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Is There Room For Giants’ Hector Sanchez On The Opening Day Roster?

Few players have had a more impressive Spring for the Giants outside of backstop Hector Sanchez. The soon to be 22 year old catcher has ran roughshot on the competition, blasting a team leading 4 HR’s…Read More

Reminder: Giants And Rangers To Be Live On MLB.TV Tonight

In an effort to promote their on-line streaming games, Major League Baseball has been broadcasting some Spring games in hopes that people will appreciate the quality and buy into the service for the regular…Read More

BAGGS: Freddy Sanchez Likely To Start Season On DL

This probably won’t come to a shock to anyone, but Andrew Baggarly reported tonight what seems to be inevitable: Freddy Sanchez is all but confirmed to begin the season on the disabled list. After…Read More

After Deliberation, Giants’ Buster Posey To Stay With Hockey Style Mask

When it comes to Buster Posey, anything is news. If we knew the color of his underoos (they’re green today, yellow tomorrow, by the way) there would be a blog post on it – so here’s…Read More

Sports Illustrated Says Angels Over Giants In 2012 World Series

Assuming you read Sports Illustrated for something other than Kate Upton (which is nobody), you’re probably aware of their 2012 Major League Baseball predictions. And if you’re aware of that,…Read More

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Caring About Spring Training for the Wrong Reasons

Spring Training is a beautiful thing. It’s baseball taking place when we have been tortured with…Read More

With Speedy Additions And Health, San Francisco Giants’ Offense To Be Respectable In ’12?

When the San Francisco Giants won the World Series in 2010, they had a team built around pitching but…Read More

Spring Injuries Already Filling Out Giants’ Opening Day Roster

It wouldn’t be San Francisco Giants’ baseball without injuries, right? With Freddy Sanchez‘s…Read More

Bumgarner Having a Fantastic Spring

I was down at Spring Training last week and got to see the Giants in action. One of the players that…Read More

Watch The San Francisco Giants’ Inside The Clubhouse: The Next Chapter

Between the weekend, the rain and the fact that were was 18 innings of Giants baseball on TV yesterday,…Read More

Gary Brown To Open Season At Double-A Richmond

After being sent to Minor League camp earlier in the day, it’s been announced via John Shea that Giants’ top prospect Gary Brown will open the year in Richmond, Virginia for the Flying Squirrels. Per…Read More

On The Giants’ Matt Cain And Contract Leverage

Matt Cain wants to stay in San Francisco. He does. He really, really, does. But gosh darnnit – those silly Giants just wont give him the contract he deserves! Why must they be so arrogant? Don’t…Read More

Your 2012 Non-Roster Invitees: Part 4

With another round of cuts expected early next week, here are the last remaining non-roster invitees still hanging around the Giants’ major league camp. After reading up on them, I think I can safely…Read More

Rosenthal – No Progress Between Matt Cain & Giants On Contract Extension

The bow-tie wearing reporter has his believers and his skeptics, so while many may curse Rosenthal’s report as their knees knock in fear – others may take a few grains of salt with it. Either…Read More

Your 2012 Non-Roster Invitees: Part 3

On Monday, ten players were optioned and reassigned to the Giants’ minor league Spring Training camp: pitchers Jake Dunning, Austin Fleet, Stephen Harrold, David Quinowski, Seth Rosin, and Shawn Sanford;…Read More

Could Eric Surkamp Break Camp With The San Francisco Giants?

Coming into Spring, there wasn’t much thought that Eric Surkamp would stay with the big boy club once the regular season began, but according to Hank Schulman – given the injury to Ryan Vogelsong,…Read More

Gregor Blanco Is Who We Thought He Was – Or Is He?

As is the case every Spring, a few surprise players make the headlines in Scottsdale – this year the main culprits would be the newly acquired Melky Cabrera, non-roster invitee Gregor Blanco and…Read More

San Francisco Giants – MLB Network’s 30 Clubs In 30 Days

In what has become an annual tradition for the MLB Network each Spring, last evening was the premiere of the San Francisco Giants episode of 30 Clubs In 30 Days. If you’re one of the unlucky few…Read More

Giants And Madison Bumgarner Agree To One Year Contract

It’s no long term deal like many had hoped for, but Madison Bumgarner has a new contract for the 2012 season according to Hank Schulman. The contract isn’t the end all for Bumgarner’s…Read More

Baggs Expects Matt Cain/Madison Bumgarner Extensions Soon – Also, Happy Buster Day!

We’ll start with the quick news first – Buster Posey is officially back as he’s in the lineup for today’s tilt versus the Cincinnati Reds. The bad news? He’ll be facing Aroldis…Read More

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