Willy Adames drove in three runs with a triple and a home run, Dominic Smith added a solo homer and the host San Francisco Giants continued the Los Angeles Dodgers' misery with an 8-7 victory in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.
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Logan Webb vs. Dustin May.
The final series of the first half of the season begins tonight, and it’s a big one: the San Francisco Giants are hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers as a tremendous rivalry is renewed.
Taking the mound for the Giants is their ace, righty Logan Webb, who makes his last start before heading to the All-Star Game. Webb has made an MLB-leading 19 starts this year, and is 8-6 with a 2.62 ERA, a 2.33 FIP, and 133 strikeouts...
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After a first month of great results, his season has been dire at the plate.
If Betteridge’s law of headlines declares that “any headline with a question mark can be answered by the word no,” then let’s start there. Why can’t Jung Hoo Lee pick be an offensive force for the San Francisco Giants again this season?
We’ll start with the results. Since May 1st, he’s hit .205 with a .278 OBP and .324 slugging percentage in 245 plate appearances (59...
The 2025 season began with a little bit of a surprise in the NL West. While the Dodgers and Padres got off to good starts as usual and the Diamondbacks weren’t far behind, the San Francisco Giants kicked the campaign off in a big way as well.
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Wrong answers only. It’s Friday, and we deserve a laugh.
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Justin Verlander has now started 15 games for the San Francisco Giants and he has still yet to receive a winning decision. I’ve said it before, pitcher wins aren’t much of an indication of success on the whole, more often they are used for incentives, etc. It’s still really odd that Verlander cannot get a win.
Today is Friday, and...
Signed to a minor league deal in the offseason, he was selected to the big league roster last week as the Giants infield was a bit snakebit.
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Yesterday on the farm.
Just four games for the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates on Wednesday, as the A-Ball teams all were in action but the Rookie Ball teams had the day off. Let’s dive into the action!
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AAA Sacramento (45-44)Sacramento River Cats beat the Salt...
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DJ LeMahieu is about to become a free agent, and the Giants could make sense as his next landing spot.
The New York Yankees designated second baseman DJ LeMahieu for assignment on Wednesday. The 15-year MLB veteran has seen his production take a significant step back over the past two seasons, but it remained a surprise to many given his contract. LeMahieu is guaranteed a $15 million salary in 2025 and 2026. Given those large commitments, he is essentially a guarantee...
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Some, that’s for sure.
The San Francisco Giants barely made any moves for the first month of the season. Their roster was the definition of consistent and stagnant, which was mostly a good thing, as it signified good health and food results.
Since then, the wheels have come off a little bit, and been replaced by the churn. Injuries have occurred, forcing moves. Players have struggled, forcing moves. The Giants have used 42 players...
Fortune does not seem to be on the side of Justin Verlander at the moment. Despite recording another quality start, the pitcher ended up losing once again.
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper must have grown tired of fans and media members saying he was in a slump. Harper went 4-for-6 at the plate with one home run and one RBI in Wednesday's road game against the San Francisco Giants.
Justin Verlander fell to 0-7 Wednesday against the Phillies. | Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
The Phillies rocked the Giants for 13 runs and held them to four hits in a victory so complete that Mike Yastrzemski had to take the mound for an inning. And also get rocked.
The good vibes from Tuesday’s game-winning inside-the-park home run by Patrick Bailey lasted less than 24 hours. The Philadelphia Phillies scored four runs off Justin Verlander in the first six innings, then blew...
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Yesterday on the farm.
All seven of the San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball affiliates were in action on Tuesday, which for the A-Ball teams marked the start of the final first-half series. Soon it’s the All-Star break for Major and Minor League teams alike.
Now let’s dive into those seven games!
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Justin Verlander vs. Jesús Luzardo
The San Francisco Giants wrap up this three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon from Oracle Park.
Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Justin Verlander, who enters today’s game with a 4.84 ERA, 4.27 FIP, with 60 strikeouts to 26 walks in 70.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 11-2 loss to the Athletics on Friday, in which he allowed six runs on seven...
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Carlos Collazo tied the Giants to several high school shortstop prospects in his latest mock draft.
The San Francisco Giants predictions 2025 MLB Draft . While Keith Law speculated that they would struggle to pass on UC Santa Barbara right-handed starting pitcher Tyler Bremner, Carlos Collazo of Baseball America tied the Giants to a different group of players in his latest mock draft.
“I’ve been hearing a lot of prep shortstops...
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Keith Law thinks the Giants would struggle to pass on UCSB star Tyler Bremner in the draft.
The 2025 MLB Draft is less than a week away, which means we are in peak mock draft season. While mock drafts can be fun fodder, oftentimes they can provide excellent tidbits from reporters sourced conversations and personal notes. Keith Law of The Athletic released a mock draft on Tuesday that had one of those interesting notes on the San Francisco Giants. While Law had...
Maybe his historic feat will get him going for the rest of the season.
The San Francisco Giants will continue an improbable quest to nearly catch the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers before the All-Star break when the Giants go for a three-game sweep of the visiting Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon.
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We here at McCovey Chronicles pushed our community to vote for this year’s All-Star Game rosters. How are Giants fans feeling about how the roster ended up shaking out?
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Earlier this week, the full rosters for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game were announced, with three members of the San Francisco Giants making the cut. Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and Randy Rodríguez will represent the Giants at this year’s...
Patrick Bailey celebrates his walk-off inside-the-park homer | Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
The Giants catcher hit a three-run, walk-off, inside-the-park home run to stun the Philadelphia Phillies — and the Oracle Park crowd — for a 4-3 win
No one in major league baseball had hit an inside-the-park walk-off home run since 2016. That is, until Patrick Bailey did it Tuesday night.
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