McCovey Chronicles

Robert Edwards-Imagn Images Good Twin/Bad Twin is a concept that belongs to fiction, but what the lefty reliever’s Giants career presupposes is, “What if it isn’t?” 2024 stats: 64 G, 60 IP, 1-4 W-L, 2.40 ERA (3.75 FIP), 9.6 K/9, 3.3 BB/9, 1.25 WHIP, 0.2 fWAR Taylor Rogers was one of only 26 left-handed relievers to throw at least 60 innings in 2024. By that measure … [Read more...] about Player review: Taylor Rogers

Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Mostly effective and often impressive, the Giants have A Guy on their hands. 2024 stats: 35 G, 52.1 IP, 3-2 W-L, 4.30 ERA (3.34 FIP), 9.11 K/9, 3.1 BB/9, 1.24 WHIP, 0.5 fWAR The year began with the McCovey Chronicles community voting him as the team’s 33rd-best prospect. He made his major league debut against the Phillies in Philadelphia in … [Read more...] about Player review: Randy Rodríguez

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images Choose your own adventure. By now you’ve surely heard the news that Santa delivered with the expired coal the day after Christmas: not only did the San Francisco Giants fail to sign Corbin Burnes, but he instead signed with a division rival with whom the Giants hoped to fight for third place in the NL West with. And perhaps you’ve … [Read more...] about Mon/Tues BP: Pivot?

Giants fans will only see Corbin Burnes on the mound at Oracle Park when the D-Backs visit | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images The former Cy Young winner signed with the Diamondbacks in a free agent chase that the Giants were never really in. Corbin Burnes signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday night, inking a deal worth $210 million over six years and dashing the … [Read more...] about Corbin Burnes deal was too rich for Giants’ blood

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images A review in which I discuss spelling for most of it. 2024 stats: 7 GS, 30.2 IP, 4.70 ERA, 3.78 xERA, 12.62 K/9, 4.70 BB/9, 1.76 HR/9 What I learned about Robbie Ray this year is that he spells the end of his name with an -i-e rather than with a -y, which is what I assumed. Robb-y makes more sense to me — as Bobby does more so than Bobbie — … [Read more...] about Player review: Robbie Ray