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The Giants' bullpen finished fourth in the majors in ERA last season but will be without key members of last year's cast.
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Arráez's one-year, $12 million deal became official on Tuesday morning
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Vitello's staff features five coaches who have never coached in the majors
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Eldridge played 26 games in right field in 2023 before converting to a full-time first baseman
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Arráez's one-year, $12 million deal became official on Tuesday afternoon
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Verlander bounced back from an injury-plagued season in 2024 and a slow start last season to post a 3.83 ERA in 29 starts with the Giants.
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The Giants began spring training on Tuesday in Scottsdale with pitchers and catchers reporting
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The Giants enter the 2026 season with a universal projection of mediocrity.
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Free-agent signings Adrian House and Tyler Mahle join a rotation featuring Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and Landen Roupp.
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The Giants' pitchers and catchers will report to camp in Scottsdale on Wednesday
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Vitello's coaching staff features a pair of former major-league managers in Ron Washington and Jayce Tingler
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The biggest names among the prospects on the NRI list are corner infielder Park Harber, outfielder Bo Davidson, and 2021 first-round draft pick Will Bednar.
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Inductions will take place on July 26.
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Luis Arraez is the kind of signing that doesn't align with the modern game or the Giants' lineup.
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Arraez is the active leader in career batting average (.317) but has been a poor defender
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Arraez is the active leader in career batting average (.317) but has been a poor defender
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Arraez will probably slot in as the starting second baseman, which would turn infielder Casey Schmitt into a super utility player.
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The Giants officially announced the signing of outfielder Harrison Bader on Friday morning
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Lee hasn't played right field in the majors but has played the position in the KBO
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Teng had a 6.37 ERA over 29 2/3 innings with San Francisco in 2025
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Harrison Bader reportedly agreed with the Giants on a two-year contract on Monday
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Logan Webb will join a team captained by Aaron Judge and a rotation featuring Tarrik Skubal and Paul Skenes.
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Bader posted a career-high .796 OPS over 146 games last season
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La Russa, 81, has communicated frequently with Vitello since Buster Posey put him in touch with the Giants' new manager. "It's really been sincere and almost...
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Lee was detained on Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport but released that same night
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Lee was returning from his native South Korea, where a Giants contingent joined him earlier this month.
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They will be inducted at Cooperstown, New York, on July 26 along with former Giants second baseman Jeff Kent, voted in last month by the contemporary era...
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Tucker reportedly agreed with Los Angeles on a four-year, $260 million contract on Thursday
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Eldridge underwent left wrist surgery earlier this offseason to remove a bone spur
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Kent was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in December and will be inducted in July
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The Giants signed shortstop Josuar Gonzalez, the top position player of the 2025 international signing class, exactly a year ago
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Cal rugby coach Jack Clark, swimmer Missy Franklin, sprinter Eddie Hart among those honored in new Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame class.
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Tyler Mahle's one-year, $10 million deal became offical on Monday morning
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The Venezuelan Winter League is expected to resume play on Wednesday
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Under the posting agreement between Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball, a deal must be finalized by 5 p.m. EST Friday.
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The 2026 Bay Area sports calendar is chock full of the good stuff.
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Mahle, 31, had a 2.18 ERA over 16 starts for the Texas Rangers in 2025
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If the Giants are going to make a run at Tatsuya Imai, the Japanese pitching star's posting deadline to sign with an MLB team is January 2 at 2:00 p.m.
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Violet was the color of the year around the Bay Area in 2025, and the summer belonged to our WNBA expansion franchise, the Valkyries
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Houser signed a two-year deal with a club option for 2028 with the Giants last week
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The Giants officially announced Houser's two-year deal with a club option for 2028 on Friday
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San Francisco Giants acquire -- no, not a second baseman -- but rather the Curran Theatre.
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Logan Webb joins Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal in a rotation the U.S. hopes can help win its second championship in the international tournament
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After a mostly silent winter, the SF Giants have reportedly agreed to deals with former Rays starter Adrian Houser and former Tigers reliever Jason Foley.
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After deals with their new closer, Ohtani, Freeman, former SF Giant Snell and other stars, the World Series champion Dodgers' high point due in a year is $102.3...
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Logan Webb is a candidate to play for Team USA but the Giants are cognizant of the risk
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Catcher Daniel Susac was the Giants' lone acquisition of the Winter Meetings
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Daniel Susac is the younger brother of Andrew Susac, who played two seasons with the Giants
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Joe Buck was the 2026 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award
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The Giants had 1.01% odds at landing the first overall pick
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Edwin Díaz reportedly signed a three-year, $69 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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While Posey is reportedly "active" this offseason, the top teams are actually cutting checks.
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The two-way baseball star moves into a tie with Lance Armstrong, LeBron James and Tiger Woods for most among male honorees.
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The Dodgers made an investment in improving their bullpen, which was 21st in ERA last year as they repeated as World Series champs.
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Kent was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday as part of the Contemporary Baseball Era Ballot
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Bryce Eldridge made his MLB debut last September and turned 21 in October
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Kent, a former Cal star, will enter the Hall of Fame next summer, but not longtime Giants teammate Barry Bonds, who received fewer than five of the 12 votes...
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Luciano hit .217 over 41 games with the Giants and didn't play a single game in the majors last season
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Vice president of baseball analytics Paul Bien has also been promoted to assistant general manager of baseball analytics
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Left-handed reliever Sam Hentges has been the Giants' only free-agent signing so far
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Washington has 10 seasons of experience managing in MLB with the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels
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Barry Bonds is one of eight players on the Baseball Hall of Fame's Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot.
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Giants infielder Casey Schmitt had the carpal boss removed from his left wrist, which is where he was hit with a pitch last June.
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The Giants have traded for Joey Wiemer and claimed Justin Dean off waivers this offseason
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Tatsuya Imai was posted on Nov. 10 and is projected to sign a contract around six years and $150 million
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Sam Hentges posted a 2.93 ERA from 2022-24 before missing all of 2025 due to injury
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Parks Harber had a 1.196 OPS in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the National League Fall Stars
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Bochy rejoined the SF Giants as a special advisor on Nov. 10 after three years managing Texas Rangers, including another World Series title
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Joey Wiemer was designated for assignment by the Miami Marlins earlier this week
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The Giants have swung-and-missed out on top-level free agents in recent years. Here's why this year's approach may be different.
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Meccage spent 2025 as the pitching coach of the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate
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Snow played first base for most of his career and won the Gold Glove six consecutive times from 1995 to 2000 as both a California Angel and a Giant.
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Hallberg spent six seasons on the Giants' coaching staff under former managers Gabe Kapler and Bob Melvin
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Shohei Ohtani joins Barry Bonds as the only other player to win at least four MVPs
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Logan Webb led the majors in innings and the National League in strikeouts
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Hunter Mense played under Tony Vitello at the University of Tennessee
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The Giants have at least two rotation spots to fill behind Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and Landen Roupp
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Bruce Bochy managed the Giants from 2007-19 and won three World Series titles in '10, '12 and '14
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J.P. Martinez spent one season as pitching coach after four seasons as an assistant
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The offseason officially begins five days after the end of the World Series, so Thursday was the first day of moves for MLB teams.
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