In Zaidi we trust - The Giants

lol, for reference, Brandon Crawford's sister is married to Gerrit Cole.

I know!

Webb allowed 11 hrs total last year btw.

Webb had 12 stakeouts compared to Cole's 11. Webb ended up giving up four earn runs. Giants have no bats, going to be a long ass year.

Yeah he was fine except when he wasn’t.

Baggarly’s got impeccable Giants sources so when he writes this in the Athletic:

Giants president Farhan Zaidi shook up several assumptions held both inside and outside their clubhouse. Speedy outfielder Bryce Johnson did not make the opening-day roster following a strong spring in which he stole 12 bases in 12 attempts. Neither did right-hander Sean Hjelle, who opened eyes with his velocity bump and earned consistent praise. Instead, the club backed away from every public pronouncement in order to acquire first baseman/outfielder Matt Beaty from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations.

NEW YORK — Rewarding young players from the system who have tremendous springs isn’t always possible on Opening Day, but the San Francisco Giants had sent signals the past week or two that Bryce Johnson and Sean Hjelle would be with them at Yankee Stadium.

Instead, the Giants picked up onetime Dodgers outfielder Matt Beaty, who didn’t make the Royals roster, and sent Johnson, who has elite speed and led the majors with 12 steals this spring, to Triple-A Sacramento. Hjelle also was optioned after a magnificent spring that drew raves; the team already has seven starters on the roster and two days off the first week, which meant innings were likely to be scarce.

Thanks for those post as I don't have access, going to maybe sign up for the Athletic as they have Baggs and Grant Brisbane.

No game today but I do have this:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/03/offseason-in-review-san-francisco-giants-13.html

xp you should, the Baggs piece springboard off an interview with Farhan last week where he said they’d be picking players from the internal organisation

Yeah, Grant is one of my favorite writers and miss reading him.

Yaz has looked lost, not only after two years, but this spring training as well. I know it's only the second game of 2023 but at least he looked Major League today.

Yeah a bit messy but a much needed W. Still not validating the front office shit imo!

For the first time since 2011, the San Francisco Giants hit four home runs in one inning.

Here are all four of Jon Miller's incredible calls 📻⬇️ pic.twitter.com/23AWx33nLk

— KNBR (@KNBR) April 3, 2023

Is the ball different this year? It is flying out all around the league

I think it is too early to tell but the White Sox park is a bandbox. They were saying on the telecast that only the Cincinnati park has more home runs on a given day.

i think what you all are forgetting to take into account is that michael kopech sucks and is a bad pitcher

Excuse me, I’ve been a Man United fan since my early teens, I have zero problem with hating on a team I support! I’m happy for Bryce Johnson.

Yeah, Grant is one of my favorite writers and miss reading him.

― Bee OK, Friday, 31 March 2023 20:17 (four days ago)

In the very early days of ILB, I got him to post here at least a few times before he left for greener pastures.

Best Blogs?

SS is back is the news here, glad to hear from you again. It funny that you got Grant Brisbee to post here twice and then that was it for him.

The balls are juiced, its ridiculous.

Here we go, just looking for 3 - 3 record on a six game road trip.

Go Giants!

― Bee OK, Thursday, March 30, 2023

Coming off a .500 season, the Giants went 3-3. They had 15 homers in the three wins and 11 hits in the three losses.

I guess I'm happy but this team needs to strike out less.

Horrible lose today after seemingly cursing to a win. Reminded me of Game 6, 2016, obviously stakes were quite different.

Darin Ruf is back and hits a double off Kershaw in his first at bat. You can't make this stuff up.

This muncy shit is out of control lol l can you believe this guy

Max Muncy on playing in San Francisco:

"I don't like this place. It's cold and windy all the time. I do hit well here. I don't understand why, but I'm not going to complain about it."

I think he dropped this 👑 pic.twitter.com/WxB15BFpsx

— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) April 11, 2023

classic heel

respect lol

Honestly his Bumgarner chirp is still incredible

Kinda funny Muncy mentions the cold because there was a heat wave for this past series (65F! I'm sunburnt!), quite unseasonably warm for early spring but yes windy... tho not nearly as windy as Candlestick was. That said, if you can hit the ball a couple hundred feet in the air into the 40mph gusts the last few nights and see just see where it goes. Mookie definitely looked lost a few times and couldn't tell where the ball would land, I think Kershaw needed close to 30 pitches to get out of the 1st.

https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/logan-webb-giants-agree-five-year-90m-contract-extension

Webb will make $8 million next year, $12 million in 2025 and $23 million in what would have been his first year of free agency. He will make $23 million in 2027 and $23 million in 2028. In addition, Webb will make yearly donations to the Giants Community Fund totaling nearly half a million dollars.

SERIOUSLY?

Seems like a good deal

Is the bullpen really that bad? Unreal to lose two consecutive games in extra innings to this team.

I was responding to that not the deal

I see lol

The Giants can't beat the Royals or Tigers. I know it's still early but man, I think this is going to be a long year.

And yeah so brutal loses from the bullpen.

Some

Bee OK have you seen this on giants Twitter, absolutely terrible quote from the left my God

2004
2023 pic.twitter.com/csHVQLlkrG

— LOLKNBR (@LOLKNBR) April 13, 2023

Joc Pederson on his slide: “I just kind of rolled, I don’t know.” pic.twitter.com/yatWqK1StW

— Danny Emerman (@DannyEmerman) April 24, 2023

I don’t want to talk about this team.

"I always feel like somebody's watching me." 👀 pic.twitter.com/Fv98hOMCW2

— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) May 3, 2023

Wait! I am happy for Joey Bart, who seems to be doing well. Bart haters can suck it.

Posey's shadow is a long one.

Also this team is dogshit rn

Yeah but people need to get over Posey, it’s not fair on Bart and never was, especially when Posey himself is quite happily retired and doesn’t miss playing.

No argument on the quality!

Casey Schmitt called up. Has been playing third and short. Darin Ruf DFAed.

You could have not drawn it up much better:

Casey Schmitt’s first big league hit and homer (with 60 family members and friends going nuts 😂) pic.twitter.com/IqhU5LjjlQ

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) May 10, 2023

Sad to see Ruf go, he was on a bit of a roll there, until he got hurt.

I haven’t said cos I don’t want to jinx him & also too soon but Casey Schmitt’s dream start is the best thing to happen to this moribund team so far this year

His minor league sample suggests that he is due for a massive regression:

MiLB stats: 30 HRs in 853 ABs (3.5% HR/AB), .777 OPS in AAA (only 1 HR in each of his 2 AAA seasons)
MLB stats: 2 HRs in 12 ABs (16.7% HR/AB), 2.000 OPS in MLB

Yeah seems legit but while I’m sure that will happen, I just want to be happy for him while he’s in the early stages. It’s nice to see young players come up and give the team a boost, I have this with my other team (the zmariners) and Bryce Miller atm. Let’s see.

What is that stray Z, maybe it stands for the zFAILING SEATTLE mariners