McCovey Chronicles

People are surprised by the Lucchesi move, but he had a 3.97 FIP, a 4.06 xFIP, a low strikeout rate, not much life on his fastball, and no options. So I get it. Giants have fallen behind the times with bullpen velocity, and need to start changing that.

Defensively challenged outfielder who might not be able to hit as well as we thought. He’d fit in perfectly on the Giants

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Per Heyman, Giants have non-tendered Joey Lucchesi. 40-man roster back to 39 spots

WIEMER

Oh noooo

Wiener acquisition certainly doesn’t inspire confidence that Luis Matos will still be a Giant come Opening Day

These rosters aren’t gonna churn themselves

Feels a little redundant after claiming Justin Dean, but whatever

Wiemer is a good defensive outfielder who can’t hit. Doesn’t have options. Probably a guy here for camp battles but a good chance he’s DFA’d before the season starts.

Per @susanslusser.bsky.social the Giants have acquired Joey Wiemer. Andrew Knizner was dropped to open a 40 man spot.

2026 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List No. 10 Who is the 10th-best prospect on the farm?

Our Community Prospect List is rolling right along. Coming in at No. 9 is RHP Blade Tidwell ... go vote on No. 10!

Report: Justin Meccage is the new pitching coach He’s been a farmhand, a college coach, an MiLB development coach, bullpen coach, assistant pitching coach, and now this.

The Giants have a new pitching coach, and @bryanmurphy.bsky.social is here to tell you all about it

Giants make no Rule 5 protections No churn today.

None! Nada! Zip! Zero!

And confirmation: no protections

A closer look at Devin Williams The rumor mill has come online and is pumping up a Giants connection to his closer coming off a rough season.

The Giants desperately need bullpen help. So @bryanmurphy.bsky.social took a look at the highest-profile reliever that they might actually be interested in opening the wallet for

hopefully no one is taken, though!

a little more common with good teams, but happens with bad teams as well. last year 14 teams had someone taken in rule 5, including the A's.

I don't think Maldonado is of much concern. No one is going to plug him into the Majors from Low-A and not a good enough prospect to try to stash. Bednar, Roxby, and Marques Johnson I would guess are most likely

I don't think it's particularly likely that any of their players would be drafted in the (MLB portion of the) Rule 5 Draft.

Deadline has passed for Rule 5 protections and no word on the Giants making any moves. Could just be delayed, but seems likely they didn't protect anyone. Not really a surprise, their most likely candidates were pitchers and the 40 is overflowing with them as is.

The dashed hopes and shattered dreams of 2025 Were the 2025 Giants able to live up to some meager expectations, or was it a grand disappointment?

I had hopes and dreams for the Giants in 2025 and over at @mccoveychronicles.bsky.social, I finally reviewed them

www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisc...

I quite like this team

to be fair, the low-end estimate (1/$22M) was someone predicting he takes the qualifying offer

mostly I just wanted to use this picture though

A look at projected contracts for the Giants free agent targets Most of the names, many of the prices.

One of my favorite annual offseason pieces to write

Toronto’s Hunter Mense appears to be the new hitting coach It’s Mense as in Pence.

We have a hitting coach, folks ... or so it seems. As broken down by @bryanmurphy.bsky.social

Giants broadcaster defends new manager against former manager’s criticism Duane Kuiper and Joe Maddon get into battle of insulteds

What a headline by @seankeane.bsky.social ... and what a silly little story

Will the Giants target players who played for Tony Vitello (besides Max Scherzer)? Here are a list of non-Scherzer guys who’ve already played in the majors and could be available.

a question that could define the offseason, as posed by @bryanmurphy.bsky.social

Pitchers are fielders too! Logan Webb is an elite defender…for a pitcher…I guess…

Yes, pitcher defense matters. Logan Webb is proof of that, and @sckennedy24.bsky.social is here to tell you all about it