San Francisco Giants News

By dropping a 5-2 contest to the San Diego Padres, the Giants fell to 38-62 on the year, their worst record through 100 games since the franchise moved West to the Bay Area in 1958.

The Giants woes against the Padres continued, losing on Sunday to prevent a series split against San Diego.

It’s been a disappointing start to the Mark Melancon era in San Francisco. Signed to a four-year, $62 million contract this offseason, Melancon was signed to slam the door in the ninth inning and stabilize a bullpen that had tremendous struggles in 2016.

Christian Arroyo, Austin Slater and Ryder Jones all earned pre-All-Star break call-ups, and though all three have ended up dealing with serious injuries, the Giants began to get a handle on how three of the players they believe can contribute to the organization’s future will handle Major League pitching.

In the past 10 days, Hector Sanchez has launched three home runs against San Francisco, and upped his career average against the orange and black to .478. So it was only fitting that for the Giants to finally overcome the Padres on Saturday, it required a former Padres’ catcher giving his old squad a taste of its own medicine.

Panda-monium swept through AT&T Park on Saturday, as a week of rumors, speculation and reports concluded with Pablo Sandoval’s arrival in San Francisco to sign a Minor League contract with his former organization.

By the time the announcement of Pablo Sandoval’s signing became official, the Giants had already optioned reliever Steven Okert and infielder Jae-gyun Hwang to AAA Sacramento to make room for outfielder Orlando Calixte and pitcher Albert Suarez.

Pablo Sandoval is officially back with the Giants. But whether or not Sandoval will ever return to the San Francisco Giants is a different story.

After designating Pablo Sandoval for assignment on July 14, the Red Sox decided that the nearly $48 million remaining on Sandoval’s contract would be a sunk cost, and they would move in a different direction at third base.

Because of the soap opera that was Sandoval leaving town, naturally the very first questions for Sandoval upon his arrival nearly three years later surrounded how he felt now that he had time away from all of the people he said he’d never miss.