McCovey Chronicles

Former Giant Sam Long threw a perfect 7th inning in Kansas City’s 1-0 victory Tuesday. | Photo by Kelsey Grant/Getty Images The San Francisco Giants aren’t playing in the postseason, but some of their old friends are. Let’s look at how they did Tuesday. For the seventh time in the last eight years, the San Francisco Giants will not be participating in the MLB playoffs. … [Read more...] about Wild-Card Day One: Former Giants only

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Here’s what’s on deck for today’s Wild Card games. Good morning, baseball fans! As I said last week, it’s always on my days off that the San Francisco Giants news goes wild. I fully anticipated that they would part ways with Farhan Zaidi after this last season. I even anticipated that we would eventually see President Buster Posey. … [Read more...] about Wednesday BP: Wild Card Day 2

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images With Buster Posey installed as the very real President of Baseball Operations, it’s time for the fans to focus their imagination on what the team might look like in 2025. I’ve gotten into a habit of copy-pasting this post format over the years, but the only thing I’m inclined to port over from last year’s post is the opening … [Read more...] about Projected salaries for the four arbitration-eligible Giants

Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images Third year and counting! This is the third consecutive year I’ve written one of these fan guides, which means this is the third year the San Francisco Giants have not made the MLB postseason. In the words of the inimitable Jon Miller: “Bummer, dude.” Admittedly, they’re getting a little repetitive. The same teams seem to be leaving the … [Read more...] about A Giants fan guide to the 2024 Wild Card Series

Robert Edwards-Imagn Images Buster Posey’s introduction as the new President of Baseball Operations went about as well as you could’ve imagined and cemented some suspicions about the state of the team. We’re five weeks shy of the last time the San Francisco Giants introduced a President of Baseball Operations, but this time, it’s Buster Posey, and we all know him. The … [Read more...] about “When someone like Buster asks for the ball, you give it to him”