McCovey Chronicles

Landen Roupp pitched 4 scoreless innings for AA Richmond | Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Yesterday’s action on the Giants farm. The Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League are finally in action, which means we have all eight San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball teams to write about these days. But we’ll still have to wait for … [Read more...] about Minor League round up, June 6

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports That’s tied with the Dodgers and Pirates. Pretty good! The San Francisco Giants are hitting well enough to be side characters in a minor controversy, so let’s examine it. This morning, Baseball Twitter got into a bit of a tizzy because of this tweet from former major leaguer Will Middlebrooks: Brian Kenny: “Luis Arraez is still … [Read more...] about Hmm, that’s weird. The Giants have 4 of the top 30 hitters in the NL

Photo by Brandon Vallance/Getty Images The latest videos from Giants land. Happy Wednesday, San Francisco Giants fans. And happy birthday to my wonderful dad. I hope you’re all still riding the high of the Giants doubling eight times and walking 11 times in a 10-4 win over the Colorado Rockies last night. If you’re itching for more baseball and don’t want to have to … [Read more...] about Wednesday BP: Giants video roundup

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Giants had 8 doubles and 11 walks as they beat the Rockies. The table was set for the San Francisco Giants as they headed to Coors Field to face the Colorado Rockies for the first time this year. Joc Pederson, their fourth-best hitter by wRC+, was returning from the Injured List. Thairo Estrada, their … [Read more...] about Double-double with cheese (and walks)

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Brett Wisely and Bryce Johnson were optioned to Triple-A to make room for the returning dudes. Per Susan Slusser, the San Francisco Giants have taken a big step forward in having their full lineup back in action. This will be a critical series for the team as Coors Field is no joke. It’s a house of horrors and you’d better be prepared … [Read more...] about Joc Pederson and Thairo Estrada activated from IL; Matt Beaty released

Photo by Andy Kuno/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images John Brebbia vs. Dinelson Lamet. After winning four consecutive series, the San Francisco Giants dropped their last two, at home. Now it’s time for them to rebound against a division rival, the Colorado Rockies. The bad news is that the Giants are back on the road, and at Coors Field no less. The good news is that the … [Read more...] about 6/6 Gamethread: Giants @ Rockies

LHP Seth Corry struck out 2 in a scoreless inning in the ACL | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Yesterday’s action on the Giants farm. The bad news: the San Francisco Giants A-ball affiliates didn’t play on Monday. The good news: the Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League kicked off their seasons on Monday, so we have more Minor … [Read more...] about Minor League round up, June 5

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Giants are facing a bad team at a weird point. They really need these wins. I tried very hard to figure out the one or two things you could point to that explains why the Colorado Rockies are so bad, but my finger(s) kept drifting towards the front office. By total fWAR, they’re 25th in pitching (3.3) and last in Major League … [Read more...] about Series Preview: The Colorado Rockies? Now? In this economy?

Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images Let’s watch them all. Happy Tuesday, San Francisco Giants fans. In case you missed, LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a leadoff home run into the water on Friday night. It was just the second time in Giants history that a leadoff Splash Hit had been smashed, and the first time that it occurred on the first pitch. More importantly, it was the … [Read more...] about Tuesday BP: 100 glorious Splash Hits