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Gabe Kapler throws cold water on Yasiel Puig-to-Giants report
Sam Greene-Imagn Content Services, LLC Gabe Kapler could have wiggled out of the question, could have pointed to the executives above him, could have said he is not in charge of putting the roster tog...
Syndicated Author Apr 27, 2020

Way-too-early 49ers roster preview: Where the rookies, free agents fit in
Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports For the first time since the end of training camp in 2019, roster projections are back. Now that the 49ers are through with most of free agency, and there are sure to be so...
Syndicated Author Apr 27, 2020

49ers draft grades: Incisive, quiet maneuvers, but one key area unaddressed
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Draft grades are a nebulous thing. Grade solely on the actual players drafted, irrespective of trades, seems counterintuitive. So the following grades take into account...
Syndicated Author Apr 27, 2020

Would Giants actually sign Yasiel Puig? Mike Krukow on polarizing, ‘matured’ outfielder
Kareem Elgazzar-Imagn Content Services, LLCNot even the coronavirus can halt the Yasiel Puig debate.The polarizing outfielder is again in the news, again possibly linked with the Giants, after a repor...
Syndicated Author Apr 27, 2020

Matt Barrows explains why 49ers didn’t address cornerback in NFL Draft
Charles LeClaire | 2019 Aug 31The 2020 NFL Draft went pretty well for the 49ers. They replaced DeForest Buckner with arguably the best defensive lineman in the draft in Javon Kinlaw. They replaced the...
Syndicated Author Apr 27, 2020

49ers sign multiple undrafted free agents including ‘The Slippery Fox’ [reports]
Matt Cashore | 2019 Nov 2The draft might be over, the players are still flying off the board.The 49ers signed several undrafted free agents following Saturday’s festivities according to multiple...
Syndicated Author Apr 25, 2020

49ers move Marquise Goodwin to Eagles, as trade partner finally emerges
Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports The 49ers have finally found themselves a trade partner to move Marquise Goodwin. General manager John Lynch has been wide open over the course of the last week that th...
Syndicated Author Apr 25, 2020

49ers trade Matt Breida to Dolphins for fifth-round pick, draft offensive tackle Colton McKivitz
Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports Did you really think the 49ers would let themselves go without a pick in the fifth round? After trading away both fifth-round picks (first, in the Brandon Aiyuk trade, ...
Syndicated Author Apr 25, 2020

Joe Staley expected to announce retirement from NFL [report]
Stan Szeto-USA TODAY Sports After 13 seasons in the NFL, Joe Staley will retire. The 49ers’ lynchpin for more than a decade will not be returning, after six Pro Bowl seasons, three second-team A...
Syndicated Author Apr 25, 2020

49ers trade for Redskins left tackle Trent Williams [reports]
Bill Streicher | 2018 Dec 3 Joe Staley’s NFL future is looking like it might not have much time left. According to Ian Rapoport, the 49ers will trade the Washington Redskins a 2021 third round p...
Syndicated Author Apr 25, 2020