Photo by Scott Marshall/Getty Images The Giants’ Triple-A affiliate caused some controversy recently over a poorly thought-out marketing stunt. Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats, got themselves into some hot water recently by failing to have anyone on their marketing staff with any common sense. … [Read more...] about Tuesday BP: Sacramento River Cats. Yikes.
Weekend Minor League roundup, 4/11-13: Excitement abounds!
Photo by Scott Marshall/Getty Images The weekend action on the farm. We have a whole lot of Minor League Baseball games to cover today, so I’ll try to run through it all as quickly as possible. In the future I’ll try to do Saturday roundups but, since I didn’t this week, that means we need to cover not just the weekend games, but Friday’s games, as well. And since two … [Read more...] about Weekend Minor League roundup, 4/11-13: Excitement abounds!
4/14 Gamethread: Giants @ Phillies
Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Landen Roupp vs. Taijuan Walker The San Francisco Giants head to the city of brotherly love today as they begin a four-game road series against the Philadelphia Phillies. Taking the mound for the Giants will be Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 3.60 ERA, 1.80 FIP, with 12 strikeouts to four walks in 10 innings … [Read more...] about 4/14 Gamethread: Giants @ Phillies
SF Giants power up to beat Phillies, 10-4
Willy Adames hits his first home run of the season off Taijuan Walker. | Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images Tyler Fitzgerald nearly hit for the cycle, Mike Yastrzemski had three RBIs and Landen Roupp toughed out five innings for his first win. Willy Adames and Tyler Fitzgerald hadn’t homered all season, while Fitzgerald had barely hit at all. That all changed during a … [Read more...] about SF Giants power up to beat Phillies, 10-4
Series Preview: Giants at Phillies
Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The first four-game series of the season! In ordinary times, we’d be looking for the San Francisco Giants to regroup after a tough road series in New York by facing a tough, yet more familiar opponent in the Philadelphia Phillies. But these are not ordinary times. For the first time ever, the Giants won a series in the Bronx. Indeed, they … [Read more...] about Series Preview: Giants at Phillies