McCovey Chronicles

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Landen Roupp vs. Miles Mikolas The San Francisco Giants begin their final series of the year tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals at Oracle Park. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 2.70 ERA, 3.21 FIP, with 43 strikeouts to 24 walks in 46.2 innings pitched. His last start … [Read more...] about 9/27 Gamethread: Giants vs. Cardinals

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images If only both teams had appreciated their fans EVERY weekend. This final weekend of the 2024 season will be Fan Appreciation Weekend at Oracle Park as well as a farewell to the team as it heads towards a now-annual fall hibernation. The disappointing San Francisco Giants will host the disappointing St. Louis Cardinals for a 3-game series … [Read more...] about The Season Finale

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The Cardinals come to town as the Giants get ready to play their last series of the year this weekend. Here’s what’s going on at Oracle Park if you’re planning to go. Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants are set to begin their final series of the year tonight, against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. As … [Read more...] about Weekend BP: The last hurrah

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images “Failure” seems too obvious. Can we thinking of something better? The San Francisco Giants didn’t accomplish their offseason goal of squeaking in as the third Wild Card and for the 5th time in 6 seasons we will be looking back and wondering how it will all be remembered. 2019 was pretty obvious: Bye Bye Bochy. 2020 was all about … [Read more...] about Writing the 2024 season’s epitaph

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images A very cool development with this year’s pitching staff will be on display for the final three games of the season. While researching Hayden Birdsong’s Statcast figures to test a hypothesis that he’d be better served switching from a four-seam fastball to a sinker (more on that later), I stumbled across a happy … [Read more...] about Three of the most valuable curveballs in the NL will be on display this weekend