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The San Francisco Giants have dropped a three-game series to the Seattle Mariners. This is the second consecutive three-game series that they’ve lost to a team with a record below .500. Still, they got their first win in July to escape their first home sweep of the year. Alex Cobb, who recently came off the […] READ MORE
The San Francisco Giants recent history has been one of failure after failure. It came with one bright spot, however, and that was the 2021 season. That season, they won 107 games, which was truly a shock all around MLB. This year, they’re becoming a threat in the NL West, and winning series after series. […] READ MORE
The San Francisco Giants are playing well right now, and they need to go strong when the Trade Deadline rolls around. They have an unprecedented realistic opportunity to win a division title, and will need all the reinforcement they can get. Last year, they didn’t show a clear bend toward either contention or rebuilding at […] READ MORE
The San Francisco Giants NL West division race didn’t start with any realistic hope of taking the crown for themselves. It was in 2021 when their fiery competition with the Los Angeles Dodgers was a neck-to-neck dogfight that lasted through October. It saw the Giants taking the title with a win over the San Diego Padres in […] READ MORE
It is truly amazing how the San Francisco Giants are picking up their game after a discouraging recent five-game losing streak. One of two things must be at play here. Either the poor results of last week were reminiscent of a small sample size, or the Giants have really been picking up and mustering their […] READ MORE
In 2020, the San Francisco Giants signed first baseman/outfielder Darin Ruf to a minor league contract and called him up. Ruf had come off three strong seasons in the Korea Baseball Organization, where he hit well for both average and power. Before his time in South Korea, though, he had been a below-average big-league player, both offensively and in […] READ MORE
Could 90 wins be an attainable goal? The San Francisco Giants power at the plate is truly showing itself. In the series finale against the Chicago White Sox, JD Davis hit their second grand slam of the season in only their sixth game. Blake Sabol also hit his first blast. At the end of 8 […] READ MORE
President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi made it clear in the offseason that it wasn’t the plan to have the San Francisco Giants add another catcher on a major league contract. This came after the team strongly considered signing free agent catcher Gary Sánchez. The Giants front office ultimately decided that their catching depth went […] READ MORE
The San Francisco Giants pitching will need to step it up this season. But instead of merely restating this obvious fact, it is necessary to look into the details. Their team ERA in 2022 was a respectable enough 3.85. However, that doesn’t tell us a whole lot. For example, in low-leverage situations, one hardly cares if […] READ MORE
The Boston Red Sox lost their second of a two-game series at Fenway to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Their chances of making the playoffs are now less than 1%. Two and a half months ago, Boston had an 80.3% chance of making it. They have proceeded to go 27-42 since that mark and […] READ MORE
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