Infielder J.D. Davis was designated for assignment by the Oakland A's, sources tell ESPN. Davis was cut by San Francisco in spring training and received only $1.1M of his $6.9M salary before signing with Oakland for $2.5M. If he's not traded by Oakland, he'll be a free agent.
Where does Mike Yastrzemski, Giants’ longest tenured player, hope to be in 2025? His thoughts on his future and the potential decision the team will have to make: via
@sfchronicle
Blake Snell threw 74 pitches against the Double-A team yesterday, struck out 11 in four innings. Giants haven’t decided on next step yet. Keaton Winn is likely to start Monday. Tomorrow is TBD.
There’s a quote by Farhan saying that they didn’t go after guys like Semien, Seager, and Correa in 2021 because they believed in Crawfords production. They trusted Crawford to maintain his production and he’s simply didn’t do that.
#Cardinals
Brandon Crawford rather bluntly explains why he didn't—couldn't?—return to the Giants: “The bottom line is I was not wanted back by the one person whose (opinion) matters." That's Farhan Zaidi.
@extrabaggs
spoke with both Crawford and Zaidi:
People using strikeouts as an argument against Logan Webb when all the strikeouts pitchers are dropping like flies recently is really funny. So in conclusion
It's considered "extremely unlikely" that the Yankees spend big money on one of the top remaining SP like Blake Snell or Jordan Montgomery, per
@Buster_ESPN
With the compensation pick they got for losing Carlos Rodón, the Giants drafted ... a left-handed starter. They took Joe Whitman from Kent State at No. 69. They ended up with three players in MLB Pipeline's top 40 (Whitman was No. 37).
Blake Snell has told the Astros he’s seeking at least a two-year, $66M deal with an opt-out after 2024, per
@BNightengale
The Astros are intrigued, but are “the latest team to balk at his asking price”
Old head fanbase didn’t like a analytically driven manager who made good bullpen decisions because they wanted someone who brought back the “feeling in the ballpark” Never listen to that portion of the fanbase ever again man
It’s hilarious how we got rid of the unproductive hitters and replace them with good ones and they just look like the unproductive hitters we got rid of. It’s definitely a coaching/approach with whatever they are employing at the moment.
what is the approach that they’re teaching. i genuinely need to know how it is that they can’t hit breaking pitches OR fastballs AND they swing at balls while watching middle-middle strikes. how do you do all of the things wrong
I love how Bob Melvin saw that Matos was hitting well with RISP and decided to put him in the lead off spot. What a fucking dumbass we have for a manager
With Bob Melvin’s uncertain status hovering over the Giants’ managerial search, Farhan Zaidi detoured to Japan. The growing sense is that the Giants will not be outbid for the players they aggressively pursue, including Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
@LouMerloni
Can you get a Logan Webb, who’s signed through 2028 at $18mm AAV, without giving up one of the big 3? If you can, then I’d pull that trigger in a heart beat.
It doesn't sound as if the Giants have plans to make any more significant subtractions, especially from the rotation. If they add, they might look for an OF.