The Giants made two selections in the major-league portion of the Rule 5 draft on Thursday, the first such draft under the stewardship of new VP of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi.
During the end of last season when Brandon Belt, Buster Posey, and Pablo Sandoval were all on the shelf, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he considered giving Madison Bumgarner a start at first base.
Former Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt told an incredible story on Tolbert & Lund Wednesday afternoon, when he recounted saving his dogs life by performing CPR.
On Tuesday evening, Giants beat writer Andrew Baggarly reported from the Winter Meetings that it’s “plausible that the team will full-on embrace the opener strategy in 2019.”
Las Vegas, NV — The San Francisco Giants would like to congratulate minor league pitching coach Lee Smith on being elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Today’s Game Era Committee.