Denard Span

Denard Span had just stolen second base, but Hunter Pence was about to show the San Francisco Giants’ center fielder what speed really looks like.

SAN FRANCISCO–On Thursday afternoon, Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy said he’s never dealt with as many injuries in a season as he’s encountered in 2017. Prior to San Francisco’s matchup with a Major League-worst Philadelphia team, Bochy offered injury updates on more than half a dozen Giants players, including prospects like Christian Arroyo and Austin Slater, […]

On Tuesday evening, not even Giants’ ace Madison Bumgarner could put Giancarlo Stanton’s hot bat on ice. But even though Stanton’s bat played a significant role, it was his arm that was the deciding factor.

The Giants’ decision to sit a veteran like Hunter Pence, a hot-hand like Nick Hundley, and one of the team’s most productive hitters in the past few months, outfielder Gorkys Hernandez, is a product of not only who the Giants are right now, but what they’ll look like moving forward for the remainder of the regular season.

The Giants had the opportunity to shake up their outfield on Thursday evening as San Francisco activated 28-year-old Jarrett Parker from the 60-day disabled list. That shake up, however, didn’t take place.

Span said he still has confidence in this team the way it’s presently constructed, and said although some minor adjustments could help, an overhaul would be unnecessary.

Fourth of July weekend has arrived and the only thing heating up faster than your barbecue is Giants’ center fielder Denard Span’s bat. Three days after Span’s walkoff single in the 14th inning carried San Francisco past the Colorado Rockies, the Giants’ leadoff hitter arrived in Pittsburgh and greeted Pirates’ starter Gerrit Cole with a leadoff home run to set the tone for his team’s offensive fireworks.

For much of the 2017 season, Giants’ outfielder Gorkys Hernandez hasn’t looked like a Major League player. While Hernandez fit into San Francisco’s plans as a bench presence and extra outfielder this year, his early-season at-bats were often cringe-worthy and drew the type of groans you’re more accustomed to hearing when a boxer is over-matched and is pummeled back into the ropes.

Cory Gearrin lost his perfect batting average, but what he gained on Tuesday night was a whole lot more meaningful. The Giants’ reliever threw three innings of scoreless ball in San Francisco’s 4-3 14-inning walkoff win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, and Gearrin was the pitcher who made it all possible.

When the seagulls outnumber the fans, it’s time to pack it in. Such was the case in the 14th inning at AT&T Park, when an avian invasion grabbed hold of the outfield. Giants center fielder Denard Span spent the better part of Tuesday evening re-positioning himself around the airborne wildlife, and when it came time for Span to make his seventh plate appearance of the evening, he decided he’d seen enough.