Ty Blach

The Cactus League opener this Friday will be the first chance for the San Francisco Giants to see many of those on their 2018 roster in action. Details as to who will make an appearance throughout opening weekend were reported on Thursday afternoon.

As the Giants prepare for their first Spring Training game, new pitching coach Curt Young shares his thoughts on the team’s young pitching talents with Murph & Mac on Friday morning.

While appearing on Murph & Mac Monday morning, The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly suggested that the Giants could cycle their young pitchers through the fourth and fifth spots in the rotation next season.

Although Ty Blach holds an edge over Tyler Beede and Andrew Suarez for the fifth spot in next year’s rotation, it’s not out of the question that either of those young starters can claim a starting role with a strong Spring Training.

While Matt Moore spent much of the season at the bottom of the National League leaderboard in earned run average and endured a near-five month span without earning a victory against a team with a winning record, Moore felt the Giants showed faith in the pitcher he used to be, and the pitcher he still thinks he can become by assuring him he would be on their roster come Spring Training.

The overwhelming thought from the Giants is that Cueto will opt in for the final four years of the six-year, $130 million contract he signed prior to the 2015 season, but if Cueto does decide to opt out, Tuesday might be the last time he pitches at AT&T Park in a Giants’ uniform.

Reliable left-handed relievers are hard to come by, and as the Giants collected three World Series trophies in five seasons, they were able to count on the likes of Javier Lopez and Jeremy Affeldt in their bullpen.

This edition of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry featured everything you could possibly imagine. And then it finally featured some baseball.

Against all odds, the National League West rivals will finally resume the first game of their three-game series at 10:50 p.m.

Exactly ten years ago, Giants’ slugger Barry Bonds hit home run No. 762 at Coors Field, the final blast of his record-setting career. Was the 2007 season the last time the Giants had a power presence in their lineup? Well…