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Lopez: The Giants told us we weren’t coming back
Lopez, Sergio Romo and Santiago Casilla — all three important pieces that won the ball club championships — were sent packing. The Giants blew 32 saves last season including a free fall ninth inning against the Cubs that eliminated them for the postseason.
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Giants must forget disastrous end to 2016 to have chance at NL West in 2017
The Giants ended their 2016 season in about as heart-breaking a fashion as possible. However, despite many players suffering their first-ever postseason series loss, Ray Woodson says they’ll need to put them all entirely behind them to have as successful a 2017 as possible.
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49ers make offer to nickel cornerback specialist
Two years ago PFF named Williams a top-13 cornerback in the NFL. 49ers fans should hope he chooses to return with Hafley, the first NFL coach to tap into his potential.
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Baggarly: Brandon Belt should bat second in the lineup
Belt took most of his at-bats third in the lineup last season (201) and batted his fair share in lineup hole No. 5 (160). Belt took 27 regular season at-bats second in the lineup in 2016.
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Giants’ Cueto still in Dominican Republic with ailing father
Cueto, who signed a $130 million, six-year contract before last season, went 18-5 with a 2.79 ERA and five complete games in 32 starts last year.
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Brian Sabean on left-field competition: ‘Mac Williamson may need more time in the minor leagues’
Giants general manager Bobby Evans has said repeatedly since the beginning of the offseason, that youngsters Mac Williamson and Jarret Parker will compete for the starting spot in left-field, and that ideally, one would set himself apart as a full time starter. Evans went onto say this week that it’s likely that the player who…
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Brian Sabean sees next wave of Giants home-grown talent coming soon
Giants executive vice president of baseball operations Brian Sabean joined the Murph and Mac Show on Friday morning and discussed a myriad of topics as the Giants close their first week of spring training.
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Giants sign Aaron Hill to minor-league deal
The Giants have reportedly brought another veteran into spring training, signing infielder Aaron Hill to a minor-league deal according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.
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Bochy: I’d like to give Posey a few more days off
For the last couple seasons, the workload of Giants catcher Buster Posey has been a spring training storyline and 2017 is no different. Giants manager Bruce Bochy called into Fitz and Brooks Thursday from Scottsdale to discuss the balancing act of keeping Posey in the lineup and keeping him fresh throughout the 162 game regular season. “I’d…
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Morse: I won’t play anywhere else if I don’t make the Giants this spring
Michael Morse has played a grand total of 142 games for the Giants throughout his 12 year career, but it’s clear he left his heart in San Francisco following his exit in 2014.
