San Francisco Giants

Other than the competition in left field, the San Francisco Giants’ starting lineup is set for next season. The bench is a different story entirely, however, with the club bringing in a comical number of non-roster invitees and players on minor-league deals to training camp to fight for four or five spots.

One of the first announcements the Giants made at the conclusion of the 2016 season was the firing of first and third base coaches Roberto Kelly and Bill Hayes.

Tyler Beede joined KNBR’s Minor League Podcast from Scottsdale as he gets set to take a crack at the fifth spot in the Giants’ starting rotation. But, the boys couldn’t let him go before asking the 23-year-old also known as Young Beedah to spit a few rhymes for them.

Arroyo saw his batting average drop from .304 during his days in Triple-A two seasons ago to .274 in Richmond last season, but those sort of growing pains are expected when going from single-A ball to Double-A. Arroyo spoke to the Minor League Podcast’s Cody Pasby for the show’s very first episode, labeling himself ‘ready-to-go’ when it comes to the big leagues.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced the order of his starting pitchers for the first week of spring training action to reporters on Wednesday.

ESPN’s Buster Olney believes the time has come to induct the pair into Cooperstown, arguing in his weekly roundup that the Baseball Hall of Fame should scrap its rules about accepting only one broadcaster per year.

Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper isn’t buying Baseball America’s most recent list of Top 100 Prospects, that features just one player in the Giants’ farm system, pitcher Tyler Beede, ranked 89th.

Slated to take over the role as the Giants’ primary left-handed setup man in 2017, Will Smith suffered a setback on Wednesday.

The players’ association has agreed to Major League Baseball’s proposal to have intentional walks without pitches this year.

The Giants ended their 2016 season in about as heart-breaking a fashion as possible. However, despite many players suffering their first-ever postseason series loss, Ray Woodson says they’ll need to put them all entirely behind them to have as successful a 2017 as possible.