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RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Giants - 08-04-2026
(08-04-2026, 11:07 AM)Mick Wrote:(08-04-2026, 08:17 AM)BobK Wrote: https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/giants
This is a list of the top prospects updated after yesterday’s trade. Doesn’t look like much help for next season
Our ability to develop pitchers has been poor. So the first priority must be to correct that.
We are loaded with top SS prospects
I imagine we'll trade some of the top SS prospects for pitching help in the offseason.
I would anticipate a number of the SS’s will move to other positions. For example, I read that the latest addition, Joniel Hernandez, may wind up as a center fielder. It all depends on how the mature as players. It is a nice problem to have…..
Mike Krukow - triangle2 - 08-06-2026
Farewell to Mike Krukow, retiring at end of season.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - BobK - 08-06-2026
Unless the Giants spend serious money next season will be worse. Good time to stay home Mike
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Giants - 08-06-2026
(08-06-2026, 10:30 AM)BobK Wrote: Unless the Giants spend serious money next season will be worse. Good time to stay home Mike
They already tried to spend their way out of a bad situation. It didn’t work. The only way they can turn things around at this point is:
Find some guys who can effectively cover the 7th, 8th and 9th innings between now and the start of next season (whenever that is).
Hope the guys they acquired in the recent trades can mature rapidly.
Look forward to the day when the players currently in Eugene and Richmond graduate to SF.
Lastly, goodbye and best wishes to a Forever Giant who belongs in the Hall of Fame - Mike Krukow. We will miss you, Mike.
RE: Mike Krukow - Leftcoast - 08-06-2026
(08-06-2026, 10:28 AM)triangle2 Wrote: Farewell to Mike Krukow, retiring at end of season.
Grab some pine, Kruk. No one deserves it more.
RE: Mike Krukow - Mick - 08-06-2026
(08-06-2026, 06:03 PM)Leftcoast Wrote:(08-06-2026, 10:28 AM)triangle2 Wrote: Farewell to Mike Krukow, retiring at end of season.
Grab some pine, Kruk. No one deserves it more.
It's almost a physically painful experience to listen to non-Giants broadcasters. Kruk and Kuip put all those guys to shame.
RE: Mike Krukow - triangle2 - 08-07-2026
(08-06-2026, 07:37 PM)Mick Wrote:(08-06-2026, 06:03 PM)Leftcoast Wrote:(08-06-2026, 10:28 AM)triangle2 Wrote: Farewell to Mike Krukow, retiring at end of season.
Grab some pine, Kruk. No one deserves it more.
It's almost a physically painful experience to listen to non-Giants broadcasters. Kruk and Kuip put all those guys to shame.
US network sports broadcasting in general has gotten severely terrible. It's as if the networks are promoting guys who simply know how to constantly sound incredibly excited - for the entire game. Examples: John Strong (World Cup for Fox), Ryan Ruocco (WBB, NBA). Hate both of those guys. There's no intelligence, just relentless hyping and screaming.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Giants - 08-17-2026
There has been a Tugboat sighting. It is scheduled to dock in Lake Erie somewhere near Cleveland on Wednesday.
Rumor has it that Phogge is clearing his calendar so he can watch this spectacle.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 08-17-2026
(08-17-2026, 10:23 AM)Giants Wrote: There has been a Tugboat sighting. It is scheduled to dock in Lake Erie somewhere near Cleveland on Wednesday.
Rumor has it that Phogge is clearing his calendar so he can watch this spectacle.
Giants to promote Matt Wilkinson
Tugboat has been doing decently well in AAA. I don't think he has the velocity to be a success up here, but he couldn't be any worse, right?
BTW, Arraez has hit .245 since he left SFG, and Heliot Ramos is hiting .083 since the trade.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Giants - 08-17-2026
Mick dateline='[url=tel:1787007730' Wrote: 1787007730[/url]']
Giants dateline='[url=tel:1786987425' Wrote: 1786987425[/url]']
There has been a Tugboat sighting. It is scheduled to dock in Lake Erie somewhere near Cleveland on Wednesday.
Rumor has it that Phogge is clearing his calendar so he can watch this spectacle.
Giants to promote Matt Wilkinson
Tugboat has been doing decently well in AAA. I don't think he has the velocity to be a success up here, but he couldn't be any worse, right?
BTW, Arraez has hit .245 since he left SFG, and Heliot Ramos is hiting .083 since the trade.
Anyone who can get the ball over the plate, regardless of velocity, would be a refreshing change from the slop we have seen lately.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 08-17-2026
(08-17-2026, 04:28 PM)Giants Wrote:Mick dateline='[url=tel:1787007730' Wrote: 1787007730[/url]']
Giants dateline='[url=tel:1786987425' Wrote: 1786987425[/url]']
There has been a Tugboat sighting. It is scheduled to dock in Lake Erie somewhere near Cleveland on Wednesday.
Rumor has it that Phogge is clearing his calendar so he can watch this spectacle.
Giants to promote Matt Wilkinson
Tugboat has been doing decently well in AAA. I don't think he has the velocity to be a success up here, but he couldn't be any worse, right?
BTW, Arraez has hit .245 since he left SFG, and Heliot Ramos is hiting .083 since the trade.
Anyone who can get the ball over the plate, regardless of velocity, would be a refreshing change from the slop we have seen lately.
SFG has given up the fifth most walks in baseball (467). Conversely, they have only walked 327 times, fewest in baseball. They are scoring 4.1 rpg, T23 in MLB. They are giving up 4.65 rpg, 20th in baseball. And they are 21st in defensive Rtot.
A one-point-six gpa. Congratulations, Mr. Kroger. You're at the top of your pledge class.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 08-31-2026
What drives me nuts about the Gaints, volume #825...
The Giants have the second worst record in the National League at 58-81. The Braves have the third best record in the NL, just a game behind the Dodgers at 82-57.
Somehow, some way, the Giants finished 5-1 vs. the Braves this season, outscoring them 30-15. BTW, the Braves are the Giants-East. On the Braves roster are former Giants Mike Yastrzemski, Mauricio Dubon, Dominic Smith, Chadwick Tromp, Joey Bart, and Tyler Mahle (trraded for Anthony Molina, tonight's winner).
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Giants - 09-01-2026
(08-31-2026, 07:40 PM)Mick Wrote: What drives me nuts about the Gaints, volume #825...
The Giants have the second worst record in the National League at 58-81. The Braves have the third best record in the NL, just a game behind the Dodgers at 82-57.
Somehow, some way, the Giants finished 5-1 vs. the Braves this season, outscoring them 30-15. BTW, the Braves are the Giants-East. On the Braves roster are former Giants Mike Yastrzemski, Mauricio Dubon, Dominic Smith, Chadwick Tromp, Joey Bart, and Tyler Mahle (trraded for Anthony Molina, tonight's winner).
It ain’t the Giants. It ain’t the Braves. It’s baseball. It is incomprehensible. That is what makes it such a great sport. As the saying goes, “You never know what you might see when you head out to the ballpark.”
By the way, a bit of trivia from today’s game that I found hard to believe:
Matt Olson and Rafael Devers are the only two players in MLB this year with 30 HRs and 30 doubles.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Papa John - 09-01-2026
(09-01-2026, 12:04 AM)Giants Wrote: <snip>
By the way, a bit of trivia from today’s game that I found hard to believe:
Matt Olson and Rafael Devers are the only two players in MLB this year with 30 HRs and 30 doubles.
I listened to yesterday's game via the Braves broadcast on Sirius XM and heard another bit of trivia:
The Giants have won the season series vs the Braves by a 5-1 w/l margin for two years in a row. The last time the Giants accomplished that feat vs the Braves? 1904-05.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 09-03-2026
(09-01-2026, 12:04 AM)Giants Wrote:(08-31-2026, 07:40 PM)Mick Wrote: What drives me nuts about the Gaints, volume #825...
The Giants have the second worst record in the National League at 58-81. The Braves have the third best record in the NL, just a game behind the Dodgers at 82-57.
Somehow, some way, the Giants finished 5-1 vs. the Braves this season, outscoring them 30-15. BTW, the Braves are the Giants-East. On the Braves roster are former Giants Mike Yastrzemski, Mauricio Dubon, Dominic Smith, Chadwick Tromp, Joey Bart, and Tyler Mahle (trraded for Anthony Molina, tonight's winner).
It ain’t the Giants. It ain’t the Braves. It’s baseball. It is incomprehensible. That is what makes it such a great sport. As the saying goes, “You never know what you might see when you head out to the ballpark.”
By the way, a bit of trivia from today’s game that I found hard to believe:
Matt Olson and Rafael Devers are the only two players in MLB this year with 30 HRs and 30 doubles.
Devers has seven home runs over his last 13 games dating to his Aug. 21 blast against his former team, the Boston Red Sox. It's a stunning show of power considering he had two home runs through his first 36 games this year.
He's the first player in league history to hit two or fewer homers through his first 36 games while still reaching 30 homers before September.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 09-05-2026
(09-03-2026, 05:58 AM)Mick Wrote:(09-01-2026, 12:04 AM)Giants Wrote:(08-31-2026, 07:40 PM)Mick Wrote: What drives me nuts about the Gaints, volume #825...
The Giants have the second worst record in the National League at 58-81. The Braves have the third best record in the NL, just a game behind the Dodgers at 82-57.
Somehow, some way, the Giants finished 5-1 vs. the Braves this season, outscoring them 30-15. BTW, the Braves are the Giants-East. On the Braves roster are former Giants Mike Yastrzemski, Mauricio Dubon, Dominic Smith, Chadwick Tromp, Joey Bart, and Tyler Mahle (trraded for Anthony Molina, tonight's winner).
It ain’t the Giants. It ain’t the Braves. It’s baseball. It is incomprehensible. That is what makes it such a great sport. As the saying goes, “You never know what you might see when you head out to the ballpark.”
By the way, a bit of trivia from today’s game that I found hard to believe:
Matt Olson and Rafael Devers are the only two players in MLB this year with 30 HRs and 30 doubles.
Devers has seven home runs over his last 13 games dating to his Aug. 21 blast against his former team, the Boston Red Sox. It's a stunning show of power considering he had two home runs through his first 36 games this year.
He's the first player in league history to hit two or fewer homers through his first 36 games while still reaching 30 homers before September.
And along those lines, his historic achievement is that Rafael Devers recorded 67 extra-base hits in the Giants’ first 142 games, a milestone last achieved by Barry Bonds in 2004 and surpassed only by Bonds (70) in 2002 and Kent (74).
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 09-12-2026
Former Giant update: Blake Snell, signed for one year, $32 million with the Giants went 5-3 in his 20 starts with the Giants. Since joining the Dodgers on a five year contract worth $182 million ($52 million signing bonus), Snell has had 18 starts across the two years, going 9-5 with 99 innings pitched.
When he's not injured, he's a great pitcher. He holds the career strikeout average rate at 11.2 per nine innings pitched.
Next year he'll be 34. At that point, Cain, Lincecum and Bumgarner were already out of baseball. I'm guessing there's a few more injuries in Snell's future.
BTW, like Ohtani, he deferred much of his compensation to 2035-2046, at which point he'll be out of baseball and will presumably be domiciled in a low- or non-state income tax state. It passes Federal muster. Basically, Sec 4 114 holds that if it's at least ten years in deferred income, it is considered a retirement plan and not part of normal income. CA's legislature passed a bill to try to recoup the income tax, but not only did it die in committee, all it would have done was to lobby the Feds to change federal tax law. So, Snell and Ohtani and the other seven ballplayers to whom the Dodgers owe $1.06 billion in deferred payments will be able to able to dodge their taxes (pun intended) in the low-income jurisdiction of their choice.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Mick - 09-12-2026
(09-05-2026, 09:16 AM)Mick Wrote:Devers now has 37 home runs and 98 RBI with 13 more games to go.(09-03-2026, 05:58 AM)Mick Wrote:(09-01-2026, 12:04 AM)Giants Wrote:(08-31-2026, 07:40 PM)Mick Wrote: What drives me nuts about the Gaints, volume #825...
The Giants have the second worst record in the National League at 58-81. The Braves have the third best record in the NL, just a game behind the Dodgers at 82-57.
Somehow, some way, the Giants finished 5-1 vs. the Braves this season, outscoring them 30-15. BTW, the Braves are the Giants-East. On the Braves roster are former Giants Mike Yastrzemski, Mauricio Dubon, Dominic Smith, Chadwick Tromp, Joey Bart, and Tyler Mahle (trraded for Anthony Molina, tonight's winner).
It ain’t the Giants. It ain’t the Braves. It’s baseball. It is incomprehensible. That is what makes it such a great sport. As the saying goes, “You never know what you might see when you head out to the ballpark.”
By the way, a bit of trivia from today’s game that I found hard to believe:
Matt Olson and Rafael Devers are the only two players in MLB this year with 30 HRs and 30 doubles.
Devers has seven home runs over his last 13 games dating to his Aug. 21 blast against his former team, the Boston Red Sox. It's a stunning show of power considering he had two home runs through his first 36 games this year.
He's the first player in league history to hit two or fewer homers through his first 36 games while still reaching 30 homers before September.
And along those lines, his historic achievement is that Rafael Devers recorded 67 extra-base hits in the Giants’ first 142 games, a milestone last achieved by Barry Bonds in 2004 and surpassed only by Bonds (70) in 2002 and Kent (74).
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - BobK - 09-14-2026
Baseball America has new post trading period Farm rankings out and the Giants ranked 14 pre Season are up to #4
The Giants have 5 in the top 100 and 4 of those top 50.
RE: 2026 San Francisco Giants - Giants - 09-14-2026
(09-12-2026, 09:24 AM)Mick Wrote: Former Giant update: Blake Snell, signed for one year, $32 million with the Giants went 5-3 in his 20 starts with the Giants. Since joining the Dodgers on a five year contract worth $182 million ($52 million signing bonus), Snell has had 18 starts across the two years, going 9-5 with 99 innings pitched.
When he's not injured, he's a great pitcher. He holds the career strikeout average rate at 11.2 per nine innings pitched.
Next year he'll be 34. At that point, Cain, Lincecum and Bumgarner were already out of baseball. I'm guessing there's a few more injuries in Snell's future.
BTW, like Ohtani, he deferred much of his compensation to 2035-2046, at which point he'll be out of baseball and will presumably be domiciled in a low- or non-state income tax state. It passes Federal muster. Basically, Sec 4 114 holds that if it's at least ten years in deferred income, it is considered a retirement plan and not part of normal income. CA's legislature passed a bill to try to recoup the income tax, but not only did it die in committee, all it would have done was to lobby the Feds to change federal tax law. So, Snell and Ohtani and the other seven ballplayers to whom the Dodgers owe $1.06 billion in deferred payments will be able to able to dodge their taxes (pun intended) in the low-income jurisdiction of their choice.
Snell lives in Washington (no state income tax) and I read somewhere that Ohtani is building a home in Hawaii.
The Dodgers signed Snell one reason - to pitch in the playoffs. I don’t think they expected much or cared about anything that he produces during the regular season.