McCovey Chronicles

Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images It’s unclear where the Giants stand with Suzuki, and we’re all getting impatient. I want MLB’s lockout to end for a variety of reasons, chief among them my desires to A) watch San Francisco Giants baseball, and B) know that I’ll soon be able to watch San Francisco Giants baseball so that I can more happily get through my days by … [Read more...] about The lockout needs to end so that we can get better Seiya Suzuki rumors

Photo by Jeff Chiu - Pool/Getty Images My annual wrestling with Cooperstown’s relevance to baseball I’ve been to the Baseball Hall of Fame once in my life. I have no real memory of the museum or any of the exhibits. I don’t remember how my family got there or where we drove from or how long it took to get there or where we went after. It was the summer of 2001 and I … [Read more...] about All these non Hall of Famers

Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images The pitcher is setting the record straight. Two of the biggest questions this offseason for the San Francisco Giants were whether or not they would re-sign Kevin Gausman, and what type of contract he would receive, from the Giants or from a different team. It didn’t take too long to find an answer, as the … [Read more...] about Giants never offered Kevin Gausman a contract

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The greatest hitter in the history of baseball has been left off the Hall of Fame ballot for the 10th and final time. I’m going to tell you the least surprising news. The news that you’ve known was coming for days, weeks, years, and heck, now even a decade: San Francisco Giants legend Barry Bonds did not get elected to the Hall … [Read more...] about Barry Bonds left out of the Hall of Fame by writers who don’t know the difference between a baseball and their own butt

D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports Coming Thursday, comments will look different. Hey everyone. I’m Tanya, and I oversee all of our baseball communities for SB Nation. This Thursday will be a big day for our community: we’re moving our comments to a new platform, developed especially for SB Nation. All of our MLB communities will be moving to the new platform, and I’m … [Read more...] about Announcement: A new commenting system is coming to McCovey Chronicles

Giants middle infield prospect Will Wilson | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Who is the 19th-best prospect on the Giants farm? The 18th chapter of the 2022 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect list saw a sixth first-round pick come off the board — only this time it wasn’t a pick the San Francisco Giants made. With 32% of the vote in a … [Read more...] about 2022 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 19

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Insert Admiral Akbar “It’s a scam!” meme here Good morning, sports fans! Yes, I opened up that greeting a little bit because what a weekend of sports it was, even if there was no baseball. I’m only a casual football fan, but man, what a weekend for it. There was game after game of heart stopping football in which we, as a … [Read more...] about Monday/Tuesday BP: Giants selling spring training tickets, despite lockout

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images A homer, a slide, and a catch. Days have progressed into weeks. January steeled, has bittered into gray, and I am still thinking of Mike Tauchman. Earlier this month, I wrote Tauchman’s 2021 season in review and snarkily referred to it as “part one” of a possible trilogy. I guess the joke there was after taking a deep dive on his … [Read more...] about Mike Tauchman in late June

Photo by Cody Glenn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Let the bargaining resume. It’s been nearly two months since MLB’s owners instituted a lockout, and I, for one, am ready for it to end, so I can become officially excited about the upcoming San Francisco Giants season. Or at least can become officially confident that there will be an upcoming San Francisco Giants … [Read more...] about Weekend BP: MLB and the MLBPA to meet Monday