San Francisco Giants News

Giants director of player development Shane Turner joined the podcast to talk about some of the organization’s most notable prospects, including the newly drafted Heliot Ramos.

The San Francisco Giants have optioned utility player Orlando Calixte to Triple-A Sacramento as first reported by Andrew Baggarly of The San Jose Mercury News.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Giants’ starting center fielder and leadoff hitter slammed two doubles, scored a pair of runs and reached base in three of his four plate appearances.

After being eliminated from a National League West race that never materialized this season, the Giants have more than a month to focus on a rather subjective team goal that manager Bruce Bochy has outlined: Play better ball.

After San Francisco traded starting third baseman Eduardo Nunez to the Boston Red Sox, the Giants had a glaring hole at the hot corner.

Samardzija, the team leader for innings pitched, made an earlier departure than usual Tuesday night

Though he wasn’t healthy enough to man the outfield or run the bases aggressively on Tuesday, Hunter Pence did appear in the game as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning on Tuesday and drew a walk.

It’s been 74 years since the Giants have fallen 40 games back of a first-place team in the standings. And after the Los Angeles Dodgers claimed their 89th win of the season on Tuesday evening, a loss for San Francisco rewrote the history books.

Johnny Cueto tossed three scoreless innings in Sacramento in his first rehab appearance.

With less than an hour to go before Tuesday evening’s contest against the Brewers, the Giants were forced to make a late switch to their lineup.