It hasn’t been an easy 2026 MLB season for Matt Chapman. Both on and off the field. The Giants third baseman, who struggled offensively and defensively early on, spoke candidly to the San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser about his decision to stop using social media and the online harassment he received from some disgruntled fans. “Yeah, it’s bad,” Chapman told Slusser before Sunday’s game. “I got off social media, stopped looking at it — but it still seems like only the negative stuff finds you, right?“You should see my DMs. It’s people saying, ‘I hope your family dies.’ People threaten us all the time, I just block it and whatever, I don’t make a big deal about it, but it’s just not cool. I would never do that to anybody.”Chapman struggled at the plate out of the gate, and even made a few uncharacteristic errors at third base before temporarily turning things around in April. However, Chapman then batted .186/.259/.275 with seven RBI in May, and now entering June, still only has one home run on the season, which he hit on March 31.Nothing has changed with Chapman’s preparation and...
Matt Chapman opens up about harassment, threats from Giants fans amid slow start
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