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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado's Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
January 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM -
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Mark your calendars. Spring Breakout is back. The official dates and times of this year’s Spring Training prospect showcase were announced by Major League Baseball on...
January 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM -
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MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2025 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 24, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of...
January 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM -
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Justin Verlander is preparing to enter the 20th season of his brilliant MLB career after recently signing a one-year contract with the Giants. But while the former MVP...
January 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
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Any time a young prospect’s ceiling is held in the same regard as Francisco Lindor and José Reyes, talent evaluators are going to sit up and listen. Josuar De Jesus...
January 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM -
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BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox on Wednesday acquired catcher Blake Sabol from the San Francisco Giants, in exchange for international bonus pool space. To make room on the...
January 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM -
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We are celebrating the small yet mighty canvas that is the Minor League cap in honor of National Hat Day. Clubs across the Minors utilize them as a fun way to represent...
January 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM -
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January 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM -
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Following are the first workout dates, subject to change, both for pitchers and catchers and full squads of the 30 Major League clubs for 2025 Spring Training.
January 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM -
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Giants right-hander Tyler Rogers is the owner of the slowest fastball in the Majors. But he and his wife, Jennifer, have paid homage to one of the game’s greatest...
January 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM -
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January 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
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Outside of his quest to reach 300 wins, there isn’t much left to accomplish for likely future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander. But he still has another goal in mind as he...
January 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM -
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On the same day they introduced likely future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander, the Giants revealed that they’re out of the running for another frontline starter. General...
January 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM -
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January 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
January 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM -
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The Giants announced that they settled with their three remaining arbitration-eligible players on Thursday, agreeing to 2025 contracts with first baseman LaMonte Wade...
January 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM -
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In the final installment of the MLB Pipeline Executives Poll, we’re pulling back from the granular and taking a more organizational perspective. After exploring...
January 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
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January 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM -
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The Giants bolstered their catching depth on Wednesday by claiming Sam Huff off waivers from the Rangers. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, right-hander Austin...
January 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM -
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January 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM -
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Let’s keep drilling down, shall we? In the first two parts of our MLB Pipeline Executive Poll, we asked front offices about who they thought will be the 2025 Rookies of...
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
January 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM -
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Our 2025 MLB Pipeline Poll kicked off with a look at Rookie of the Year favorites. In Part II, we take a deeper dive into what executives across all 30 MLB organizations...
January 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
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In 1999, as the world anticipated the turn of the century and the dawn of a new millennium, MLB named its “All-Century Team,” selecting 30 players to represent...
January 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM -
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January 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
January 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM -
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We’ve officially turned over the calendar to 2025 this week. Of course in baseball, it feels like we began to flip the calendar the moment Dodgers right-hander Walker...
January 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM -
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Franchise cornerstones? Forgotten cameos? They all count
January 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM -
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Every year as the calendar flips, we at MLB Pipeline gaze into crystal balls and turn our collective attention to potential breakout prospects for the coming season...
January 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM -
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As the calendar flips to the new year, it's a time for everyone to set new goals and make predictions for the months ahead -- and MLB teams are no different. With...
December 31, 2024 at 9:40 PM -
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Each Major League season is a stage for players to raise their game to previously unseen heights. Perhaps a blossoming star becomes unquestionably elite. Or perhaps a...
December 30, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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MLB's reporters chronicled the 2024 baseball season from start to finish. But a picture is worth 1,000 words -- and they snapped plenty of those, too. From Spring...
December 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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A new season brings new opportunities for every player in a team’s system. This is especially true for a team’s Minor League prospects, who look to build on the previous...
December 29, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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Just in time for New Year's, let's look back at the top plays of 2024. We give out Statcast superlatives every season -- for everything from the hardest-hit...
December 28, 2024 at 9:40 PM -
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At this point in the offseason, every team could still use some help -- and plenty of top free agents remain available. But taking into account age, position, skill set...
December 28, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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Part of what makes baseball the best are the feats and amazing stats accruing left and right, every single day. We chronicle them throughout the year, but there’s no...
December 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
December 27, 2024 at 11:40 AM -
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At the end of the day, a home run's distance has no impact on its usefulness. From the shortest (which, in 2024, traveled 318 feet) to the longest (480 feet)...
December 26, 2024 at 8:40 PM -
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Kristian Campbell entered 2024 as a supplemental fourth-round pick the previous July who had fashioned a nice pro debut. He ended it as the No. 10 prospect on MLB...
December 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM -
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In need of a last-minute holiday gift? The Giants have you covered. Single-game tickets for April and May home games are now on sale at sfgiants.com/tickets, with some...
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM -
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This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. Subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
December 24, 2024 at 11:40 AM -
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From stunning comebacks to thrilling walk-offs to dominant pitching performances, every team had its share of memorable triumphs in 2024. But what was each club’s...
December 23, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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There was no shortage of storylines in the 2024 season, which featured some of the best individual seasons and performances that baseball has ever seen -- we're...
December 22, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado's Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
December 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM -
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Every season brings unexpected breakouts. We don’t mean rookies such as Paul Skenes or Colton Cowser -- can’t-miss prospects who, when they made it to the Majors, did...
December 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM -
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We don’t only deal in tools around here. Performance (i.e. what players do with those tools) matters, too. Stats form much of baseball's vocabulary. It’s part of...
December 18, 2024 at 9:40 PM -
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December 18, 2024 at 11:40 AM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
December 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
December 13, 2024 at 3:40 PM -
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December 11, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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DALLAS -- The Giants crossed the most pressing item off their offseason to-do list by finalizing a seven-year, $182 million contract with shortstop Willy Adames on...
December 11, 2024 at 3:40 PM -
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DALLAS -- Tune in to a live simulcast here and in the video above as Major League clubs gather on the last full day of the Winter Meetings to take part in the Rule 5...
December 11, 2024 at 11:40 AM -
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Slugger's tape-measure HR, battle vs. Mariano Rivera featured on new Hidden Classics
December 11, 2024 at 9:40 AM -
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DALLAS -- As talks between free-agent shortstop Willy Adames and the Giants slowly shifted from informal conversations to serious negotiations, Buster Posey began to...
December 10, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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The 2025 Draft may still be seven months away but it's also in the news. MLB Pipeline released its initial Draft Top 100 late last week and MLB staged the Draft...
December 10, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM -
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December 9, 2024 at 9:40 PM -
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DALLAS -- Camilo Doval has been the subject of some recent trade rumors, but Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey downplayed the possibility that the...
December 9, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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December 9, 2024 at 8:40 AM -
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While a solid percentage of picks in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft get at least some big league time the season following their selection, it’s not so easy...
December 8, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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December 8, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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December 7, 2024 at 2:40 PM -
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Former GM Evans returns to organization as special advisor to Posey
December 6, 2024 at 2:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
December 6, 2024 at 12:40 PM -
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Major League Baseball’s Draft Lottery will take place at the Winter Meetings in Dallas on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ET. It’s time to get to know who the 16 teams eligible for...
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants announced the hiring of a pair of assistant hitting coaches on Thursday, adding Oscar Bernard and Damon Minor to manager Bob Melvin’s...
December 5, 2024 at 2:40 PM -
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Teams protected 59 prospects on 40-man rosters two weeks ago but left several others up for grabs in the annual Rule 5 Draft. That draft will take place on Wednesday...
December 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado's Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
December 3, 2024 at 1:40 PM -
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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How’d we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who...
December 2, 2024 at 5:40 PM -
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. In the words of a great bird I once met, “Gobble, gobble.” Thanksgiving is not a holiday traditionally associated with baseball, but if...
November 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM -
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Two-time World Series champion Brandon Crawford has retired from baseball. The 14-year big league veteran took to Instagram on Wednesday night to make the announcement...
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline's newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.
November 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM -
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A year ago, we provided one Rookie of the Year candidate for every team. How’d we do? We nailed the NL top rookie (Paul Skenes) and also picked out two others who...
November 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado’s Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
November 26, 2024 at 9:40 AM -
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The Giants chose to retain their longest-tenured player ahead of the tender deadline Friday, agreeing to a one-year contract for 2025 with right fielder Mike Yastrzemski...
November 22, 2024 at 8:40 PM -
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This story was excerpted from Maria Guardado's Giants Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your...
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM -
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Though the quality of pitching in the Arizona Fall League continued to decline, the developmental circuit's best prospect did his work on the mound. Phillies...
November 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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Alyssa Nakken, who broke barriers by becoming the first full-time female coach in Major League history, is leaving the Giants to join the Guardians organization, a...
November 21, 2024 at 7:40 PM -
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For all 30 Major League teams, some of the biggest decisions of the offseason had to be made by Tuesday's deadline for setting 40-man rosters. Any player eligible...
November 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM