San Francisco Giants News

The Giants were already playing without one starter on the right side of their infield due to a concussion. Now, they’re without both their starting first baseman and their starting second baseman.

Most Miami Marlins hitters have a terrible track record against Madison Bumgarner. In fact, most Major League players have struggled in their career against the Giants’ ace, a four-time All-Star who boasts a 2.98 career earned run average.

In two weeks’ time, Major League teams will have the opportunity to expand their rosters from 25 players to 40 players for the final month of the season.

Since July 5, Giancarlo Stanton has belted 22 home runs. So too have the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants will have to face Giancarlo Stanton for three consecutive games this week, but after his first at-bat on Monday evening, Stanton gave San Francisco a reason to give him the old Barry Bonds treatment.

The entire piece, entitled “Back Where I Belong,” is worth reading, as Sandoval apologizes for the way he left the organization, expresses the regret he felt while in Boston and how he did ‘everything in his power’ to get back to San Francisco after he was released by the Red Sox in July.

MLB.com contributor Richard Justice joined KNBR on Monday afternoon and discussed the kinds of tweaks the Giants should make this winter to turn things around in 2018.

The franchise’s top two picks in 2015, first round selection Chris Shaw, and second round selection Andrew Suarez, are both enjoying successful campaigns with AAA Sacramento after receiving early-season call-ups from AA Richmond.

If the Giants decide to call up left fielder Chris Shaw this September, it’s easy to envision a scenario in which Bochy offers the exact same compliments to Shaw that he did to Austin Slater.

For his career, Sandoval’s OPS from the left side (.831) is over 150 points higher than when he hits right handed (.674). At this point, according to Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow, Sandoval should no longer be a switch-hitter.