles on.

The San Francisco Giants, who were able to overcome a 2-run hole after an unfurnished defensive 1st inning against Arizona on Thursday, couldn’t pull the same rabbit out of their hat on Friday.

A wide relay to second from Tyler Fitzgerald gifted the Padres two runs in the 1st. It ended up being plenty. The Giants spent the next eight offensive frames flailing their arms after the baseball with little success, managing just a solo homer in...

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'Good chance' season is over for Giants rookie pitcher

Before Friday’s game, the Giants placed left-hander Kyle Harrison on the 15-day injured list due to an impingement in his throwing shoulder.

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Sami Higgins

Weekend BP: Is it time to give up on Zaidi?

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After yet another season of aggressive mediocrity, is it time for the Giants to part ways with Farhan Zaidi?

Good morning, baseball fans!

The San Francisco Giants are currently (as of Friday afternoon) sitting seven and a half games back in the Wild Card race. With just 20 games left to play this season, it’s pretty hard to imagine a scenario in which they end up in the playoffs.

Instead, it’s looking like this year will go down as yet...

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Sami Higgins

9/6 Gamethread: Giants @ Padres

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Mason Black vs. Michael King

The San Francisco Giants begin a three-game series against the San Diego Padres tonight from Petco Park. Important note, this is another Apple TV+ exclusive broadcast. So get your radios handy.

Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Mason Black, who enters today’s game with a 7.45 ERA, 6.44 FIP, with 16 strikeouts to seven walks in 19.1 innings pitched for the Giants this season. His last start...

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Bryan Murphy

Kyle Harrison’s season ends as LHP heads to IL with shoulder inflammation

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Not surprising and maybe not even disappointing as the 22-year old works out his major league career.

This afternoon, the San Francisco Giants announced that LHP Kyle Harrison has been placed on the 15-day IL with left shoulder inflammation. Per this Alex Pavlovic post, the move will end his 2024 season:

Kyle Harrison went on the IL with left shoulder inflammation. The velocity has been down at times in second half, so Giants will shut him...

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Bryan Murphy

Series Preview: The Padres are 30-13 in the 2nd half, the Giants are technically a team that exists

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It’s clear the Padres are glad to be rid of Bob Melvin.

A few weeks back, I picked the Padres as the team that would need to collapse in order for the Giants to sneak into the postseason. But that was when I was writing from a place of generosity. This is a Giants fan site, so why not give the Giants the benefit of the doubt? They’ll be competitive these next few weeks! Wow, was I wrong.

The Padres are good, the Giants are not. Maybe a week...

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Brady Klopfer

Minor League roundup, Sept. 5: Sabin Ceballos is on fire

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Yesterday’s action on the farm.

The Minor League Baseball season is nearing an end, but it’s not over yet! Here’s what happened on the San Francisco Giants farm on Thursday.

Link to the 2024 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL)

All listed positions in the roundup are the positions played in that particular game.

News

Just a tiny bit of news. AAA Sacramento LHP Raymond Burgos, who hasn’t pitched since July 1, has...

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Bryan Murphy

Which “players with other teams” texted Matt Chapman after he signed his extension?

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Let’s speculate... irresponsibly.

In the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s press conference to announce Matt Chapman’s 6-year, $151 million extension with the San Francisco Giants, the talk was all about this comment made by the player himself:

Matt Chapman says he’s already heard from players with other teams about their potential interest in playing for the Giants after he signed a six-year extension.

— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) September...

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Giants Retain Matt Chapman On Six-Year $151 Million Contract Extension

Matt Chapman signs a long-term extension with the San Francisco Giants for six years, $151 million. He has been a crucial piece to the Giants. Farhan Zaidi has finally decided to hand out a long-term deal.

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Brady Klopfer

Friday BP: Blake Snell insinuates that the extension ball is in the Giants’ court

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Interesting? Yes. Truthful? Who knows.

Thursday wasn’t a day to remember for Blake Snell. For the first time in quite a while, the San Francisco Giants had to win in spite of him, rather than because of him, and they did exactly that. Snell lasted just one inning due to an inflated pitch count, but Landen Roupp, Erik Miller, Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval, and Ryan Walker combined for eight scoreless innings as the Giants walked-off the...

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Patrick Bailey supplies the offense in Giants' walk-off win over Diamondbacks

Patrick Bailey bounced a ground-rule double over the left-center field fence with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Tyler Fitzgerald and allow the San Francisco Giants to walk off the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 on Thursday afternoon.

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Sean Keane

Patrick Bailey, bullpen helps top Diamondbacks, 3-2

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The young catcher drove in all three of the Giants’ runs in a game where the bullpen threw eight scoreless innings.

The future of the Giants looks far brighter after this series. Their catcher, shortstop, and third baseman of the future all made contributions to a 3-2, walkoff win against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Sophomore catcher Patrick Bailey knocked in all three Giants runs Thursday,...

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Giants Sign Matt Chapman to the Deal He Should Have Already Gotten

Matt Chapman grew up in California. He played college ball in California. He spent the first eight years of his professional career in the Oakland Athletics organization.

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