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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
In moves that were not expected this soon, the Giants optioned reliever George Kontos to Triple-A Fresno and reassigned nonroster lefty Dan Runzler to the minor-league...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Brandon Crawford and Ehire Adrianza each slugged two-run homers to highlight the San Francisco Giants' 13-9 win over the Kansas City Royals in a spring training...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
San Francisco Giants star Tim Lincecum couldn't make it out of the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals, giving up seven runs on 11 hits, including three homers...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Here is the story I filed for the early editions of Monday's paper, with a very telling comment from Pablo Sandoval's agent: By Henry Schulman Scottsdale, Ariz. –...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Earlier, we learned that the Giants and third baseman Pablo Sandoval haven't made any progress on a contract extension. It appears Sandoval wants a deal similar to...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
What plays can be challenged and how managers will go about doing so.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Baseball is the last of the four major sports to use a form of replay to correct calls. Purists hope the human element of the game isn't completely lost in the...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
The likelihood of Pablo Sandoval wearing another team's jersey in 2015 appears to be increasing after he turned down an offer from the Giants.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
The Play Ball Lunch is now part of a running joke at Scottsdale Stadium. Media members who won't be in attendance this year are reminded that the Giants have used the...
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Via the San Francisco Chronicle‘s Hank Schulman: The Giants and Pablo Sandoval's representatives have not had any discussions about a contract extension for the...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Tony Abreu never became the middle infield presence the Giants envisioned, and this tells you what kind of spring he was having:
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
UPDATE, 12:10 p.m.: The original post explains that the Giants do not expect to give Pablo Sandoval an extension before Opening Day. They might be balking at the price...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Tony Abreu is no longer here. The infielder was placed on release waivers today, clearing the way for some other moves. Ehire Adrianza is a lock to make the team now and...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Juan Perez grew up in the Bronx, spent most of his early 20s moving between minor league cities and winter league stops and lived in a San Francisco hotel for much of...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Injury-prone starter Josh Johnson will begin the year on the disabled list with a strained right forearm.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Tim Hudson has the most wins among active pitchers, but the veteran has never been part of a team that has won a playoff series.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
If the Bruce Bochy is forced to turn to his bench late in a game this season, he might be wise to send Tim Hudson to the plate.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Former A's, Cardinals and White Sox manager Tony La Russa says insight offered by fellow Hall of Famer, Tom Seaver, early in his managerial career applies to use of...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Baseball is a game of streaks, slumps and bad breaks, and when enough of them don't go your way, you have two choices. Punch a hole through a...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Tim Hudson said he "absolutely" would take 35 starts like Saturday's, when he held the White Sox an Alejandro De Aza solo homer in six innings of an 8-5 Giants victory...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Tim Hudson pitched six strong innings, Buster Posey had three hits and the San Francisco Giants beat a Chicago White Sox split squad 8-5 on Saturday.
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Juan Perez stroked a three-run homer and Buster Posey added a two-run single during a six-run sixth inning that propelled the San Francisco Giants to an 8-5 win over the...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Perez grew up in the Bronx, has spent most of his early 20's moving between minor league cities and winter league stops and lived in a San Francisco hotel for much of...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Spring or not, this is a hell of a day: 6 innings, 7 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts ... 2 for 3 with a run scored. "It was definitely a step in the right...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
San Francisco Giants outfielder Juan Perez, in spring camp for the fourth time, is playing well and could win a roster spot as the fifth outfielder; in Saturday's game...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
After a strong spring campaign, former Giants outfielder Jeff Francoeur was released from the Indians less than a week before Opening Day.
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Right-hander Kameron Loe has received his release from the San Francisco Giants, per a provision in his contract allowing him to opt out if he wasn't going to make the...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Kameron Loe was looking forward to helping the Giants win, but without a role in the bullpen, the 6-foot-8 reliever is on the move.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
The Dodgers are 1-0 in the 2014 season, but they suffered a pair of losses before the games began, placing two stars on the DL.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
The bullpen competition is down to seven pitchers for three open spots after Kameron Loe saw the writing on the wall and exercised an opt-out clause in his minor-league...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Today's lineups, straight from the parking hell known as Camelback Ranch. Blanco CF Colvin RF Posey C Sandoval 3B Hicks 2B Perez LF Minicozzi 1B Adrianza SS Hudson RHP...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Bruce Bochy calls it "a 50-50 shot" that Marco Scutaro plays Opening Day, but respect for his veteran could be influencing the manager's generosity.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Prosecutors have made a decision regarding the stabbing death of a Dodger's fan during an altercation after a Giants game last year.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Opening Day turned out to be a pretty g'day for the Dodgers and ace Clayton Kershaw, as they knocked off Arizona in the season's first action.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Giants manager Bruce Bochy is calling it "a 50-50 shot" that second baseman Marco Scutaro will play on opening day.
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
The latest round of cuts sent a well-known prospect walking out of Scottsdale Stadium on Friday afternoon. Heath Hembree, the hard-throwing right-hander thought to be a...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Gregor Blanco delivered an RBI triple as the San Francisco Giants blanked the Oakland Athletics, 3-0, in a spring training clash.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Right-hander Yusmeiro Petit brushed off a bad spring, while Sergio Romo showed he still has a wicked slider in the Giants 3-0 win Friday.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Hector Sanchez, aka "The Magnet," had a brutal first inning tonight. On consecutive pitches, the A's Jed Lowrie smacked foul ball off Sanchez's left shoulder and his...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Yusmeiro Petit struck out seven in four impressive innings, sending the San Francisco Giants to a 3-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
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From the Web › The Mercury News
As reporters approached Yusmeiro Petit's locker, Santiago Casilla started asking fake questions. "How did you feel?" "How was your stuff?" Naturally, the first question...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Heath Hembree, the hard-throwing right-hander thought to be a favorite to make the San Francisco Giants' opening day bullpen, instead will start the season in...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Bruce Bochy again had the unpleasant task of sending his son Brett down to minor league camp. But this time it was easier...on his wallet.
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In more ways than one, Mark Minicozzi put himself on the map this spring. But he wasn't ever more than a fringe candidate to make the Giants'...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
The Giants welcome the A's to Scottsdale Stadium for the last time this spring. Watch on CSN Bay Area and follow along with In-Game Live!
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Despite being considered a top candidate to win a place in the opening-day bullpen, Heath Hembree was optioned to Fresno on Friday.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
The Giants trimmed their spring roster to 33 players with seven cuts today. The one surprising name was reliever Heath Hembree, who was having a good spring and still...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
It wasn't a surprise that the Giants cut seven more players on Friday, with less than a week remaining in camp. But a couple of the names were surprises, most notably...
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Matt Cain's last Cactus League start was a doozy. The A's scored seven runs in 2 2/3 innings a week ago. Pitching coach Dave Righetti said Cain looked a lot better today...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Tonight's lineup (for a TV game) is brought to you by Crying Buster Posey: Pagan CF Crawford SS Belt 1B Pence RF Morse LF Sanchez C Arias 3B Adrianza 2B Petit RHP...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
PEORIA, Ariz. - The San Francisco Giants sent opening day pitcher Madison Bumgarner and five of eight everyday starters through rush-hour traffic Thursday night for a...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval combined to go 4-7 with five RBI as the Giants jumped on Andrew Cashner and the Padres to win 11-3
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Buster Posey hit a grand slam and the San Francisco Giants rocked Andrew Cashner only hours after he was chosen to start for San Diego on opening day, rolling to an 11-3...
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From the Web › Sacramento Bee
Buster Posey went 2-for-4 with a grand slam to lead the San Francisco Giants to an 11-3 win over the San Diego Padres on Thursday.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
A few days ago, after another lackluster offensive game, manager Bruce Bochy said he might back off on some of the players' workload to lighten their legs toward the end...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
A couple weeks ago, online gambling site Bovada sent out preseason odds for all the major awards. Buster Posey is 12/1 to win the National League MVP, behind Andrew...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
Aroldis Chapman broke a bone near his left eye when a comebacker hit him square in the face. The doctor called him a "very lucky guy'
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From the Web › HardballTalk
Giants second baseman Marco Scutaro has been limited to just one game this spring due to back soreness and now there's a chance that he could begin the season on the...
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From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
The Braves took another hit to their starting rotation on Wednesday when it was announced pitcher Brandon Beachy would need Tommy John surgery.
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Bruce Bochy says Marco Scutaro is 50-50 to start at second base on Opening Day. The calendar says Bochy is way too optimistic. The good feeling from Scutaro's Cactus...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
The starting lineup took two steps forward, one step back on Thursday. Angel Pagan (back) and Michael Morse (calf) played in a minor league game early in the afternoon...
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From the Web › The Mercury News
Marco Scutaro is plagued by a sore back and had an epidural injection on Thursday; San Francisco Giants get better news on Angel Pagan and Mike Morse
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From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
Update: Scutaro just had injection in back. Bochy still hopes he can play by the weekend. Need to make a call soon to protect retroactive DL days. Bochy pegs Opening Day...
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