Through June, the 2026 Red Sox were 37-47 and 13 games out of first place in the AL East. They’d fired their long-time manager Alex Cora after a 10-17 start and “Chief Baseball Officer” Craig Breslow seemed destined for the fate of all the team’s top baseball execs after Theo Epstein broke the franchise’s championship […]
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants may have lost yesterday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything to celebrate. Willy Adames hit a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning, scoring Rafael Devers and giving the Giants their only two runs of the game. But […]
With one out in the 8th inning of Thursday’s afternoon rubber match, Cleveland Guardians center fielder Petey Halpin singled, then got caught leaning by JT Brubaker. The pickoff throw went to Bryce Eldridge, who ran Halpin to Willy Adames, who threw to Osleivis Basabe, who dropped the ball. Three pitches later, Halpin was at third […]
The ACL season is over, and the DSL regular season is over. The games are dwindling, but all four of the San Francisco Giants A-ball Minor League affiliates were in action on Wednesday, so let’s talk about it! Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are […]
The San Francisco Giants made a roster switch on Thursday, ahead of their day game finale against the Cleveland Guardians. And it hurts an already struggling bullpen. Prior to the game, the Giants announced that right-handed reliever Keaton Winn had been placed on the 15-Day Injured List, retroactive to Wednesday, with right elbow neuritis. It’s […]
The San Francisco Giants conclude this three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this morning. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters today’s game with a 4.31 ERA, 3.62 FIP, with 128 strikeouts to 60 walks in 129.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-2 loss […]
Sometimes when a ship is floundering, sitting dead in the water with no momentum, they just need a little help from a tugboat to make it safely into the harbor. In 2026, the San Francisco Giants are that sinking ship. Wednesday night in Cleveland, Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson was that tugboat. Beefy 23-year-old rookie left-hander Wilkinson […]
The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game road series against the Cleveland Guardians this afternoon. Getting the start for the Giants today, and making his major league debut, will be left-hander Matt Wilkinson. Wilkinson has a 3.40 ERA for the season in the minors, with 96 strikeouts to 31 walks in 90 innings pitched over […]
Since getting functionally eliminated from the playoffs, the San Francisco Giants have been a lot more eager to make roster moves. And on Wednesday they were back at it, making a handful of moves before Game 2 of their three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians. The big news was already known: left-handed pitcher Matt Wilkinson […]
A fun day of Minor League Baseball games for the San Francisco Giants affiliates. Here’s everything that happened on Tuesday, as well as the Dominican Summer League games from Monday. Link to the 2026 McCovey Chronicles Community Prospect List (CPL) All listed positions in the roundup are the position played in that particular game. News […]
Good morning, baseball fans! The San Francisco Giants had a rare entry into the baseball Hall of Fame this season, as Jeff Kent was inducted earlier this summer. The Giants’ social media team released a documentary on their YouTube channel that I thought we could take a look at today. The video follows Kent’s career […]
One week after his best start of the season, Carson Whisenhunt wasn’t fooling anyone on the Cleveland Guardians. Especially not Jo Adell. Adell drove in six runs in his first three trips to the plate, setting a career high in the game’s first four innings. He hit Cleveland’s longest home run of the season (455 […]